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Nallavan (1988 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Nallavan' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by S. Thanu and Ibrahim Rowther. The film stars Vijayakanth, Raadhika and M. N. Nambiar. The film, released on 15 August 1988, was a success at the box office.
Plot
Gurumoorthy and Raja are twin brothers. Guru is set to marry a collector. On the day of the marriage, Raja is kidnapped and shown a photo where he is stabbing Manju. Raja realises it is Guru in the photo. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Vijayakanth as Lawyer Gurumoorthy "Guru" and Raja
*Raadhika as Collector Ponni
*M. N. Nambiar as Guru and Raja's father
*S. S. Chandran as Point
*Janagaraj as Madhu
*Kitty as Vikram
*Vani Viswanath as Radha
*Manimala as Guru and Raja's mother
*Disco Shanti as Manju
*Thyagu as Peter
*Charle as Raja's friend
*Chinni Jayanth as Raja's friend
*Achamillai Gopi as Shankar
Production
The stunt scenes and a song was picturised and shot at Kashmir. Muthuraman revealed that crew faced tough time to shoot at the 600 feet hills for a song sequence.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Chandrabose.
Reception
N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' wrote, "The script is full of holes [..] Thanu, the producer of the film is credited with the script too. He has only himself to blame. S. P. Muthuraman directs the film as best as he can within the limitations of the canvass". Jayamanmadhan of 'Kalki' also criticised the film for its writing.
References
Category:1980s Tamil-language films
Category:1988 action films
Category:1988 films
Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman
Category:Films scored by Chandrabose (composer)
Category:Indian action films
Category:Twins in Indian films
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