''Karuppu Roja'' () is a 1996

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-language horror film directed by Paneer, scripted by Aabavanan and produced by

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. The film stars

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, Amar Siddique, Yosika, Vinita amongst others. The project became the first DTS film in Indian cinema, and had a music score composed by M. S. V. Raja, his First music composing venture. The movie was Hit and successfully ran in more theaters in

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and also in the nearby state of

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Plot

Vinodh (Amar Siddique) and Thulasi (Yosika) meet in college and fall in love with each other. He manipulates her into marrying him. Then he takes away her firstborn to kill as an offering to please

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in order to cure his mentally ill mother who has been insane since the death of her husband. But Aravindh (

), a kind exorcist who exorcises the ghosts in the

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by chanting Manthras, saves the child by praying

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, and Thulasi is also rescued by him finally. Vinodh dies at the former's hands for spreading

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Cast

as Vijay * Amar Siddique as Vinod (voice dubbed by actor Vikram) * Yosika as Thulasi *

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as Meena *

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as Thulasi's mother * S.R. Veeraraghavan as Thulasi's father *

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* Srikanth * Karikalan * Kavithashree * Kokila Gobinathan * Sangeetha Balan * magic rathika

Production

''Karuppu Roja'' was written and scripted by Aabavanan, who rose to fame after writing the 1986 horror film ''

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''. It was produced jointly by writer Indhumathi and by Karunamoorthy, who made his debut as a producer in the Tamil film industry with his studio

. The film was heavily publicized before releases, with the producers targeting magazines in particular to rave about the new sound system that the venture was introducing.

Release

H. Sridhar won the

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for his work in the film, while D. Rajan also won the

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. S. V. Raja, was well received by the audience.

References

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