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-language

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directed by Selva Vinayagam, who had previously directed the films ''

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'' (1992) and ''

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'' (1994). The film stars

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and

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, with Vijayakumar, Jayanthi, newcomer Raghavi, Mohan Natarajan, S. N. Vasanth and Raja Raveendar playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by

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and was released on 26 December 1997. The film was a remake of Telugu film '' Doshi Nirdoshi'' (1990).

Plot

Siva (

) is an honest police inspector who was brought up by the judge Sathyamoorthy ( Vijayakumar) when his mother died. Sathyamoorthy has two sons: Ramesh (S. N. Vasanth) and Raja (Raja Raveendar). The influential smuggler Mudaliar (Mohan Natarajan) often clashes with Siva and Sathyamoorthy. Siva and the jolly college student Priya (

) fall in love with each other, later they get married with Sathyamoorthy's blessing. One day, Raja rapes Mudaliar's daughter. The next day, Raja is found dead and Siva conducts the investigation. Ramesh admits to his father that he killed Raja. Sathyamoorthy decides to protect Ramesh at all costs, while Siva wants to send Ramesh to jail. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Inspector Siva *

as Priya * Vijayakumar as Sathyamoorthy * Jayanthi as Parvathi *

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*Mohan Natarajan as Mudaliar *S. N. Vasanth as Ramesh * Raja Raveendar as Raja *Soundar as Soundar *

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*Raghavi *Manager Cheena *Vincent Roy *Anuja *M. G. Raja Gopal *R. K. *Musthafa *Mukilan

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by

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References

{{reflist 1997 films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Deva (composer) Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Indian action drama films Tamil remakes of Telugu films 1990s action drama films