''Vigneshwar'' is a 1991 Indian

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-language

crime thriller film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

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, starring Karthik,

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and

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. The film had musical score by Sangeetha Rajan and was released in 1991.

Cast

* Karthik as Vigneshwar IPS, Assistant Commissioner of Police *

as Ramya Rajendran *

as Amir Nath * Geetha as Padmini * Vijayakumar as DIG Rajendran *

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as Vidhyasagar *

Junior Balaiah Raghu Balaiah, popularly known as Junior Balaiah (born 28 June 1953) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. The son of actor T. S. Balaiah, Junior Balaiah has primarily featured in supporting roles throughout his career, w ...

as Stranger *

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*Kirish * V. K. Ramasamy in guest appearance

Soundtrack

Soundtrack is composed by Sangeetha Rajan. *"O Ya" –

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*"Thannikinni" – K. S. Chithra *"Poonkathe" – K. S. Chithra

Reception

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'' wrote, "Vigneshwar is a crime thriller with the attendant cliches in tow the vendetta line .But the glitter and sheen of cinematic package .gives a beguiling manner to the film."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=10937536 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 crime thriller films 1991 films Films directed by R. Raghu Indian crime thriller films