''Inaindha Kaigal'' () is a 1990 Indian

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-language film, directed by N. K. Viswanathan. The film stars

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, Nirosha and

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, with Nassar, Senthil,

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, Murali Kumar and Prabhakaran playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Aabavanan who also wrote the script and lyrics, had musical score by Gyan Varma and was released on 2 August 1990. The film has been dubbed in

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as ''Aakhri Sangam'' and in Telugu as Sahasa Ghattam.

Plot

Chandralekha (

), a grieving mother, asks an ex-army man named David Kumar (

) to rescue her son Gunasekaran (Prabhakaran), who is locked up in a military prison. At the same time, the hideous criminal P. K. Roy ( Nassar) appoints the fugitive Pratap (

) to kidnap Gunasekharan from prison. Both leave for their missions respectively, not knowing what surrender holds in his past and the fugitive takes this personal.

Cast

as Pratap, a

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on the run. *

as Maj. David Kumar, ex-

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. * Nirosha as Julie, an orphaned college student and love interest of David. *

as Geetha, a trek

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. *

as Lt. Col. Chandralekha, a serving soldier with the

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placed on house arrest after

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on false drug-related scam. * Nassar as P. K. Roy, a chief antagonist, an ex-

involved in drug scam framing Chandralekha and indirectly responsible for making Pratap an orphan after accidentally and intentionally blewing up the helicopter, piloted by Pratap's father. * Senthil as Mani, a waiter at a hotel. * A. R. S. as Lawyer Shanmugam *Prabhakaran as Gunasekaran, Chandralekha's son. *Murali Kumar as Ashok *

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as Sivaraman *K. S. Selvaraj *Vijay Ganesh as P. K. Roy's assistant * Charle as a singer (guest appearance) *Veera Raghavan in a guest appearance *

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in a guest appearance as a hired-to-kill

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targeting Pratap.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Gyan Varma. The soundtrack, released in 1990, features eight tracks with lyrics written by Aabavanan.

Reception

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'' called it "ambitious and vast, brash, blatantly loud, empty and diffuse but overall a good film to watch".

Legacy

The film had an extra ordinary opening and such that it created

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s in Shanti theatre in Coimbatore, killing 2 persons. The news, which appeared in Tamil daily

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was advertised as a poster for its

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release. In 2013 Tamil film ''

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'', lead heroes of that film Balaji and Venkatesh appeared as fans of Ramki and Arun Pandian. In one scene, Balaji utters the film's title referring to their collaboration on a mission.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0482677 1990 films 1990s Tamil-language films Indian action films Indian Army in films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films set in Chennai Films shot in Chennai Films directed by N. K. Vishwanathan 1990 action films