''Archana IAS'' is a 1991 Indian

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film directed by

A. Jagannathan A. Jagannathan (26 November 19357 October 2012) was an Indian film director who worked in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries and he was introduced by R.M. Veerappan in his Sathya Movies banner for Manipayal. He directed nearly ...

. The film stars Sithara, R. Sarathkumar and Siva, with

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, Vijayakumar,

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Thalapathy Dinesh Thalapathy Dinesh (also spelled Thalapathi Dinesh) is an Indian action choreographer who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He started his career in the cinema as an extra fighter in '' Naan Sigappu Manithan'' and later he became as a stunt master and ...

, Senthil and

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playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 5 July 1991.

Plot

Archana is the daughter of the widow Bhavani, who brought up Archana alone and wanted her daughter to become an

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officer. Her mother didn't hesitate to physically torture Archana if she disobeyed her rules. Archana was a clever college student, and she won many cups during college. She was friendly with the orphan Kumar and Mala, who was the sister of the college professor Santhosh Kumar. One day, Dinesh killed Mala in front of her brother Santhosh Kumar. The police then arrested Dinesh and the innocent Santhosh Kumar. The following day, Dinesh was released by the police using his father's power. After that, Archana becomes an IAS Officer, and Siva becomes a police officer. Her mother, Bhavani finally reveals the reason behind her wish to see Archana as an IAS officer. In the past, Bhavani was cheated by Anandamurthy, and he forced her to abort the baby, but she refused and ran away. Archana is now determined to punish her father, Anandamurthy, who is now a powerful and corrupt minister.

Cast

* Sithara as Archana IAS, Social Welfare Secretary * R. Sarathkumar as Santhosh Kumar *Siva as Inspector Kumar *

as Perumalswamy * Vijayakumar as Anandamurthy *

as Bhavani *

as Dinesh * Senthil *

as Dinesh's father *

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as Lakshmi *Yamini as Mala * M. R. Krishnamurthy as College principal *

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as Sabesan *

Gundu Kalyanam Gundu Kalyanam is an Indian actor and director in Tamil film industry and active and hardcore member at AIADMK party. He entered cine field in the year 1967 and his first movie was Mazhalai Pattalam in 1979. He also had his hands on direction ...

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Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Muthulingam, Na. Kamarasan and S. A. Rajkumar.

References

External links

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