''Kalthoon'' () is a 1981 Indian

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, directed by Major Sundarrajan. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

, K. R. Vijaya and Sundarrajan. It is based on the play of the same name. The film become a hit at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theaters.

Plot

Parameshwaran Goundar, a farmer and a respectable honorable village chieftain, with much difficulty, sells his land to make Pazhanisamy, his youngest son, a doctor. He has two other sons, one adopted and one of his own. The younger son, however, turns out to be a womanizer though he tops in his college, much to the chagrin of father. Parameshwaran's father too was a playboy and womanizer who murdered his own wife, Parameshwaran's mother, when she tries to stop him. Parameshwaran had murdered his own father not as vengeance but when his father's activities turn to ruin the village's reputation, his father being a chieftain. He serves his term and becomes the respectable chieftain for putting justice, respect and honour over family. Seeing his third son follow suite of his father on account of his arrogance wrought by his education makes him hit him in front of the entire college. This turns the son against his entire family. The end is whether Parameshwaran Goundar delivers justice by killing his own son, as he did with his father, or the son relents and mends his ways.

Cast

as Parameshwara Gounder * K. R. Vijaya * Major Sundarrajan *

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* Thengai Srinivasan *

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* V. K. Ramasamy *

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* Jayamala

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were penned by

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

Reception

Kutty Krishnan of ''

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'' criticised Sundarrajan's direction.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0314253 1980s Tamil-language films 1981 drama films 1981 films Films directed by Major Sundarrajan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian drama films Indian films based on plays