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Salem Vishnu
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Wikipedia article
'Salem Vishnu' is a 1990 Tamil-language action film written, produced and directed by Thiagarajan in his directorial debut. The film stars Thiagarajan and Rupini. It had musical score by Sangeetha Rajan and was released on 16 February 1990. The film shows the prequel story of the character Salem Vishnu from the Malayalam film 'New Delhi'.
Plot
Vishnu (Thiagarajan) was a clever student, but he cannot tolerate cheating at the school exam, and beats up the professor (M. S. Bhaskar); he was subsequently excluded from the engineering school. He decides to work as a car mechanic. Vishnu and Shanthi (Rupini) fell in love with each other.
Vishnu's brother Siva (R. Sarathkumar) is an honest municipal commissioner. Siva and his wife Lakshmi (Geetha), a jailer, are transferred to the same city where Vishnu lives. They were shocked when Vishnu tells that he is working as a car mechanic.
Kathavarayan (Goundamani), the municipal chairman, and his brother Ashokan (Ratheesh) are corrupted, influential persons. Siva clashes with them. Meantime, Ashokan kills journalist Raji (Vaishnavi), who sends the details of their illegal works to Siva. Ashokan is later sent to jail. Siva wants also to punish Kathavarayan, but Ashokan kills him. The guiltless Vishnu is sent to jail for killing his own brother. In jail, he meets his sister-in-law Lakshmi and his enemy Ashokan. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Thiagarajan as Vishnu
*Rupini as Shanthi
*R. Sarathkumar as Siva
*Geetha as Lakshmi
*Ratheesh as Ashokan
*Goundamani as Kathavarayan
*Meesai Murugesan as Vishnu's father
*S. N. Lakshmi as Vishnu's mother
*Vinu Chakravarthy as Jailor Sundaram
*Venniradai Moorthy as Muthu
*V. K. Ramasamy as Pachai
*Vaishnavi as Raji
*Jayamalini as Jaya
*M. S. Bhaskar as Professor
*Omakuchi Narasimhan as Zamindar
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Lawyer
*K. R. Savithri
*C. Pravin Kumar as Police officer
*Pasi Narayanan as Mechanic
*Kullamani as Mechanic
*Vellai Subbaiah as Mechanic
*Karuppu Subbiah as Mechanic
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Sangeetha Rajan. The soundtrack, released in 1990, features 4 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Kennedy and Thiagarajan.
References
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