Pudhalvan (1997)
Siva is an honest police officer who was brought up by the judge Sathyamoorthy, when his mother died. Sathyamoorthy has two sons : Aravind and Raja. The influential smuggler Mudaliar often clashes with Siva and Sathyamoorthy. Siva and the jolly college student Priya fall in love with each other, later they get married with Sathyamoorthy's blessing. One day, Raja rapes Mudaliar's daughter. The next day, Raja is found dead and Siva conducts the investigation. Ramesh admits to his father Sathyamoorthy that he killed his younger Raja. Sathyamoorthy decides to protect Ramesh at all costs while Siva wants to send Ramesh to jail. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Director:
Selva Vinayagam
Writer:
Selva Vinayagam
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Ramki as Siva |
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Pragathi Mahavadi as Priya |
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Vijayakumar as Sathyamoorthy |
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Jayanthi as Parvathi |
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Raja Ravindra as Raja |
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S. N. Vasanth as Ramesh |
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Pandu as |
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Mohan Natarajan as Mudhaliar |
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Rani as |
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Meesai Murugesan as |
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Vincent Roy as |
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Anuja as |
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Halwa Vasu as |
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Thideer Kannaiya as |
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R. K. as |
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Lakshmipriya as |
| Writing | P. Kalaimani | Dialogue |
| Writing | Selva Vinayagam | Screenplay |
| Directing | Selva Vinayagam | Director |
| Sound | Deva | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | P. Venkateswara Rao | Editor |
| Writing | Vairamuthu | Musical |
| Art | P. Venkateswara Rao | Art Direction |
| Sound | Sabesh | Music |