''Ayul Kaithi'' () is a 1991 Indian

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-language

crime drama film In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

written and directed by

K. Subash K. Subash (1959 – 23 November 2016), was an Indian director and screenwriter who directed Tamil and Hindi films. He is the son of R. Krishnan. Career K. Subash started his career as an assistant to Mani Ratnam in ''Nayakan''. He made his di ...

, starring

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and

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. The film revolves around an escaped prisoner seemingly seeking to kill his ex-girlfriend. It was released on 29 June 1991.

Plot

Chandrasekhar, a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, escapes from prison to seemingly kill his ex-girlfriend Nithiya. Sudharshan, a police officer, tries to catch him.

Cast

as Chandrasekhar alias Sekhar *

as Nithiya *

Goundamani Subramaniyan Karuppaiya (born 25 May 1939), known by his stage name Goundamani, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. The pair dominated t ...

as Sundarrajan *

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as Chandrasekhar's friend *

Jaiganesh Jai Ganesh (1946 – 11 February 2001) was an Indian Tamil film actor. He had supporting roles in the films '' Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' and ''Attukara Alamelu'', among others. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or as a vill ...

as Jeevanandham * Livingston as Sudharshan *Krishnamoorthy as Police officer *Vaani as Jeevanandham's wife *Vincent Roy as Kandhasamy * V. Gopalakrishnan as Police officer *John Babu in a special appearance

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years. Career They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 an ...

, with lyrics by Vaali.

Reception

Sundarji of ''

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'' lauded the cinematography and Prabhu's performance.

References

External links

* {{K. Subash 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 crime drama films 1991 films Films directed by K. Subash Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Indian crime drama films