''Athaimadi Methaiadi'' () is a 1989 Indian

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-language film written and directed by

K. S. Gopalakrishnan K. S. Gopalakrishnan was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Since the early 1960s, he directed 70 films. He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with soc ...

. The film stars his son K. S. G. Venkatesh (in his acting debut),

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and

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. It was released on 15 September 1989.

Plot

A girl adopts a child on her own, which leads to her family accusing her of giving birth out of wedlock. The rest of the film shows the girl and her lover finding the real parents of the child.

Cast

* K. S. G. Venkatesh *

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* Senthil *

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* S. S. Chandran * Major Sundarrajan *

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. R. Vasu.

Reception

P. S. S. of ''

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'' wrote that the director seemed to have been confused about where the story begins, where the story ends, where the direction lies, and how it ends.

References

External links

* * {{K. S. Gopalakrishnan 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 films Films directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan Films with screenplays by K. S. Gopalakrishnan