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directed by C. V. Sasikumar. The film stars

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and Rambha. The film, produced by

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, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 April 1996. The film bombed at the box-office.

Plot

Thirumoorthy (

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), a corrupt politician, dreams to become the prime minister and hires a terrorist to kill the current prime minister. In jail, Sekhar (

) is engaged by a terrorist, and they escape from the jail. He reveals that he is a police officer, kills the terrorists and catches the leader. He is then praised for saving the prime minister by his superiors. Neelakandan (

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), an orthodox Brahmin, is Sekhar's father's ( Vijayakumar) best friend and Sekhar's father decides to marry his son to Neelakandan's daughter Meena (

). Franka, an Indo-French girl, also lives with them to learn about their culture. But Sekhar is in love with Yamuna ( Rambha).One day, Sekhar has the mission to find Franka, who is supposed to be lost. A killer misses to kill Sekhar at the time, instead he kills Yamuna. Meena is jailed as she is considered to be killing Franka. Sekhar invites Thirumoorthy for

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to prison, where Meena attempts to kill him. The same killer who killed Yamuna tries to kill Meena, but Sekhar saves her. Sekhar enquires Meena, and she reveals the truth. Franka handbag got robbed with her passport inside it. Meena and Franka complained at the police station. Franka was called at the police station, but Thirumoorthy raped her, and she died. Thangamani (

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), a police officer, promised to Meena to arrest the culprit, and he first prevented his partner Thirumoorthy. Thangamani arrested Meena, and the villagers humiliated her family, Meena's family have self-immolated. Sekhar married Meena in the jail, and Meena is released on bail. Sekhar is unable to arrest Thirumoorthy because it would be a black mark for his country. Thangamani refuses to provide information to Sekhar, so he beats Thangamani. Thangamani reveals all about Thirumoorthy, however, a hitman kills Thangamani and kidnaps Sekhar. Thirumoorthy threatens Sekhar to kill his father and his wife if he doesn't kill the prime minister himself. Despite, Sekhar is escorted by Thirumoorthy's henchmen in the plane, he manages to escape from the plane. He finds the place where his father and his wife are sequestrated, and saves them. To save the prime minister, Sekhar finds the sniper and kills him. Thirumoorthy decides to kill the prime minister, but Sekhar saves him and kills Thirumoorthy.

Cast

as SP Sekhar

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as Meena * Rambha as Yamuna * Vijayakumar as Sekhar's father *

as Thirumoorthy *Hemanth Ravan *

as Nilakanda sasthri *

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as Prime Minister *

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*Franka as Franka *Raveendar Nath *Beemarao *Naga Kannan *Kalajothi Jayanthi *Dhanush *Madan Sundar *Salim *Khan *Jayanthi *Latha *

as Thangamani (guest appearance) *

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(guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali,

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, Muthulingam and

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References

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