''Sivasakthi'' is a 1996 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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. The film stars

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and Rambha. The film, was produced by M. G. Sekar and S. Santhanam, had musical score by

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and was released on 6 September 1996 and became a box office failure and received mostly negative reviews. The films was dubbed in

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under the same title. It is loosely a remake of the Hindi movie '' Agneepath''.

Plot

Marc Zuber Antony, alias Tony (

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), an international smuggler, ended up on an isolated island after killing some navy officers. He decided to hide his merchandises there, and he threatened the people of the island. In the process, Tony killed the island's school teacher (

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) in front of his wife, his son Siva and his daughter Priya. Many years later, Siva (

) becomes a rich man in the city and lives with his sister Priya ( Rambha) and his mother ( Sujatha). Siva is haunted by his father's murder, and he tries to take revenge with the help of his friend Anbu (

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). In the meantime, Priya falls in love with a happy-go-lucky man Sakthi (

). Later, Siva appoints Sakthi, and he becomes his best friend. One day, Siva kills in front of his mother Tony's henchman, and he reveals to his mother that he is, in fact, a smuggler. Shocked after hearing this, his mother and his sister Priya leave his house, and they decide to move into Sakthi's house. Actually, Sakthi is an undercover police officer who tries to arrest Siva. Tony was supposed to be dead, according to the police report, but Sakthi finds out that he is not dead. The rest of the story is about what happens to Siva, Sakthi, Priya and Tony.

Cast

as Siva *

as Sakthi * Rambha as Priya * Sujatha as Siva's mother *

as Marc Zuber Antony alias Tony *

as Anbu *

as Siva's father *

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as Vandana *

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as Kameswari * R. N. K. Prasad as R. N. K. Prasad *Jaya Prahasam as Gaja *

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in a guest appearance

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by

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References

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