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Wikipedia article
'Kondattam' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Arjun and Simran.
Plot
Raja is a rich fun-loving man, whose boat ride with his friends turns tragic after his friends die in an accident. Raja is heart-broken after his fiance Lalitha blames him for his friends' deaths. Feeling remorse for his actions, Raja writes off his properties to the families of his deceased friends. He gets a call that Anand's wife died after giving birth to a baby boy.
Raja gives the baby to Anand's family who wants him to stay in their home for some time. Except the older couple, other members initially do not like his presence but he wins their love and affection. Raja discovers that someone is attempting to kill the child. He then gets himself into a situation where he can continue staying in the house and detect the mystery.
Lalitha who is engaged to be married comes to stay in the same home and still hates Raja. During the naming ceremony of the baby, the family learns that Raja killed Anand. Arjun's servant reveals that Anand's property will be inherited by the baby. While getting thrashed by their car driver Pazhani, Raja who accidentally sees Pazhani's ring realises he was the one who attempted to kill the baby.
Pazhani was in love with Purushothaman's daughter and had an eye on the property, after coming to know that child is the heir of the property he tried to kill it. In the end, Raja marries Lalitha and becomes a part of the huge family.
Cast
* Arjun as Raja (Ramu)
* Simran as Lalitha
* Manthra as Vidhya
* Gemini Ganesan as Anand's grandfather
* Vijayakumar as Purushothaman
* Jaiganesh as Rajarathnam
* Ramesh Khanna as Pazhani
* R. Sundarrajan as Bhaskaran
* Rajeev as Anand's uncle
* Sowcar Janaki as Janaki
* Raja as Gopikrishna
* Sathyapriya as Vidya's mother
* K. R. Vatsala as Bhaskaran's wife
* Anand Babu as Babu
* Anand as Anand
* Chinni Jayanth as Siva
* Delhi Ganesh as Raja's servant
* Saradha Preetha as Saradha
* Sheela Kaur as Anjali
* Subhashini as Anand's aunt
* Lavanya as Purushothaman's daughter
* Idichapuli Selvaraj as Watchman
* Mahendran as Mahendran
* K. S. Ravikumar in a cameo appearance
Production
The film was developed with the working title of 'Uthama Puthiran', before the team changed title. Sivaji Ganesan was initially considered to play the patriarchal head of the family, though his unavailability meant that Gemini Ganesan was selected instead.
Soundtrack
The film soundtrack features score and 6 songs composed by Maragatha Mani, with lyrics by Kalidasan.
Reception
'Indolink' wrote "the movie is alright for family viewing".
References
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