''Azhagana Naatkal'' () is a 2001 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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. The film stars Karthik and Rambha and became the third collaboration of the pair with Sundar.C, after the successes of ''

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'' (1996) and ''

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'' (1999). The film also featured

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and

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. The film released on 7 December 2001 and is a remake of the

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film ''

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'' (1994) and is also loosely based on

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film ''

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''.

Plot

Indu ( Rambha) and Chandru ( Karthik) fall in love. Indu does the disappearing act and Chandru gets engaged to Rekha (

). Indu re-appears after three years with a little girl, who she claims is Chandru's daughter. Chandru vehemently denies it and finding Indu's presence an embarrassment tries to ferret out the truth. After many scenes of forced comedy, we learn that the girl is the illegitimate daughter of Chandru's much-married brother, who had seduced Indu's sister. After his brother's futile attempt to play the villain, Chandru latches on to Indu fast enough with no apology to Rekha. But it is not really Chandru's fault. For Rekha had done the disappearing act from the scene early enough without any explanation either.

Cast

* Karthik as Chandru * Rambha as Indu *

as Rekha *

as Ranjith *

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as Rajasekhar *

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as Guna *

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as Somasundaram * Ponnambalam as Somasundaram's nephew *

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as Fighter *

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as Doctor *

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as Guna's wife *

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as Asha *

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*Vengal Rao *

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as Michael (Guest appearance)

Production

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had originally signed on to play the lead role in the film, before she was replaced by Rambha. This is a Tamil remake of 1994 Malayalam film ''

''.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Deva Deva may refer to: Entertainment * ''Deva'' (1989 film), a 1989 Kannada film * ''Deva'' (1995 film), a 1995 Tamil film * ''Deva'' (2002 film), a 2002 Bengali film * Deva (2007 Telugu film) * ''Deva'' (2017 film), a 2017 Marathi film * Deva ...

References

External links

Azhagana Naatkal at Jointscene
{{Sundar C. 2001 films Films directed by Sundar C. 2000s Tamil-language films Films shot in Ooty Films scored by Deva (composer) Tamil remakes of Malayalam films