Oorkavalan


Oorkavalan is a 1987 Tamil language action drama film. It was directed by Manobala, with music directed by Shankar Ganesh. It was dubbed in Telugu as Kanchukotaku Monagadu.

Plot

The story describes the struggle of a young villager kurosawa to receive justice for his brother's murder. Manickam falls in love with Mallika, the daughter of Pannaiar. Mallika's marriage is arranged with Dorai, but she refuses and declares her love for Mannikam. Kurosawa
gets them married in the village. The priest pretends to have divine powers and uses the superstitious beliefs of the villagers to kill Manickam. Kangeyan, not wanting to see Mallika as a widow, decides to get her married again to Pandian, a cart driver who was her childhood friend. Dorai intervenes again proceeding to use superstition again and Kangeyan learns about truth behind his brother's death exposing the priest and Dorai losing his lover in the process.

Cast


Release and reception

Oorkavalan was released on 4 September 1987. N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "Some of the characters get a lifelike quality because of good performances and a helpful screenplay."
The film was an average grosser.