Azhagarsamy is a 1999

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directed by

Sundar C Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1966), known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil language, Tamil and acted in 17 movies as the protagonist. His notable fil ...

. The film stars

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and Roja. The film, produced by Malar Balu, had musical score by

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and was released on 10 December 1999.

Plot

A rich landlord gave money to Thayama, a pregnant woman, to save her husband and she later swore to give her baby in return. Her husband died and she gave her baby. Azhagarsamy was brought-up by the landlord and the landlord decides to marry Azhagarsamy to his daughter Suja, an arrogant city girl. Thayama begins to work in Azhagarsamy's house. Later, Azhagarsamy marries Suja who hates and insults him every time. Vinu Chakravarthy who wants to grab Suja's property tries to give milk with poison to Suja who is pregnant. Thayamma who realises the problem sacrifices her life by drinking the milk and Azhagarsamy learns that Thayamma was his mother. In the end, Suja unites with Azhagarsamy.

Cast

as Azhagu (Azhagarsamy) * Roja as Suja *

Radha Ravi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...

as Landlord * Sujatha as Thayama *

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Senthil Senthil (born 23 March 1951) is an Indian comedy actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is famous for his comedian roles along with fellow actor Goundamani. The pair dominated the Tamil industry as comedians in the 1980s and 90s.Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or i ...

* Ponnambalam *

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* LIC Narasimhan * Alphonsa (special appearance)

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Pazhani Bharathi.

Reception

''New Straits Times'' wrote "If you fancy a family-oriented, old-fashioned story, with a touch of humour, then go for this one".

References

{{Sundar C. 1999 films Indian drama films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Deva (composer) Films directed by Sundar C. 1999 drama films