''Nethaji'' is a 1996 Tamil-language

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directed by Murthy Krishna. The film stars Sarathkumar and

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. It and was one among Deepavali releases arrived on 10 November 1996.

Plot

Karunamurthy, an honest home minister, is forced to help terrorists kill the current governor to save his daughter Priya. Nethaji, an upright journalist, runs a newspaper called "India" and falls in love with Priya. Baba is a terrorist who smuggles arms with his right-hand Dharma. Nethaji saves the scientist Shivashankari from terrorists, and Charan, a police officer, congrats Nethaji and arrests Baba. Dharma hurts Nethaji's sister and niece Ammu and later kidnaps the latter. Dharma threatens Nethaji to kill Ammu, and Nethaji is forced to kidnap Shivashankari. Nethaji kidnaps Shivashankari and saves Ammu, and later, Charan arrests him. The rest of story is how Nethaji will be able to prove himself innocent and punish the terrorists.

Cast

Sarath Kumar Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards S ...

as Nethaji *

as Priya, Nethaji's love interest *

Manivannan S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a car ...

as Mani *

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as Baba * Charan Raj as ACP Charan * Kitty as Karuna Murthy * Senthil *

Jyothi Meena Jyothi Meena is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. She is best remembered for her item numbers and supporting roles in ''Ullathai Allitha'' and ''Azhagana Naatkal''. Personal life Jyothi Meena was born in Chenna ...

*Vimalraj as Dharma *Manimala as Shivashankari *Sudha as Nethaji's sister *Baby Nikitha as Ammu, Nethaji's niece *CID Sakunthala

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack was released in 1996 with lyrics written by Vaali.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1784557, Nethaji 1996 films Films scored by Vidyasagar 1990s Tamil-language films