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-language film, directed by

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and produced by Muktha Ramasami. The film stars

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and Radha. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.

Plot

Balaram (

) kidnaps the children of rich but dishonorable people and ransoms them. Ranga (

) is a car thief. The two men meet when Balaram mistakenly kidnaps Ranga assuming he is Rajalingam's ( M. N. Nambiar) nephew, Mahesh (

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). The confusion is cleared up and they realize that they both are searching for the same person, Devaki (

). She is Ranga's long-lost older sister and she's also Balaram's ex-girlfriend. The two decide to continue working together while they search and kidnap Radha ( Radha). She is the heir to a great fortune left to her by her older brother Chandrasekar (

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

). Rajalingam is the manager of Radha's companies and refuses to hand over the ransom. Radha is convinced her guardian would give any ransom to see her safe. She works with the two men to get to the bottom of the mystery. Balaram and Ranga enter Radha's house under false pretenses and discover that Radha's guardian is Devaki. They also learn that Rajalingam seems to have an odd hold over her. The two must work to understand the circumstances that led Devaki to this situation and deal with Rajalingam.

Cast

as Balaram *

as Devaki *

as Ranga * Radha as Radha *

Silk Smitha Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Smitha was part of ...

as Kavitha * Manorama * M. N. Nambiar as Rajalingam *

as Chandrasekar (in Guest Appearance) * Major Sundarrajan in Guest Appearance *

as Mahesh *

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as Ravi *

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as Gurumoorthy *V. Gopalakrishnan *

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. *"Nee Oru Kaditham" -

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, P. Susheela *"Adiye" -

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*"Ennudaya" -

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*"Ammuti Kitaru" - B. S. Sasirekha

References

External links

* * 1984 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub