Thalattu Padava is a 1990

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directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars

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and Kushboo. The film, produced by A. S. Ibrahim Rowther, had musical score by

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and was released on 5 September 1990.

Plot

Raja (

) lives with his mother Thayamma ( Sujatha) and he is a graduate who works as a mechanic until he finds an appropriate job. He finally gets a job in

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. Unfortunately, Raja misses the train in a station and his certificates, because of Narmadha (

), a poor

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seller. Raja must wait 4 days for the next train. Slowly, Raja and Narmadha fall in love with each other. When he returns home, his mother Thayamma becomes mute. Raja works as the car driver of a rich man Kandhasamy (

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) and his granddaughter Narmadha ( Kushboo) teases him a lot. Until she knows that he is well educated and she falls in love with him. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Raja *

as Narmadha * Kushboo as Narmadha * Sujatha as Thayamma, Raja's mother *

as Kandhasamy *

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*Sudha *

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*MLA Thangaraj *

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Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1990, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and

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References

{{R. Sundarrajan (director) 1990 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by R. Sundarrajan