Inaindha Kaigal


Inaindha Kaigal is a 1990 Indian Tamil film, directed by N. K. Vishwanathan. The film features Ramki, C. Arunpandian, Nirosha and Sindhu in lead roles, with Nassar, Senthil, Srividya, Murali Kumar and Prabhakaran playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Aabavanan who also wrote the script and lyrics, had musical score by Gyan Varma and was released on 2 August 1990. The film was a critical and a commercial failure. The film has been dubbed in Hindi as Aakhri Sangam and in Telugu as Sahasa Ghattam.

Plot

Chandralekha, a grieving mother, asks an ex-army man named David Kumar to rescue her son Gunasekaran, who is locked up in a military prison. At the same time, the hideous criminal P. K. Roy appoints the fugitive Pratap to kidnap Gunasekharan from prison. Both leave for their missions respectively, not knowing what surrender holds in his past and the fugitive takes this personal.

Cast

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Gyan Varma. The soundtrack, released in 1990, features eight tracks with lyrics written by Aabavanan.
TrackSongSingerLength
1"Aadi Maasam"Gangai Amaran2:23
2"Andhinera Thendral"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jayachandran4:29
3"Chinnapoove Chinnapoove"Deepan Chakravarthy, Vidhya4:31
4"Gangai Karaiyil"Malaysia Vasudevan4:59
5"Malaiyorum Kuyil"Deepan Chakravarthy, Vidhya4:28
6"Oracha Manjala"Abhavanan2:48
7"Mella Mella"Vidhya3:06
8"Ithu Enna Mudhalirava"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. S. Sasirekha3:47

Reception

The Indian Express called it "ambitious and vast, brash, blatantly loud, empty and diffuse but overall a good film to watch".

Legacy

The film had an extra ordinary opening and such that it created Stampedes in Shanti theatre in Coimbatore, killing 2 persons. The news, which appeared in Tamil daily Dina Thanthi was advertised as a poster for its Kerala release. In 2013 Tamil film Sutta Kadhai, lead heroes of that film Balaji and Venkatesh appeared as fans of Ramki and Arun Pandian. In one scene, Balaji utter the film's title referring to their collaboration on mission.