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directed by

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. The film stars

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, Kanaka and

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, with

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and Kitty playing supporting roles. The film, produced by N. Radha, has a musical score by

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and was released on 22 June 1991. The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Sindhoora Devi''.

Plot

Sindhu and Nandu (both played by

) are twin sisters but they were raised separately with no knowledge of each other. Their parents got divorced a few years back. Sindhu lives with her mother Selvi ( Kanaka) and grandfather Somasundaram (

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) while Nandu lives with her father Gopal (

). Gopal is a popular veterinarian and has four animals in his house : the elephant Chellappa, the dog Bhairavan, the monkey Ramu and the horse Madurai Veeran. Nandu spends a lot of time with her animals, she considers them like her friends. One day, the criminal Jagannath ( Kitty) ask Gopal to put two tubes (containing top secret information) in his horses' belly. Jagannath has to send the horses to

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as soon as possible. Gopal refuses to perform surgery on horses in good health and he doesn't want to break the law. Jagannath has no other choice than to kidnap Gopal's daughter. Jagannath's henchmen kidnap both of his daughters and they lock them up in a room. Sindhu and Nandu realize that they are sisters, and flee away from the place thanks to Nandu's animals. The girls hide the tubes behind a huge

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statue. The girls want to unite their parents, so the twins swap their places to convince their parents. In the meantime, Jagannath is urged to recover the tubes. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Gopal * Kanaka as Selvi *

as Sindhu and Nandu *

as Somasundaram, Selvi's father *

as Somasundaram's secretary * Kitty as Jagannath *

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as Devotee *

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*Marthandan as Restaurant waiter *Vignesh *P. T. C *

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as Villager *Sakkarai *Kumar *Vm. Manohar

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

Tamil

The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 4 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.

Telugu

References

External links

{{Rama Narayanan 1991 films 1990s Tamil-language films Children's comedy-drama films Children's drama films Indian children's films Indian drama films Hindu devotional films Twins in Indian films Comedy of remarriage films Films about families Films directed by Rama Narayanan Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh