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Wikipedia article
'Pagaivan' is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Ajith Kumar, Sathyaraj and Anjala Zaveri. The film revolves around a kidnapping undertaken by Ajith and the actions that the victim's father take to save his daughter. The film also featured Ranjitha, Nagesh, K. S. Ravikumar and Vivek who all appear in supporting roles. It was released in August 1997 to mixed reviews but critics praises the comedy and performance of Sathyaraj.https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1997/aug/17-08-1997/p80.jpg The film was a commercial failure.
Plot
Prabhu, despite having all the required qualifications for the job he applied for, fails after he was demanded to pay a considerable amount as a caution deposit. And every time, all his chances of getting the job were hanging on the payment of this caution.
Determined to get the job at all costs, Prabhu is ready to do anything to obtain this amount as quickly as possible. So Prabhu decides to kidnap someone so as to demand a ransom from the family of this person. The fate leads him to abduct Uma, who happens to be the one and only daughter of Minister Durai Raj.
Uma falls in love with Prabhu and, before long, Prabhu begins to love Uma too. Meanwhile, Umas parents hire Vasu, a rowdy whos ready to do anything for the sake of money, to find their daughter. The rest of the film revolves around if the pair will be found.
Cast
*Ajith Kumar as Prabhu
*Sathyaraj as Vasu
*Ranjitha as Esther
*Anjala Zaveri as Uma Durairaj
*Nagesh as Church father
*K. S. Ravikumar as Minister Durairaj
*Mansoor Ali Khan as Dharman
*Babu Antony as Dharman's brother
*Sumithra as Uma's mother
*Delhi Ganesh as Prabhu's father
*Vivek as Prabhu's friend
*G. Venkateswaran as Padmanaban, Medicine company owner
*Manobala as Govindhan
*Bayilvan Ranganathan as Durairaj's assistant
*Sempuli Jagan as Singam
*Ajay Rathnam as the Police inspector
*Balu Anand as a Security guard
*Soundar as Barman
*Mahanadi Shankar as Fighter
*Naga Kannan as Welding Kannan
*Vikram Singh as Singh
*Dhamu as Prabhu's friend
*Madhan Bob as Judge
*Ravi Raj as Lawyer
*Vellai Subbaiah as Kaliaperumal
*S. Lalitha as Prabhu's mother
*Priyanka as an Office clerk
Production
During the making of the film, the producers fell out with actress Anjala Zaveri, causing the film to be briefly delayed.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Deva, while lyrics written by Vairamuthu.
References
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