''Naangal'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by Hassan. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

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and

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. It was released on 20 March 1992.

Plot

Keerthi, an honest police officer, is charged to solve a double murder case. Keerthi faces up to another police officer Naveen Kumar. Naveen Kumar who hungers for a promotion wants to take charge of this affair. Keerthi and Naveen Kumar finally fight, and the matter is taken up in court. Keerthi hires the lawyer Chaturvedi, a senior lawyer who has never lost a case. Later, Chaturvedi has a heart attack and the doctor Mona takes care of him. He really likes the way she took care of him and he now considered her like his own daughter. The doctors Rajasekhar and Mona suspect the hospital running by the doctor Johnson for doing illegal activities. Rajasekhar is later killed by someone, the presumed guilty is Mona according to the fingerprint on the murder weapon. Keerthi and Chaturvedi come to her rescue.

Cast

as Keerthi *

as Chaturvedi *

Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthu ...

as Sundaram *

as Mona *

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), also known as Sreevidya, was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, ...

as Lakshmi *

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (born 31 July 1951), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 200 films. He has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada a ...

as Rajasekhar * Nassar as Johnson * Captain Raju as Naveen Kumar *

Rajan P. Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...

as Rathnaswamy *

Mohan Raj Mohan Raj, better known by his stage name Keerikkadan Jose, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu-language films. Personal life Mohan Raj is married to Usha. They have two daughters, Jaishma and Kaaviya. He is settled a ...

as Maruthi *

Kumarimuthu Kumarimuthu (20 December 1940 – 28 February 2016) was a Tamil film character actor, comedian and politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He was known for his unique comical laugh. Career Kumarimuthu starred in 728 films in his car ...

*Neelu *Sivaraman as Senthamizh Nithyanandam *

Sachu Saraswathi Sundaresan Iyer, professionally known as Kumari Sachu (born 7 January 1948) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 films in five different languages and a few television serials. She is a character actress/comedienne who ...

*Sharmili *Manjupriya *Aasha *Rajeshwari * Ponnambalam *

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as Gayathri

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali and Gangai Amaran.

Reception

N. Krishnaswamy of ''

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'' said "As the film's script is free from some of the cliches that constantly besiege Tamil films, ''Naangal'' is not without its merits as 'time passing' fare".

References

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*{{IMDb title, 0318476 1990s Tamil-language films 1992 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja