''Urimai Geetham'' () is a 1988 Indian

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directed by R. V. Udayakumar, in his directorial debut. The film stars

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and Karthik. The film had musical score by

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and was released on 26 February 1988. Udayakumar won the Best New Dace (Director) award at the

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Plot

Bhoominathan, an honest politician, wins the election and becomes the CM. A felicitation function is organised to celebrate his victory. In the function, he is assassinated by Thyagu. On the one hand, Thyagu is arrested and he denies having killed Bhoominathan. On the other hand, Boominathan's son, Chandru is determined to find his father's murderer. The rest of the story is what happens to Thyagu and Chandru who is the real culprit.

Cast

as Thyagu * Karthik as Chandru *

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as Indhu * Ranjini as Ganga *

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as Bhoominathan *

Typist Gopu Gopalarathnam, known by his stage name Typist Gopu, was an Indian actor known for comedy and supporting roles. He acted in over 600 stage plays and 400 films. Career A native of Manakkal, Lalgudi in Trichy district, Gopalarathnam was active ...

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as Ezhumalai *

Kumarimuthu Kumarimuthu (20 December 1940 – 28 February 2016) was a Tamil film character actor, comedian and politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He was known for his unique comical laugh. Career Kumarimuthu starred in 728 films in his car ...

* G. Srinivasan as Dharmaraj * M. N. Rajam as Thyagu's mother

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by the duo

, with lyrics written by R. V. Udayakumar.

Reception

Jeyamanmadhan of ''

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'' said the director took an innovative story and mixed it with routine masala.

References

External links

* {{R. V. Udayakumar 1980s Tamil-language films 1988 directorial debut films 1988 films Films directed by R. V. Udayakumar Films scored by Manoj–Gyan Indian thriller films