''Sendhoorapandi'' is a 1993 Indian

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directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars

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, Vijay,

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and Yuvarani. It revolves around Vijay (Vijay) who falls in love with Meena. But Meena's brother opposes their marriage due to rivalry between both the families. Whereas Vijay's brother Sendhoorapandi returns from jail to help him to win his love. The film released on 24 December 1993 and performed well commercially.

Premise

Vijay, a college student, comes back after finishing his studies. He meets village headman's daughter Yuvarani, both of them in love with each other. Yuvarani's brother opposes to their marriage. Sendhurapandi, the elder brother of Vijay, returns from jail. The story carries a flashback of Vijaykanth where Gouthami is his love and why he was jailed. Do Vijay and Yuvarani win in their love forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

After Vijay's debut film as a lead actor ''

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'' (1992) failed at the box-office, Chandrasekhar decided to cast an established actor alongside Vijay for his next film; Vijayakanth agreed to do the film for free.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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, with lyrics written by Vaali and P. R. C. Balu. For the dubbed Telugu version ''Bobbili Rayudu'', all lyrics were written by

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Reception

Malini Mannath of ''

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'' wrote it "turns out to be fairly engaging film". K. Vijiyin of ''

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'' wrote, "It is amazing Chandrasegaran went into production without a proper story. Rajarajan's cinematography is the saving grace in this movie which seems to have nothing new to say". ''

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'' gave the film a score of 30 out of 100.

References

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* {{S. A. Chandrasekhar 1990s Tamil-language films 1993 action films 1993 films Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian action films