Unarchigal

Unarchigal
File:Unarchigalfilm.jpg DVD Cover
Directed by	R. C. Sakthi
Starring	Kamal Haasan Srividya Kanchana
Music by	Shyam
Release date	1976
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Unarchigal is a 1976 Tamil language film directed by R. C. Sakthi starring Kamal Haasan and Srividya in the lead roles. It is a highly sensuous film which deals with sexually transmitted diseases, and subsequently the film ran into trouble with the censor board prompting a delay in its release.

Plot

The movie deals with Selvam (Kamal), an 18-year-old simpleton who works in a small village. He is sexually harassed by his landlord's sister, a widow. Unable to bear it any longer, Selvam goes to Madras(Chennai). However, he is again harassed in a similar way by people whom he meets. He finds work at a hotel as a room boy where he meets Srividya (Maragadham), a prostitute. He then rescues her once from a raid. After he saves her, she develops a soft spot towards him. He lives in Srividya's house as a servant but later is thrown away from her home. In the end kamal gets affected by an STD and is shown in a hospital being treated by a doctor (Major Sundarrajan) and eventually dies.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan as Selvam
• Kanchana
• Srividya as Maragadham
• Major Sundarrajan
• Lalithasree

Production

The film was initially supposed to be Kamal Haasan's first movie as a lead actor after being launched in 1972, however delays meant that the film was only released 4 years later. The same film was later remade in Malayalam as Raasaleela and released in 1975, before the original had come out.