''Paandi Nattu Thangam'' is a 1989 Indian

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-language

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

directed by T. P. Gajendran. The film stars Karthik and

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. The film, produced by Kalyani Murugan, had musical score by

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and was released on 19 May 1989. The film was one of the biggest hits of Karthik in the 1980s.

Plot

Thangapandian, an honest forest officer, is transferred to a village. The village chief cuts illegally the sandalwood trees. Radha is brought up by her adoptive family. When she was young, her father, a famous singer, died in a car accident. Thangapandian falls in love with Radha.

Cast

* Karthik as Thangapandian *

as Radha * M. N. Nambiar as Captain Raghu, Thangapandian's father * Senthamari as Village Chief *

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as ravi *

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as Senthil Brother *

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as Venkatasubbama (Chuppu) *

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as Munsif * V Gopalakrishnan as Inspector *Sattam Pillai Venkatraman *

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Peeli Sivam P.L. Sivanappan known by his stage name credited as Peeli Sivam (5 July 1938 – 25 September 2017) was an Indian actor who featured around 400 Tamil-language films and plays from 1958–2017. He has featured in several films such as ''Muhamma ...

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*Baby Manju as Durga

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

, with lyrics written by

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References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0289376 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 films 1989 romantic drama films Films directed by T. P. Gajendran Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romantic drama films