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film directed and written by
P. Vasu Vasudevan Peethambharan, known professionally as P Vasu, is an Indian director, writer and actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam language films. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 64 films.
. The film stars Sarathkumar and
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while
Radharavi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...
,
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and Kavitha Vijayakumar play supporting roles. The film opened in April 1995 but fared below critics' expectations.


Plot

Radharavi is a very rich businessman and has industry with lot of workers. Radharavi bribes the workers union leader Ponambalam if any protest rises from the workers union. Ponambalam cheats the workers by telling the workers that the salary will increase by 5%, but they don't give up till 7% increase and again the workers stand on the ground protesting. Meanwhile, Ponambalam goes inside alone and gets brandy from Radharavi and again comes out telling now at least 6% increase in salary is agreed by Radharavi and thus tries to settle the protest. Here Sharat Kumar interferes and says that 20% increase is needed. For this whole worker union support Sharat Kumar and make him the leader. Sharat Kumar has a sister who is a close friend to Meena, the daughter of Radharavi. Meena loves Sharat Kumar seeing his good character. Radharavi is very angry with Sharat Kumar already, but tries to change him to be friendly and be like Ponambalam. Radharavi invites Sharat Kumar to the party as Sharat is the new union leader. At the party, Sharat is given a big car and already was given a good clothes to wear for the party. Sharat likes the car and takes the car key and drives the car and damages the car. Sharat also throws away the clothes and says that he prefers to be a poor man till others are given the same offer and comes out of the party. Radharavi has a son who finished studies and come to support him in business. The son of Radharavi falls in love with Sharat Kumar's sister. Finally, Radharavi supports the love and marriage happens. After the marriage, Radharavi send his son to Mumbai to settle the business at Mumbai, and daughter in law to support the business in their home area. From here onwards, the daughter in law become a strict businesswoman after Radharavi tricks her by showing himself as a cancer patient. The daughter in law behaves like a factory owner in front of Sharat without showing sign of any affection. Meanwhile, Sharat and Meena marry after Meena leaves the house against Radharavi's expectations. Sharat's sister, now a strict person, suspends Sharat for one day after a disturbed Sharat accidentally touches the wrong switch, which stops the factory working. Again in the factory, Sharat hits a worker, who purposely drinks and does wrong in the factory. This worker is sent by Radharavi to create problems. During the incident, the false worker tells that Sharat has sentiments for his sister, so only he is creating the problem. After hearing this, all the workers walk away from Sharat. Finally Radharavi plans to burn the factory down and get the insurance amount. Radharavi's plan comes out when the false worker himself tells everybody of Radharavi's evil plans. Radharavi arranges Ponambalam to kill Sharat Kumar. But Ponambalam plans to kill Radharavi also, as earlier in the film Radharavi gets arrested due to Sharat, but Radharavi gives a cool response to release Radharavi from jail. Now Ponambalam enters Radharavi's house, beats and runs a jeep over Radharavi's legs, here Sharat comes and fights and defeats Ponambalam. At the end, the film shows Radharavi now in a wheelchair, becomes good person by accepting Sharat and Meena in his big house and also Sharat's sister with husband.


Cast

* Sarathkumar as Karna *
Meena Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the st ...
as Vimala *Kavitha Vijayakumar as Thulasi *
Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...
*
Radharavi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...
as Loganathan * Manorama *
Goundamani Subramaniyan Karuppaiya (born 25 May 1939), known by his stage name Goundamani, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. The pair dominated t ...
as Periyasamy/Velusamy/Madasamy * Senthil as Ponnusamy/Munusamy/Munusamy's son *
Nagendra Prasad Nagendra Prasad Sundaram (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian dance choreographer and actor who works in Tamil and Kannada films (as a lead actor). He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popular cine arti ...
in a special appearance in song "Ye Rammu Rammu" * Ponnambalam as old union leader * Sridhar as dancer in song "Ye Rammu" *
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as dancer in song "Ye Rammu"


Production

The film marked the debut of Suresh Peters as a music composer and he reused some tunes from his album ''Minnal''. The film was the only film appearance of actress Kavitha Vijayakumar, daughter of actor Vijayakumar and Muthukannu.


Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Suresh Peters.


References

{{P. Vasu 1995 films 1990s Tamil-language films Indian action films Films directed by P. Vasu Films scored by Suresh Peters Films about twins 1995 action films