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Kizhakku Karai
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Wikipedia article
'Kizhakku Karai' is a 1991 Tamil-language crime film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu and Khushbu. The film, produced by Mohan Natarajan and V. Shanmugam, had musical score by Deva and was released on 20 September 1991.
Plot
Sekhar (Chandrasekhar) and Murali (Prabhu) are best friends. Murali sacrifices his job opportunity for his friend, thus Sekhar becomes a customs officer. Thereafter, Murali goes back to his native village. His cousin Mahalakshmi (Khushbu) falls in love with him.
Ranganathan (Vijayakumar), Murali's father, works with the smuggler Daaha (K. Rajpreeth) for 25 years. When Murali knew about his father's profession, he convinces his father to quit his job. Finally, Ranganathan decides to leave this odd job but Daaha kills him for fear of reprisal. Murali decides to take revenge and becomes also a smuggler.
Cast
*Prabhu as Murali
*Khushbu as Mahalakshmi
*Chandrasekhar as Sekhar
*Goundamani as Raja (Jacky)
*Vijayakumar as Ranganathan, Murali's father
*Srividya as Janaki, Murali's mother
*Venniradai Moorthy as Raja's father
*Mohan Natarajan as Kumar
*Rocky as Michael
*K. Rajpreeth as Daaha
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Lodge manager
*LIC Narasimhan
*King Kong as Foreign Palli
*Uday Prakash
*G. M. Sundar
*Dileep
*Veera Pandiyan
*Perumal
*Radhakrishnan
*Varalakshmi as Raja's mother
*Babitha as Mary
*Sharmili
*Baby Jennifer as Murali's and Mahalakshmi's son
Production
After the tremendous success of 'Chinna Thambi', P. Vasu began work on his next film 'Kizhakku Karai', a crime film. The crew would be more or less the same that worked in P. Vasu's 'Chinna Thambi' except music director Ilayaraaja. Prabhu and Khushbu would play the lead pair. Cinematographer K. Rajpreeth would essay the role of the antagonist. The film has music by Deva, editing by P. Mohanraj and cinematography by Ravindar.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Vaali.
Reception
N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' stated, "The narrative does not roll credibly, the camera work is mediocre and Deva has scored a few sweet numbers" but he praised actor K. Rajpreeth's performance and the climax's message.
References
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