Nooravathu Naal

Plot

Devi (Nalini), a college student has a strange premonition one night of her sister being murdered. Her sister soon goes missing. After a few years, Devi meets and marries a rich businessman Ramkumar (Mohan). Soon after, Devi has another vision of an unknown woman being murdered and seeks the help of her brother-in-law Dr.Raj (Vijayakanth) to help her save the possible victim. Raj is reluctant to believe her story but assists her anyway. Devi also finds a decomposed body in the bungalow where she lives with Ramkumar, which she believes is her sister's based on her previous vision. Devi and Raj's investigations lead them to the museum where Devi's sister worked and a strange man (Sathyaraj) who tries to assassinate them. Whether Devi's strange premonitions are true and whether she and Raj are able to trap the mysterious killer forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Manivannan selected Sathyaraj to portray a negative role. For the character look, he spotted clean-shaven pate, the weird sunglasses and the red jerkin for the part and completed his portions within five days.

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song Vizhiyile Mani Vizhiyil was reused from the song Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali from the 1981 Kannada movie Geetha.

Legacy

Sathyaraj's performance as a psychopath killer received huge acclaim and made him popular among audience. The real-life killers Auto Shankar and Jayaprakash claimed that the film inspired him to commit murders. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu in her review of Telugu film Tripura (2014) said that the idea of hiding corpses inside a wall is inspired from Nooravadhu Naal.