Inaindha Kaigal

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Inaindha Kaigal
Poster
Directed byN. K. Viswanathan
Written byN. Prasannakumar (dialogues)
Story byAabavanan
Produced byAabavanan
Starring
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byS. Ashok Mehtha
Music byGyan Varma
Production
company
Thiraichirpi
Release date
  • 2 August 1990 (1990-08-02)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Inaindha Kaigal (transl. Conjoined Hands) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film action film directed by N. K. Viswanathan. It stars Ramki, Arun Pandian, Nirosha and Sindhu, with Nassar, Senthil, Srividya, Murali Kumar and Prabhakaran playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Aabavanan who also wrote the script and lyrics, was released on 2 August 1990.[1]

Plot[edit]

Disgraced traitor army doctor Chandralekha, also a grieving mother, asks an orphan ex-army man named David Kumar to rescue her son Gunasekaran, who is locked up in a enemy military prison across the border. David is in love with Julie, an orphan herself, and she is pregnant. He takes up the mission more out of patriotism and leaves for it.

At the same time, the hideous criminal P. K. Roy appoints a clever, cunning and industrious criminal Pratap to bring the same Gunasekharan from prison. Both leave for their missions respectively often trying to out-do each other. Pratap falls in love with a girl while he is on mission.

At one point in the mission, when Pratap's life is in danger, David risks his own to save him and they join hands (hence the title) agree to work together considering the level of danger in the mission. They go on to become blood brothers unaware that the purpose they are bringing back Gunasekaran to their mission head are at loggerheads. In the end, Roy is shown to be evil, and kills David, who dies to while attempting to save Pratap and Gunasekaran.

Meanwhile Julie dies in childbirth leaving Pratap to take vengeance as well as bring up the newborn.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by Gyan Varma, with lyrics written by Aabavanan.[2][3]

Song Singer(s) Length
"Aadi Maasam" Gangai Amaran 2:23
"Andhinera Thendral" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jayachandran 4:29
"Chinnapoove Chinnapoove" Deepan Chakravarthy, Vidhya 4:31
"Gangai Karaiyil" Malaysia Vasudevan 4:59
"Malaiyorum Kuyil" Deepan Chakravarthy, Vidhya 4:28
"Oracha Manjala" Abhavanan 2:48
"Mella Mella" Vidhya 3:06
"Ithu Enna Mudhalirava" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. S. Sasirekha 3:47

Reception[edit]

The Indian Express called it "ambitious and vast, brash, blatantly loud, empty and diffuse".[4] A group of people reviewed the film for Kalki, praising the fight sequence and locations but felt there were too many songs.[5]

Legacy[edit]

The film had an extraordinary opening and such that it created stampedes in Shanti theatre in Coimbatore, killing two persons. This led to the theatre's licence being cancelled until the theatre owner "toiled" to regain it.[6] In the 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 utters the film's title referring to their collaboration on a mission.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Inaindha Kaigal ( 1990 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 19 May 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Inaindha Kaikal". JioSaavn. January 1989. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Inaintha Kaigal Tamil Film LP vinyl Record Kyan Varma". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ Krishnaswamy, N. (3 August 1990). "Inaindha Kaigal". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 8 October 2016 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ சி. ஆர். கே. (19 August 1990). "இணைந்த கைகள்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 7–8. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ^ Koushik, Janardhan (6 April 2022). "Tamil Nadu: Fans damage Tirunelveli theatre during Beast trailer screening". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  7. ^ "ராம்கி ரசிகன் வித் அருண்பாண்டியன் ரசிகன்!". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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