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-language

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directed by

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. The film stars himself,

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and

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. The film, produced by J. V. Rakmangadan and Karumari Kandasamy, had musical score by

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and was released on 26 January 1994. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''

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''.

Plot

Velayudham (

) and his cousin Valli (

) are in love since their childhood. Her father Rathnasamy ( R. Sundarrajan) hates Velayudham and looks for a groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Rathnasamy finally captures them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village to

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in order to find a job with the help of his friend Kunju Khader (

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). Kunju Khader turns out to be a pickpocket. In a twist of fate, Velayudham steals a bag. In this bag, there are barber tools and Velayudham becomes a street barber. Soon, Cheena the bag's owner catches Velayudham. Velayudham lies and Cheena brings him to his house. There, Velayudham becomes his apprentice. Cheena's daughter Amudha falls in love with Velayudham. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Velayudham *

as Amudha *

as Valli * R. Sundarrajan as Rathnasamy *

as Kunju Khader *Mannangatti Subramaniam as Vasu *

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as Murugan *

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as Ahamed *Pramila Joshi as Baagiyam *

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*Bayilvan Ranganathan as Inspector Azhagappan *Manager Cheena as Cheena *Krishnamoorthy *Janaki as Valli's mother *Radha Bob *Usha Nayar *Dakshayini as Velayudham's sister *S. R. Vijaya

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.

Reception

Malini Mannath of ''

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'' gave the film a mixed review and said, "probably, in the adaptation, the flavour of the original was lost, because what we have here is only average fare". K. Vijiyin of ''

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'' wrote, "This is not a must-see movie".

References

External links

{{Pandiarajan 1994 films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Deva (composer) Tamil remakes of Malayalam films