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Abhimanyu (1997 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Abhimanyu' is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by K Subash. The film stars R Parthiepan, Ravali, Raghuvaran and Geetha. The film, produced by C Chiranjeevi, had musical score by Deva and was released on 5 September 1997.
Plot
Maasilamani (Raghuvaran), a dreaded don, spreads terror around him: triggering riots, smuggling illicit liquor and drugs. The police are exasperated by Maasilamani and send Abhimanyu (R Parthiepan) to cope with Maasilamani. Abhimanyu is an incorruptible and strict Assistant Commissioner of Police who has been suspended seven times for challenging his superiors.
Abhimanyu first reforms the corrupt constables and befriends the police officer Deraviyam (Chandrasekhar). In the meantime, Manju (Ravali) fall in love with Abhimanyu. Then, Abhimanyu intercepts Maasilamani's illicit drugs shipments. At this point, Abhimanyu becomes Maasilamani's worst enemy in a very short time. Maasilamani cannot kill him directly for fear of having the police behind him. So he triggers a riot in a college to kill smoothly Abhimanyu but Abhimanyu stops the riot just in time. Maasilamani's right-hand Somu turns approver, Maasilamani henchmen manage to kill him and Deraviyam at the court. In anger, Abhimanyu wants to punish Maasilamani but he sees a familiar face in Maasilamani's house.
Abhimanyu is, in fact, an orphan. In the past, Abhimanyu's father (Anandaraj) was a heartless corrupt police inspector and Abhimanyu's mother Kausalya killed him. So Abhimanyu's sister was sent to an orphanage and the pregnant Kausalya in jail. Abhimanyu was born in jail. The person that Abhimanyu saw in Maasilamani's house is actually Ranjitha: his long-lost elder sister and Maasilamani's wife.
What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*R Parthiepan as ACP Abhimanyu IPS
*Ravali as Manju
*Raghuvaran as Maasilamani
*Geetha as Kausalya and Ranjitha
*Vijayakumar as SI Thangaraj
*Chandrasekhar as Deraviyam
*Anandaraj in a guest appearance
*S V Ramadoss
*Peeli Sivam
*Ragasudha as Deraviyam's wife
*S V Venkatraman
*Veeraraghavan
*Kalidoss
*LIC Narasimhan
*Lakshmi Rattan as Raghavan
*Mohan V Raman as Saamy
*Gowtham Sundararajan as Ganesh, Maasilamani's son
*Ravikanth as Prakash, Maasilamani's son
*Venky
*Periya Karuppu Thevar as Basha
*Vaani as Manju's mother
*Lalitha
*Mahanadi Shankar as Pandu
*Crazy Venkatesh
*Jayaprakasam as Somu
*Ram
*Lakshman
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features five tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, Kalidasan, Ponniyin Selvan, Mayil and Vaasan.
References
Category:1997 films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police
Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)
Category:Films directed by K. Subash
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