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Uzhavan Magan
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Wikipedia article
'Uzhavan Magan' is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by R. Aravindraj and produced by A. S. Ibrahim Ravuthar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Radha and Radha Ravi. The film had musical score by ManojGyan. The film became a superhit it ran more than 150 days in theatres. The movie was superhit at box office despite faced heavy comeptition from Nayakan and Manithan.
Plot
Chinna Durai (Vijayakanth), a farmer lives quietly in his village when Nirmala (Radha) and Gunasekhar (Radha Ravi) intervene to wreak havoc.
For revenge, Nirmala's family and Chinna Durai's father (M. N. Nambiar) insist on getting married. While the wedding is in preparation, Gunasekhar's troops twist the neck of Durai's father. Chinna Durai seeing him dead, is embarked on Guna's general surprise and his relatives for attempted murder to the police leaving her lover Selvi (Raadhika).
While Chinna Durai is in prison, the little brother Siva (Vijayakanth again) says that he wants to get revenge for Guna making her new husband believe in Nirmala but already had a positive relationship in the past. Chinnai Durai delivered and his brother Siva will now recover their father's property.
Cast
*Vijayakanth as Chinna Durai / Siva
*Raadhika as Selvi
*Radha as Nirmala
*Radha Ravi as Gunasekhar
*M. N. Nambiar as Chinna Durai's father
*Malaysia Vasudevan as Nirmala's father
*S. S. Chandran as Kannakku Pillai
*Senthil as Chinna Durai's friend
*Pandari Bai as Guna's mother
*A. Sakunthala as Guna's sister
*Kovai Sarala as Kannakku Pillai's daughter
*Kullamani as Chinna Durai's friend
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by ManojGyan, and the lyrics were written by Aabavanan.
Release and reception
'Uzhavan Magan' got released on 21 October 1987 alongside another Vijayakanth film 'Sattam Oru Vilayaattu' and it faced heavy competition from 'Nayakan' and 'Manithan'. However, all films went on to become successful in box-office. N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' wrote, "[..] the narrative lacks believability, because there isn't any feeling in this film".
References
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