''Rajanadai'' () is a 1989 Indian

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-language crime film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

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, Vidhyashree and Seetha. It was released on 28 October 1989. The film was later remade in

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by Chandrasekhar as ''

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'' (1993).

Plot

Vijayakanth (

), an honest C.I.D inspector, is married to Seetha ( Seetha) and they have a daughter Shamili (

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). Vijayakanth has enough evidence to arrest the dangerous criminal Tiger Kaali ( Charan Raj). Vijayakanth befriends Rekha (

), a C.I.D inspector, without knowing that she is Seetha's friend. Seetha compels Rekha to live with them. Seetha has blood cancer but she hides to her husband. When her husband and her friend know this news, they decide to go in the US for the treatment but Tiger manages to kill Seetha and erases the proofs. Vijayakanth is now more determined to catch Tiger.

Cast

as CID Inspector Vijayakanth *

as Rekha * Vidhyashree as Thenmozhi * Seetha as Seetha *

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as Pandian * Charan Raj as Tiger Kaali *

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as Chakravarthy * Senthamarai *

as Shamili * S. S. Chandran *

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as Jail Superintendent *

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in a Special appearance

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Vaali and Pulamaipithan.

Release

''Rajanadai'' was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Vijayakanth starrer '' Dharmam Vellum''.

References

External links

* {{S. A. Chandrasekhar 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 action films 1989 films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian action films Indian films about revenge Tamil films remade in other languages