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{{Infobox film

| name = Sankarlal

| image = Sankarlal poster.jpg

| caption = Tamil poster

| director = T. N. Balu
N. K. Vishwanathan

| producer = T. N. Balu

| writer = T. N. Balu

| starring =

| narrator =

| music = Ilaiyaraaja
Gangai Amaran

| cinematography = N. K. Vishwanathan

| editing = V. Rajagopal

| studio = Balu Cine Arts

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Tamil
Telugu

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'Sankarlal' is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language action film, written, directed and produced by T. N. Balu. It stars Kamal Haasan in dual lead roles as father and son. The film was partially directed by Balu who died half-way during production. The film was eventually completed with N. K. Vishwanathan as director. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu-language as 'Andagaadu' with Allu Rama Lingaiah and Rao Gopal Rao.

Plot



The film begins with an ordinary man Dharmalingam vacationing in Ooty with his family where he is framed for murder by a criminal Chelladurai. Dharmalingam is jailed while his wife, son Mohan and daughter Seetha all end up split from each other. After several years, the vengeful Dharmalingam returns to confront Chelladurai as the secretive Sankarlal and also desperately is on the lookout for his lost family. Chelladurai has meanwhile kidnapped a girl named Hema for ransom and Mohan is deputed by Hema's father to rescue her. This results in Dharmalingam and Mohan locking horns in their fight against their common enemy Chelladurai.

Cast



*Kamal Haasan as Dharmalingam (Sankarlal) [Damodaram in Telugu] and Mohan

*Sridevi as Hema

*Seema as Seetha/Baabi, Dharmalingam's daughter.

*P. R. Varalakshmi as Dhanalakshmi, Dharmalingam's wife & Mohan's Mother.

*Suruli Rajan as Kanthasamy Pillai, Hema's father.

**Allu Rama Lingaiah as Hema's father (Telugu version).

*R. S. Manohar as Selladurai

** Rao Gopal Rao (Telugu version)

* S. A. Ashokan as Natarajan (Guest appearance)

* V. Gopalakrishnan as Maari, Natarajan servant.

* Venniradai Moorthy as Hotel server (Guest appearance)

* Hema

* Baby Babeetha

* Baby Vanthana

Production



Sripriya was considered for the leading female role, before Sridevi was finalised.

Soundtrack



The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja (only Elankiliyae) and Gangai Amaran.

;Tamil version

References




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