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Sankar Guru (1987 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sankar Guru' is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by L. Raja and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian and M. S. Guhan. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu as 'Chinnari Devatha' with Raja Naidu as director. The film stars Arjun, Seetha, Rajani and Baby Shalini. The film had musical score by Chandrabose. The film was released on 19 March 1987. The film was commercially successful upon release in both languages.
Plot
Sankar Guru, an honest police inspector, fights for the rights of poor people. When Rekha falls in love with him, a few gangsters try to attack her to teach Sankar a lesson.
Cast
;Tamil version
*Arjun as Inspector Sankar Guru "Sankar"
*Seetha as Seetha
*Sasikala as Rekha
*Baby Shalini as Devi
*Sarath Babu as Devi's father
*Senthil as Sub-inspector Karuvayan
*Senthamarai as Kanagaraj
*Y. G. Mahendran as Dharmaraj
*V. Gopalakrishnan as a police commissioner
*Jeeva as Ethiraj
*Rallapalli as police constable
*Balaji as Nagaraj
*Manorama as Seetha's mother
*Rajya Lakshmi as Devi's mother
*Mohanapriya
*Chitralekha
*Chandrakala
*Chakravarthy as a police inspector
*Pasi Narayanan as a police constable
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao as a police constable
*K. K. Soundar as a school master
*Anumanthu as Seetha's father
*Idichapuli Selvaraj as Kanagaraj's assistant
*Omakuchi Narasimhan as Kanagaraj's assistant
*Visu in a special appearance as a doctor
;Telugu version
*Arjun as Inspector Babu
*Seetha as Seetha
*Rajani as Rekha
*Baby Shalini as Devi
*Sarath Babu as Devi's father
*Rallapalli as Sub-inspector Raju
*Senthamarai
*Y. G. Mahendra
*Jeeva
*Balaji
*Manorama as Seetha's mother
*Rajya Lakshmi as Devi's mother
*Mada Venkateswara Rao
*Potti Prasad
*Hema Sundar
Production
AVM Productions wanted to remake the Bengali film 'Shatru' (1984) in Tamil and Telugu. However, the remake rights proved too expensive, so the idea was dropped. Instead, AVM borrowed two scenes from that film and created a new story, titled 'Sankar Guru' in Tamil and 'Chinnari Devatha' in Telugu. Both versions were filmed simultaneously.
Soundtrack
The music of 'Sankar Guru' was composed by Chandrabose, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The music of 'Chinnari Devatha' was composed by K. Chakravarthy, with lyrics by Veturi.
Release and reception
'Sankar Guru' was released on 19 March 1987. 'The Indian Express' called it "absolutely unpretentious entertainer". Jayamanmadhan of 'Kalki', despite noting several flaws, appreciated the director for making an entertaining film from beginning to end. The film was commercially successful in both the languages it was made.
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