''Dravidan'' is a 1989 Indian

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-language action film directed by

R. Krishnamoorthy R. Krishnamoorthy was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked on Tamil films. Most active in the 1980s, he is best known for directing Rajinikanth in ''Billa'' (1980) and Kamal Haasan in '' Vaazhvey Maayam'' (1982). Career Through ...

, starring

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

, Vidhyashree and

Suparna Anand Suparna Anand is an Indian people, Indian actress from New Delhi. She has appeared in Cinema of Kerala, Malayalam and Bollywood, Hindi films. She is known for her portrayal of the titular Vaisali in the movie ''Vaisali (film), Vaisali'', direct ...

. It is a remake of the 1988 Malayalam film ''

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''. The film was released on 28 October 1989,

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day.

Plot

Cast

* Vidhyashree * Ambika *

* Jaishankar * Sharat Saxena * Jaiganesh * Goga Kapoor * Nalinikanth * Hareesh *

Monisha Unni Monisha Unni (24 January 1970 – 5 December 1992) was an Indian actress, known for her works in Malayalam, Tamil cinema. Monisha was 16 when she became the youngest actress ever to receive the National Film Award for Best Actress for ''N ...

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S. S. Chandran S. S. Chandran (25 September 1941 – 9 October 2010) was an Indian comedy actor, producer, and politician from Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and was a Member of the Parliament representing Tamil N ...

* Somayajulu * Vijayakumar * Vinu Chakravarthy *

Rajyalakshmi Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted fo ...

* Devilalitha * Srividya

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

, with lyrics by

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Release and reception

''Dravidan'' was released on 28 October 1989,

day, alongside another Sathyaraj film ''

Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai ''Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Vasu. It stars Sathyaraj and Shobana. This was Sathyaraj's 100th film as an actor. ''Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai'' was released on 28 October 1989, alongside anothe ...

''. P. S. S. of '' Kalki'' praised the performances of the cast.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 action films 1989 films Films directed by R. Krishnamoorthy Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian action films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films