''Thoondil Meen'' () is a 1977 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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. The film stars

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Mohan Sharma Mohan Sharma is an Indian film and television actor, film producer, director and screenwriter, who works in South Indian films. He has produced more than 15 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. He became noted through his role in '' C ...

and

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. It was released on 1 April 1977. The film was remade in

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as '' Trishna'' (1978), in

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as ''

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'' (1981) and in

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as ''

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'' (1982).

Plot

Cast

as Seetha *

as Thyagarajan *

as Rangan

Production

''Thoondil Meen'' was directed by Ra. Sankaran based on a story by Javar Seetharaman. The screenplay and dialogues for the film were written by Karaikudi Narayanan.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

V. Kumar V. Kumar ( ta, வரதராஜுலு குமார், ) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a yesteryear Tamil cinema music director, born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July 1934 to Varadharajulu and Dhanabhakiyam couple, in July 1969 ...

and lyrics by Vaali.

Reception

''Thoondil Meen'' was released on 1 April 1977. Kanthan of ''

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'' praised the performances of Lakshmi and Sundarrajan but felt Mohan Sharma's performance as lifeless. The critic also added the film felt too slow after the interval and duets could have been removed to avoid lagging but praised Sankaran's direction and concluded whether fish (meen) got caught by hook (thoondil) but a good story got trapped in ''Thoondil Meen''.

Remakes

The film was remade in Hindi as '' Trishna'' (1978), in Kannada as ''

'' (1981) and in Telugu as ''

'' (1982).

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1970s Tamil-language films 1970s thriller films 1977 films Films scored by V. Kumar Indian thriller films Tamil films remade in other languages