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Purusha Lakshanam
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Wikipedia article
'Purusha Lakshanam' is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 3 December 1993. It was remade as 'Bhale Pellam' in Telugu and in 'Mangalya Bandhana' in Kannada.
Plot
Nandagopal works as a managing director in a company. Abhirami, also known as Ammu, a carefree college student, falls in love with Nandagopal at first sight, while Anju also loves Nandagopal, but it is one sided. Finally, Nandagopal accepts to get married with Ammu. Raja was Ammu's classmate and was in love with Ammu, so Raja wants to take revenge on Ammu. Raja begins to compel Ammu, and challenges to marry her. One day, Raja hugs Ammu in front of Nandagopal, Nandagopal thinks that his wife has an affair with Raja and he expels Ammu. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Jayaram as Nandagopal
*Khushbu as Abhirami (Ammu)
*Anju as Anju
*R. Sundarrajan as Rajgopal
*Srividya as Vidya
*Raja Ravindra as Raja
*Charle as Rajesh
*K. S. Ravikumar as Madhavan Nair
*Idichapuli Selvaraj
*Loose Mohan
*Major Sundarrajan
*Thyagu
*Pandu
*Kumarimuthu
*Shanmugasundari as Shanmugasundari
*Indraja
Production
P. Vasu wrote the story with Khushbu in mind, and she accepted. Though Khusbhu had fever on the first day of shooting, she avoided revealing this to director K. S. Ravikumar to prevent production delays.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Kalidasan.
Reception
'The Indian Express' wrote "P. Vasu's story gets a serious turn, the director gets a grip [..] and the film manages to keep the viewers engrossed in the proceedings." 'New Straits Times' praised Khushboo's performance and praised Ravikumar's direction citing he "has managed to keep the pace light and full of delightful moments for first three quarters of the movie".
References
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