Thaai Naadu
Thaai Naadu (Tamil: Thaai Naadu),(English: Mother Land) is a 1989 Tamil film, produced by Madhampatti Sivakumar and directed by R. Aravindraj. The film casts Sathyaraj in dual role along with Radhika. The film, with an intuitive story line, was released to moderate reviews.
| Thaai Naadu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | R. Aravindraj |
| Produced by | "Madampatti" Sivakumar |
| Written by | R. Aravindraj |
| Starring | Sathyaraj Radhika M. N. Nambiar Jaishankar Captain Raju Srividya Janagaraj Nassar |
| Music by | Manoj - Gyan Aabhavanan |
| Cinematography | A. Ramesh Kumar |
| Edited by | G. Jayachandran |
Production company | Chemba Movies |
| Distributed by | Chemba Movies |
Release date | 16 February 1989 [1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
In the 60s...
A military officer (Sathyaraj) is accused, inequitably, of giving intelligence to the enemy, during an operation, code named Day Break.
He is later murdered, before he can bring out the truth. The murder was made up as a suicide by the criminals.
Four of his subordinates are suspected, his comrades-in-arms (the traitors of the story) who said they were his friends.
The name of the serviceman is banished forever and his family was delivered to the vindication of the people, who set on fire their place of residence, in reprisal.
His son (played also by Sathyaraj), informed of his origins, starts an investigation of his father, to wash his honour and find the real culprits...
The film has an intuitive story line with Sathyaraj enacting a dual role. The role of an army officer was appreciated by the critics.
Cast
- Sathyaraj as Albert, alias Anandhan & Brigadier (Three stars) Tamizhmani, father of Anandhan
- Radhika as Julie
- M. N. Nambiar as Saleem Bhai
- Jaishankar as Christopher, Photographer officer
- Captain Raju as Ramoji alias Colonel Ramasundhar
- Srividya as Meenatchi Amma, mother of Anandhan
- Janagaraj as Samuel
- Nassar as S.K.T. alias Major S. Krishna Tulasi
- Kitty as Lieutenant Colonel Prithiviraj
- Krishnamoorthi as Raja
- Logu
- John
- Ilavarasan as advocat Pandhiyan
- Kokila as Ramiya, Anandhan's sister & advocat Pandhiyan's wife
- P. R. Varalakshmi as a sister
- "Hemnag" Babu
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Manoj-Gyan and Aabhavanan.[2]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Naan Mudhan Mudhal" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | Aabhavanan | 05:05 |
| 2 | "Oh Kangale" | T. M. Soundararajan, Malaysia Vasudevan | 04:47 | |
| 3 | "Oru Mullai Poo" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | 05:30 | |
| 4 | "Thaai Maman" | T. M. Soundararajan, Vani Jairam | 05:11 | |
| 5 | "Thaalam Thatti" | T. M. Soundararajan | 04:33 |
Reception
The film had a different story line. Sathyaraj's acting was appreciated especially that of an army officer. The film, in general, had a dark stamp, received mixed reviews and was not commercially successful at the box office. The Indian Express wrote "A routine story of revenge flashily told with the script adopting a zig-zag course to hide away the cliches".[3]
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