''Thaimel Aanai'' is a 1988 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian & M. S. Guhan. The film stars

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and

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. The film was a remake of Bengali film ''Pratikar''(1987) which was also remade in

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as ''

Pratikar ''Pratikar'' is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The film is a remake of 1987 Bengali film ''Pratikar'', which was also remade in Telugu as ''Raktha Tilaka ...

'', in Telugu as ''

Raktha Tilakam ''Raktha Tilakam'' () is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal and produced by K. Ashok Kumar under the Sri Usha Art Productions banner. It stars Venkatesh and Amala , with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was a ...

'' and in Sinhala as ''Danduwama''. The film was released on 13 April 1988. The film was commercially successful upon release.

Plot

''Thaimel Aanai'' is the story of a son's revenge on the killers of his mother and sister, but his friend, who is now a Police officer, does not like someone taking the law into his hands. In the end, the villains kidnap Vinod's family. Raja storms the hideout of the villains along with Vinod and rescues Vinod's family by fighting with the villains, killing the goons who destroyed his family in the process. But sadly, Raja dies of the injuries he received during the fight. The movie ends with Vinod carrying the corpse of Raja and walking away along with his family.

Cast

* Arjun as Raja *

as Vinod *

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as Vijaya and Raja's mother * Ranjini as Meena * Madhuri as Vinod's wife *

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as Vijaya *

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as Chakkara *

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as Devaraj * Y. Gee. Mahendra as Punyakodi *

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as Picha * K. K. Soundar as Padma's father *Babitha as Padma *

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as Kannaiyya *

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as a fisherman of Rangukuppam *

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as a director *Bayilvan Ranganathan as Chakkara's henchman *

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as a fisherman of Rangukuppam * Thavakalai as a fisherman of Rangukuppam *

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as Johny *Azhagu as Dhilip *Naveen as Chakkara's henchman *Master Meenuraj as Babu *Master Jai Krishna as young Raja *Master Biju as young Vinod *Baby Vijaya as young Vijaya

Production

''Thaimel Aanai'' marks the return in the Tamil cinema of the star

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, in the 80s.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consist of nine songs composed by Chandrabose. Among which 2 unpublished works at the time of the release of the soundtrack, "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna", S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's version and K. S. Chitra's sad version (or slow version). Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. 2 songs became hits in their taken out, "Vaaika Varabukulla Vayasupulla" and "Hey Mallikai Poo Poothirukku". Tamil Tracklist Hindi Tracklist

Reception

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'' wrote, "Like a merry-go-round the film keeps spinning about in a whirl all geared to one end of satisfying the audience in an entertainment made-to-order exercise".

References

External links

* {{L. Raja 1988 films 1980s Tamil-language films Indian action films AVM Productions films 1980s masala films 1988 action films Tamil remakes of Bengali films Films directed by L. Raja