''Sundara Pandian'' is a 1998 Indian

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-language

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, directed and produced by

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, starring Karthik, Swathi and

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. The film, had musical score by

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and was released in 1998.

Plot

Pandi ( Karthik) is an uneducated villager who he's in love with his niece Karthika ( Swathi) but she doesn't love him. Sundar (Also Karthik) is the son of a rich businessman and lives without his father's love in the city. One day, Pandi decides to leave his village to earn money and find a wife. Meanwhile, Sundar comes to Pandi's village to swim at the river, and the villagers catch him. After seeing Pandi's mother, Sundar stays there and he gets the mother's affection. Pandi doesn't find a job in the city, Sundar's father then brought Pandi with him and thought that his son became mad. There, Ramya (

), a police officer falls in love with Pandi. Meanwhile, Kottaval (

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), Ashok Raj's enemy, escapes from the psychiatrist hospital to kill Ashok Raj and his son Sundar. Karthika falls in love with Sundar and Karthika's father (

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) prevents her to forget him. The enemy of Karthika's father decides to kill Karthika's father but Sundar saves him. Karthika's father apologizes to his elder sister and plans to marry his daughter to his saviour. Sundar reveals to Karthika his real identity. Sundar leaves the village to find Pandi. Kottaval and his henchmen kidnap Ashok Raj and Pandi. Sundar saves them and sends Kottaval to jail.

Cast

* Karthik as Pandi / Sundar * Swathi as Karthika *

as Ramya *

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as Pavadai *

as Kottaval *

as Karthika's father *

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as Vasu *

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as Pandi's mother *

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Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan, Ponniyin Selvan and Vasan.

References

{{Reflist 1998 films Films scored by Deva (composer) 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by R. Raghu