''Periya Marudhu'' is a 1994 Indian

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-language

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directed by N. K. Viswanathan. The film stars

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Ranjitha Ranjitha (born Sri Valli) is an Indian actress. She has acted in a number of Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. Career In 1991, Ranjita, did her first Telugu film, under the screen name Madhu Bala ''Kadapa Reddemma''. It was written ...

and

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. The film, produced by Kalyani Murugan, was released on 2 November 1994 during Diwali.

Plot

Periya Marudhu (

) amputated Marimuthu (

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) for grabbing his land and he is sent to jail. After spending two years behind bars, Periya Marudhu is back to his village. In the past, Periya Marudhu became orphan at a very early age and tried hard to live through. Impressed by Periya Marudhu's strength, Sivasankaran (

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) brought him at his home. Since then, Periya Marudhu considers Sivasankaran as his best friend and works as his faithful henchman while Sivasankaran considers him as his common henchman. Sivasankaran is involved in land grabbing, in women kidnapping and raping. The villagers hate Sivasankaran and Periya Marudhu. After losing her sister, Kaveri (

) decides to live with Periya Marudhu, her last relative. Kaveri loves Periya Marudhu and tries to change his behaviour. Sivasankaran, who fears to lose his faithful henchman, kills Kaveri. Periya Marudhu decides to take revenge and becomes a good man.

Cast

as Periya Marudhu *

as Kaveri *

as Ponni *

as Sivasankaran * M. N. Nambiar as Bhai * Pandiyan as Pandiyan *

as Marimuthu *

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as Sodalai * Senthil as Azhaguraman * S. S. Chandran as S. Satyamurthy * Ponnambalam as Senkodan *

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 ...

as Police Inspector * C. R. Vijayakumari as Periya Marudhu's mother *

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* Karuppu Subbiah *Ram *Lakshman *

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as Periya Marudhu's father * K. A. Thangavelu *

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* V. Gopalakrishnan as Jailer *Aradhana as Mahalakshmi * Jayalalita as Sevvanthi *

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as Perichali *

Omakuchi Narasimhan Narasimhan (c. 1936 - 12 March 2009), popularly known as Omakuchi, was an Indian stage and film actor. He acted in over 1,500 films in 14 Indian languages, predominantly in Tamil. Early life Born in Kumbakonam in 1936, Narasimhan made his ...

Idichapuli Selvaraj Idichapuli Selvaraj ( – 30 January 2012) was a veteran Tamil comedy actor. He acted in more than five hundred films. He acted along with lot of actors. He also worked as an assistant director for the M. G. Ramachandran films like ''Idhayakkani ...

as Restaurant Owner *Ganapathy Subramaniam * Ashwin Kumar *Kavithasri as an

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Muthulingam and Ponnadiyan.

Critical reception

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'' wrote, "The screenplay is loosely etched and treatment leaves much to be desired."

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0318557 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 action films 1994 films Films directed by N. K. Vishwanathan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian action films