Jallikattu (film)
4 /10 1 Votes
Duration Language Tamil | Director Manivannan Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 28 August 1987 (1987-08-28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jallikattu (English: Package of coins) is a 1987 Tamil-language crime film directed by Manivannan. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj and Radha in lead roles. The film, produced by Chitra Ramu and Chitra Lakshmanan, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 28 August 1987. The film with its innovative story line was well received by critics and turned out to be a blockbuster. The title of the film is a reference to the traditional Tamil sport of the same name.In this movie success celebaration, M. G. Ramachandran presented the shields to all technicians. It is a only movie,MGR attended the movie function of Sivaji,who is the rival actor but best friend.
Contents
Plot
The story begins with Arjun (Sathyaraj) being arrested for multiple crimes. In the past, Arjun was a happy-go-lucky young man. His brother (Delhi Ganesh), a factory's union leader, clashed with his superiors (M. N. Nambiar, Malaysia Vasudevan and Chitra Lakshmanan) for bonus. In the meantime, Arjun fell in love with Radha (Radha). To help the labourer, Arjun cheated the factory's owners as a fake income tax officer, he managed to take all their black money and he gave it to the labourers. Later, Arjun's brother, sister-in-law and his niece were killed. In anger, he tried to kill the culprit and failed. Siva Prasad (Captain Raju), Radha's brother, advised him to surrender but, as an innocent, he refused. However, Siva Prasad arrested him in surprise. Arjun was tortured and his head was shaved. Therefore, a bald Arjun comes to the court. Despite everything was against Arjun, the judge Ram Prakash (Sivaji Ganesan) feels that he is innocent. So Ram Prakash sentences that Arjun will be under house arrest in his isolated island. Along with Ram Prakash how Arjun kills the culprits forms the rest of the story.
Cast
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1987, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran. The track, Kathi chandai podaamalae is reused from the movie Kadalora Kavithaigal also composed by Ilaiyaraaja.