''Vilangu'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film produced, written and directed by

P. Jayadevi P. Jayadevi (died 4 October 2023) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actress who worked on Tamil films. Regarded as one of the first female directors in the Tamil film industry, Jayadevi was predominantly active in the 1980s ...

. The film stars Jaishankar in the lead role. It was released on 27 February 1987.

Plot

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Jayaraman seeks to capture an international smuggler.

Cast

* Jaishankar as

Jayaraman * Arun Pandian as Babu *

Nizhalgal Ravi Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He st ...

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

as an international smuggler * Sulakshana as Jayaraman's wife *

Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna (in the Telugu and Kannada film industries) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ramy ...

as Kavitha * Janagaraj *

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

(guest appearance)

Production

''Vilangu'' was written, produced and directed by

under Thulasi International.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.

Release and reception

''Vilangu'' was released on 27 February 1987. On the same day, N. Krishnaswamy of '' The Indian Express'' derided the film, saying, "The film tone is so bad in some stretches that it is almost like a bad video copy."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8723154 1980s Tamil-language films 1987 action thriller films 1987 directorial debut films 1987 films Indian action thriller films