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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Parambarai
| image = Parambarai poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = K. S. Ravikumar
| producer = Malar Balu
K. Dhandapani
| screenplay = K. S. Ravikumar
| story = Erode Soundar
| starring =
| music = Deva
| cinematography = Ashok Rajan
| editing = K. Thanikachalam
| studio = Malar Films
| distributor =
| released =
| country = India
| runtime = 150 minutes
| language = Tamil
}}
'Parambarai' is a 1996 Indian Tamil language drama film, directed by K. S. Ravikumar, starring Prabhu and Roja. The film, produced by Malar Balu and K. Dhandapani, had musical score by Deva, and was released on 15 January 1996. The film did fairly well at the box-office.
Plot
Paramasivam (Prabhu) and his father (Vijayakumar) are in feud for several years.
In the past, Paramasivam saw his mother murdered by Maragatham (Sindhu) but his father thought that she died because of her illness. His father later married Maragatham. So Paramasivam left his father's house and lived with his grandmother (Manorama).
Back to the present, Paramasivam falls in love with Paruvatham (Roja), sister of a ruthless landlord Kumarasamy (B. H. Tharun Kumar)who dislikes Paramasivam.Later Paramasivam marries Paruvatham to which Kumarasamy decides to revenge Paramasivam by marrying his half-sister Parimila,daughter of Maragatham.Maragatham who always greed of Paramasivam's fame among villagers and her daughter affection towards him decides to kill him by joining hands with Kumarasamy who asks an offer to marry her daughter which she accepts.Instead of Paramasivam, Kumarasamy's goons kills his grandmother for which he decides to kills him.Beside the failure of Paramasivam's murder Kumarasamy demands his marriage with Parimila to Maragatham who betrays him.Later a conflict happens between them where Kumarasamy won and order his goons to kill her with her husband and tries to rape Parimila where Paramasivam enters and rescue all even Maragatham who killed his mother.The movie ends by reunion of Paramasivam with his father and forgiving Maragatham.
Cast
*Prabhu as Paramasivan
*Roja as Paravatham
*Manorama as Paramasivan's grandmother
*Goundamani as Karappusamy
*Vijayakumar as Paramasivan's father
*Senthil as Kanayiram
*Sindhu as Maragatham
*B. H. Tharun Kumar as Kumarasamy
*Jyothi Meena as Mangamma
*Meera as Parimala
*Master Mahendran as Young Paramasivan
*Sabitha Anand as Vijayakumar's first wife
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features five tracks written by Kalidasan.
Reception
'Kalki' criticised the film for missing Ravikumar's signature directing style.
References
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