Mahanadi (film)
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| Directed by | Santhana Bharathi |
| Produced by | Gopal Reddy |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Suganya Cochin Haneefa Poornam Viswanathan |
| Music by | Ilayaraja |
| Release date(s) | 14 January 1994 |
| Language | Tamil |
Mahanadi (Tamil: மகாநதி) is a 1994 Tamil Indian film featuring Kamal Hassan, Sukanya, and Cochin Haneefa. It portrays the grief of a humble village man, who sees his family, property being ruined.It also depicts the growing problem of "Child Sex workers", where young girls are targeted and turned into flesh-trade. It got released in Telugu as a dubbed version with the same title. Mahanadi is also rated as one of Kamal Hassan's most realistic movies.The story plot is loosely based on 1979 George C. Scott starrer-Hardcore.
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[edit] Plot
Krishnaswamy (Kamal Hassan) is a widower living happily along with his daughter and a young son in a village near to Trichy. Dhanush (V.M.C.Haneefa); a con from the city has an eye on Krishnaswamy's property and asks him to join his chitfund business. At first;Krishnaswamy was reluctant; however when a rich friend from a foreign country visits house;he too wants to be as rich like them.Hence he agrees to Dhanush's proposal and arrives at the city.However;he is unaware of Danush's tricks and when Dhanush swindles away the chitfunds money;the blame is put on Krishnaswamy. Krishnaswamy now lands up in jail.In jail;he finds that even his future father-in-law is also in jail for same reason.He advises Krishnaswamy not to be angry if the jailor is cruel;as he might be released sooner if he behaves normally in the jail.After suffering unnecessary hardships in the jail;Krishnaswamy comes out only to find that his mother-in-law died;and his son and daughter are missing.
Krishna finds his son, with street-artists and gets his son back. He later finds from Dhanush that his daughter is in Kolkata, at a place called sonagachi.
Krishna goes to Kolkata with his Father-in-Law and after much struggle learns about sonagachi, which is actually a red-light area in Kolkata. Amidst heart-wrenching scenes of young girls turned to flesh-trade, Krishna tracks his daughter Kaveri. Unable to bear the grief, he grabs Kaveri and tries to escape, while the pimps there beat him blue. The elder sex-workers/madam make truce and insist that Krishna take Kaveri, while they would work extra-hours to pay the pimps for the loss of Kaveri.
Kaveri, though liberated and brought back to Chennai, she is still haunted in her dreams and Krishna is torn by the grief, when she screams while dreaming "Bastards, I am not a machine, go slow".
Unable to bear it, Krishnaswamy decides to curb the root of his griefs, Dhanush. He goes to seek revenge.Only then will he know that Dhanush is just a pawn in the big game of cheating.He not only kills Dhanush but also the main person who was behind this game;but at the cost of losing his arm.
Krishna is sentenced to 14 years life-imprisonment and comes out a happyman, to see his daughter has married and has a child,son being a grown up man. The movie ends with his son swimming in the river, reminding Krishna his own antics.
[edit] Sound Track
| Song | Singer(s) |
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| Anbana Thayai | S P Balasubrahmanyam |
| Engeyo Thikkudesai | Kamal Hassan |
| Peigala Bhoodhama | Kamal Hassan |
| Pongalo Pongal | K S Chithra |
| Solladha Raagangal | S P Balasubrahmanyam, S Janaki |
| Sri Ranga Ranganathanin | S P Balasubrahmanyam, Shobana |
| Thanmanam Ulla Nenjum | Kamal Hassan |
| Pirar Vaada(Poem) | Kamal Hassan, Poem by Bharathiyar |
[edit] Awards
H. Sridhar received the National Film Award for Best Audiography. The film received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
