Poornam Viswanathan
Also Known As: Poornam Vishwanathan
Biography: Poornam Viswanathan was an Indian theatre and film actor, who predominantly appeared in Tamil films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 15, 1921
Deathday: October 01, 2008
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Unnai Naan Santhithen
Overview: Indhu falls in love with Murali and decides to marry him. She starts hating her widowed mother after she sees her getting close to Raghuraman, her college professor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-10-23
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Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum
Overview: Chakravarthy is a conman who marries women for their money and jewels and later kills them. Seetha falls in love with him and looks forward to marrying him. But then she learns the truth about him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1986-08-08
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Ninaithadhai Mudippavan
Overview: Sundaram, a member of a musical band, goes to chennai to earn money for his sister's marriage but his look-alike brother Ranjit, tricks him. Ranjit carries out his illegal trade without any trouble.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1975-05-09
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Idhaya Veenai
Overview: Soundharam leaves his house and takes up work with Annamalai, a treacherous person. However, he finds himself in trouble after being falsely accused of various crimes committed by Annamalai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1972-10-20
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Archanai Pookal
Overview: Directed by Gokula Krishnan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-02-01
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Naan Paadum Paadal
Overview: Gauri, a young widow, loves to read the books written by Subraniam. Things change when her favourite author moves to her neighbourhood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-04-11
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Rajapart Rangadurai
Overview: Rangadurai borrows money from Somasundaram to sustain his theatre group during a financial crunch. Enmity arises between the two when Rangadurai marries Somasundaram's daughter against his wishes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1973-12-21
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Sri Raghavendrar
Overview: The story of the great Indian saint Raghavendra Swami. Born as Venkatanatha, he proved to be a very brilliant scholar from a very young age. After enduring a series of profound life challenges, he embraced sannyasa following his master and the divine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-09-01
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Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal
Overview: Dharmaraj sets up false charges against Ravi, an honest policeman, which leads to Ravi's suspension. Disappointed by this, he tries to unmask Dharmaraj and prove his own innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-06-20
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Kai Kodukkum Kai
Overview: Veer marries a blind girl and is disowned by his brother. He rents a room and takes care of his wife. He decides to share the room with a handicapped youth who has a secret agenda of his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-06-15
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Moondru Mugam
Overview: A sincere police officer is killed by a liquor dealer. Years later, his twin sons set out to avenge their father's death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-08-01
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Ranuva Veeran
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1981-10-26
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Naan Vazhavaippen
Overview: A dying travel agent confesses to a murder he did not commit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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Moondram Pirai
Overview: A young woman suffers a major head injury in a car accident after which she begins behaving like a child. Trapped at a brothel, she finds hope in a lonely school teacher who decides to rescue her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-02-19
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Varumayin Niram Sivappu
Overview: Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-11-06
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Thillu Mullu
Overview: Chandran lies to his boss that his mother is unwell to get a leave but gets caught. In order to save his job, he is forced to pretend to his boss that he has a good-for-nothing twin brother.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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Aasai
Overview: A man kills his wife when she learns that he lusts after her sister. He then begins to make his moves for his sister-in-law. When he tries to sabotage the girl's marriage, her fiance gets suspicious.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1995-09-25
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Raja Kaiya Vacha
Overview: Raja (Prabhu) is a thief who falls in love with Vijaya (Gouthami). First, she thinks that he was a police officer, she asks him to find lost stuffs and he steals to fulfill her wishes. One day, the police arrests him front of Vijaya and he's sent to jail, he's welcome like a king in jail. Vijaya leaves the town with her father. When, he's released, he decides to find Vijaya.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1988-11-08
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Solvadhellam Unmai
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-23
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Dharma Pathni
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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Varusham Padhinaaru
Overview: Kannan, a teenager, falls in love with his uncle's daughter, Radhika, but things turn upside down when her grandmother disapproves of their relationship.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-02-17
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Rickshawala
Overview: A rickshaw puller tries to save an innocent college girl from being trafficked by an evil man, who is protected by a corrupt lawyer. In the process of doing so, he stumbles upon several dark secrets.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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Mahanadhi
Overview: Krishnaswamy, an honest man, is conned into a chit fund business and imprisoned. While he faces unspeakable hardships in prison, his family disintegrates.
Genres: Drama Family Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1994-01-14
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Chithram
Overview: A young woman is dumped by her boyfriend just before the wedding as she will not be inheriting any wealth from her father. When the girl's father pays her a visit, she hires a man to act like her husband.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1988-12-22
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Meera
Overview: Meera's life changes after she witnesses a policeman committing a murder. He then vows to kill her, but Jeeva, a man who falls in love with her, takes it upon himself to protect her.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1992-12-18
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Neethibathi
Overview: Director: R. Krishnamurthy Stars: Shivaji Ganesan
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1983-01-25
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Tharaasu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-03-15
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Payanangal Mudivathillai
Overview: Radha falls in love with Ravi, an aspiring singer, unaware of the fact that he is suffering from leukemia and his days are numbered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-02-25
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Osai
Overview: Raja, a poor man, falls in love with Radha. Radha's uncle is in debt and looks for a rich guy to settle his debt. Raja lies about his background but gets exposed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-10-23
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Kan Simittum Neram
Overview: Kan Simittum Neram is a 1988 Tamil language thriller film directed by Kalaivanan Kannadasan. The film features Karthik, Ambika and R. Sarathkumar in lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1988-04-13
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Raasave Unnai Nambi
Overview: Rasave unnai nambi is a 1988 Tamil film directed by Bose KJ. The film stars Ramarajan, Rekha, Poornam Viswanathan and Saritha in lead roles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-09
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Sugamana Sumaigal
Overview: Sugamana Sumaigal is a 1992 Tamil film directed by R. Parthiepan. The film stars R. Parthiepan, Shali, Radha Ravi and Vijayakumar in lead roles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1992-02-20
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Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal
Overview: Bharti, a highly successful singer, escapes from his jealous wife who is unable to deal with his female fan following. He meets Jyothi, a dancer who has also escaped from her cruel husband.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-10-28
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Sollathaan Ninaikkiren
Overview: The story is about three sisters Srividya, Subha and Jayachitra, each getting attracted to their tenant, a young man played by Sivakumar. Sivakumar falls in love with Jayachitra. However, things take a turn to the worse in the typical Balachander style when Jayachitra sacrifices herself to the whims of a playboy, played by Kamal Haasan in order to save her friend (Jayasudha) from his exploits. What happens next, who marries whom, is the crux of a dramatic climax. The movie turns the entire concept of romantic movies by its head - the concept being that the hero does not always have to get the girl.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1973-12-07
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Naan Avanillai
Overview: A man is arrested and appears in court for conning and betraying four women, posing as four different men.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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Agni Sakshi
Overview: Aravindhan runs a dance school where he falls for his student Kannamma. However, soon after they get married, he realises that she is impossible to deal with and decides to help her.
Genres: Romance Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-11-14
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Kalyana Agathigal
Overview: Kalyana Agathigal is a 1985 Tamil language drama film directed by K. Balachander. The film features Saritha in lead role. The film was released on April 12, 1985. The film marked the acting debut of Nassar. The movie begins with a group of six women who live together as friends after their attempt at living a successful married life is thwarted due to various reasons, majorly because of men, sexual abuse, dowry harassment and the backward society. They also form a music band called "kalyana agathigal" to raise funds for charity to the underprivileged. Ammulu, a young runaway girl, joins the gang of girls and becomes a part of the household. The story is about how their lives make wild twists and turns as they cope with the society and try to find true love.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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Vilaiyaattu Pillai
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1970-02-19
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Guru
Overview: A young man Raghu sets up an explosive in a railway track to blow up a train. Raghu is a freedom fighter who wants to destroy the train in which British officers are travelling. He returns home after his successful attempt and is slammed by his rich father who is an ardent supporter of the British. Raghu insists that his country and its freedom are more important than anything. When police comes to arrest Raghu, his father hands him to them but Raghu's pregnant wife Parvati diverts the police and lets her husband escape. Raghu escapes in his bike and meets with an accident and is declared dead. Parvati gives birth to a son named Ashok and ten years pass by. She is away from her father-in-law and still in a belief that her husband is alive and shall come to them one day.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-07-18
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Rickshawkaran
Overview: A rickshaw puller, who also enjoys racing with other rickshaw pullers, finds a child whose father has been killed. All his attempts to seek justice for the man are thwarted by a corrupt lawyer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1971-05-29
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Keladi Kanmani
Overview: Keladi Kanmani (English: Listen, my dear) is a 1990 Indian Tamil drama film directed by Vasanth in his directorial debut. The film stars S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Radhika Sarathkumar. The film was a commercial success and ran for over 285 days at theatres.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-07-27
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Nee Pathi Naan Pathi
Overview: Nee Pathi Naan Pathi is a 1991 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rahman, Gouthami and Heera in the lead roles and second film in Tamil (after Azhagan ) for popular Telugu music composer M. M. Keeravani under the pseudonym Maragathamani.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Thanga Magan
Overview: Thanga Magan is a man's search for his roots. It is his search for the truth about his lineage.
Genres: Drama Family Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1983-11-04
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Siva
Overview: Siva and John, two best friends, get separated due to the atrocities of a gangster. Siva becomes Tiger and fights injustice, while John is hired by a mafia leader to kill Siva.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-05-05
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Abhimanyu
Overview: Abhimanyu movie is all about Hari (Mohanlal) who is a welder in a small factory, witnesses a gang-related murder and gets inadvertently involved with the underworld. The murder of a benevolent local boss complicates life in the slum where Hari lives, causing his slow transformation to a life of crime. Decent performances, in an otherwise weak script.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1991-07-04
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Aan Paavam
Overview: A young man travels to a village to meet the girl his father has arranged for him to marry. He mistakenly visits the wrong family and marries their daughter, who was waiting for her arranged husband to arrive.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-12-27
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Udhaya Geetham
Overview: Arun, a popular singer and a death convict, helps raise money for the poor through his concert. However, his wife Shanthi has other plans and tries to kill him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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Pudhu Manidhan
Overview: Kabali, a fisherman, is both revered and dreaded. He falls for Suganthi, a chorus singer, and tries to woo her. Sundar, a rich man, is a womaniser and is able to have any girls he wants by money or by force. His mother sympathizes with Suganthi and decides to get her married to Sundar. When Kabali is about to declare his love, she announces her marriage. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1991-03-22
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Ellame En Thangachi
Overview: A Family entertainer about the brother and sister
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Puthu Kavithai
Overview: Anand is a motocycle champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship brings him the introduction of Uma, the daughter of Thilakavathy - a haughty, rich woman. Uma thinks Anand has a too dark complexion, but soon it turns into love. However, Thilakavathy deceives Anand and Uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get Uma married to someone else. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-07-11
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Gauravam
Overview: Rajinikanth, a veteran lawyer aspires to become the judge. But, the bar council promotes an undeserving lawyer to the post. Enraged by the system, he tries to seek his revenge by defending a murderer.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1973-10-25
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Padikkadavan
Overview: Two brothers are ousted from their house by their stepbrother's wife. Years later, when one of the brothers is framed for a murder, his stepbrother, who is a judge, returns as a lawyer to save him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-11-11
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Thamizhan
Overview: Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2002-04-12
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Abhimanyu
Overview: Abhimanyu movie is all about Hari (Mohanlal) who is a welder in a small factory, witnesses a gang-related murder and gets inadvertently involved with the underworld. The murder of a benevolent local boss complicates life in the slum where Hari lives, causing his slow transformation to a life of crime. Decent performances, in an otherwise weak script.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1991-07-04
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Aryan
Overview: Aryan movie is all about Devanarayan (Mohanlal) who is a Brahmin priest who is falsely accused of theft and forced to leave his village in Kerala. He moves to Bombay where he gets drawn into the underworld through an ageing don Kareem (Goga Kapoor). Some interesting comment initially on Brahmin priesthood in Kerala, but halfway through the film goes haywire.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1988-08-01
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Pingami
Overview: Kumaran (Thilakan) is a social worker. Captain Vijay (Mohanlal) is an army captain who is on his annual leave and has come to stay with his maternal uncle. In a turn of events Vijay sees Kumaran injured from an accident and crying for help. He takes Kumaran to a hospital but could not save his life. There develops a strong bond between Kumaran and Vijay which pulls him into finding out the accident was a preplanned murder.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Melnaattu Marumagal
Overview: The film is about two brothers, Sivakumar and Kamal Haasan and their spouses. Sivakumar marries a European girl who admires Tamil culture and tradition. On the other hand, Kamal Haasan marries a Tamil girl who is attracted to Western customs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1975-05-10
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Vidhi
Overview: Radha falls in love with Raja, son of a rich lawyer, and ends up pregnant. Now, Raja and his father refuse to accept her. Radha decides to battle it out in the courts in order to seek justice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-01-26
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Ore Oru Gramathiley
Overview: Shankara fakes a lower-caste certificate for his daughter Gayathri, as he worries that she might not get entrance to university otherwise. Trouble begins when people discover her real identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1987-12-14
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Anjali
Overview: After a few years, Chitra learns that her child, who was believed to be dead, is alive but is suffering from a mental illness. However, her family faces many challenges while looking after her child.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-07-12
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Dikkatra Parvathi
Overview: The story espouses the evils of drink, Parvathi (Lakshmi) is a happy girl just married to a very loving husband, Karuppan(Sreekanth). With kind parents-in-law and a doting husband, her life is blissful. Soon, she is blessed with a child. Karuppan wants to increase his earnings and decides to buy a cart, though Parvathi is unwilling, asserting it is happier to be contented with what they have. However Karuppan takes a loan from a money lender and buys a cart. Initially, everything looks rosy. But Karuppan happens to cross the toddy shops on his way home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1974-06-14
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Kanmaniye Pesu
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Overview: A love story between a Tamil man a North Indian woman, who are neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. Their parents despise each other and they have regular skirmishes. When they admit their love, there is chaos in their homes, and their parents reject the idea.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-06-04
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Thuraimugam
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Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1996-10-25
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