Sonthakkaran

1989 Indian film

16 June 1989 (1989-06-16)

Running time

128 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Sonthakkaran (transl. Relative) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by L. Raja and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian & M. S. Guhan. The film stars Arjun and Nirosha, while Sarath Babu, Madhuri, Radha Ravi and S. S. Chandran portray pivotal roles. The film was released on 16 June 1989.^[1]

Plot

Policeman Rajadurai "Raja" arrests Yuvaraj for raping a woman and killing an old man. Chalapathi Rao, the father of Yuvaraj, gets Rajadurai trapped in false rape charge and he loses his job. Yuvaraj comes back from jail to take revenge against Rajadurai.

Cast

Arjun Sarja as Rajadurai "Raja"
Nirosha as Rekha
Sarath Babu as Chelladurai
Madhuri as Lakshmi
Radha Ravi as Chalapathi Rao
S. S. Chandran as Singaram
Nasser as Yuvaraj
Charle as a resident of Bharath Nagar
Chinni Jayanth as Vasu
Silk Smitha as Sudha
Master Vimal as young Rajadurai
Master Suresh as young Chelladurai
Master Charan as Babu
G. Srinivasan as Rajadurai and Chelladurai's father
K. K. Soundar as a bus conductor
Yuvasree as a victim of Yuvaraj
Kumaresan as Vasu's friend
Peeli Sivam as a police inspector
Premi as bus conductor's wife
Ennathe Kannaiah as Chelladurai's farm worker
Pasi Sathya as Sathya
Omakuchi Narasimhan as Chalapathi Rao's assistant
Jeeva as Ravayya
Azhagu as RKV
Thideer Kannaiah as Chelladurai and Sudha's servant
K. Rajan as a resident of Bharath Nagar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chandrabose and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.^[2]^[3]

Song	Singers	Length	Notes
"Sonthakkaran Yar Sonthakkaran"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vairamuthu (Voice Over)	04:06
"Ethala Kuthala Mathala"	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja & Chorus	04:33
"Katti Thangame Unnai" (Happy)	K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki	04:15	Version 1
"Pattu Sattai Pottu Vantha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Chorus	04:32
"Aththane Aththane Azhagu"	S. Janaki	03:58
"Thimingalatha Muzhingkitu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Chorus	04:24
"Katti Thangame Unnai" (Pathos)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	04:35	Version 2
"Kodambakkam Virgambakkam Pakkam Povoma"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja	04:15
"Katti Thangame Unnai" (Pathos)	S. Janaki, Sarath Babu & Silk Smitha (Voice Over)	03:58	Version 3

References

^ "Movies from AVM Productions". AVM Productions. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ "Sondhakaran (1989)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
^ "Chandrabose – Sonthakkaran (Vinyl)". MusicCircle. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

External links

Sonthakkaran at IMDb

AVM Productions

Key people

A. V. Meiyappan (founder)
M. Saravanan
M. Balasuramanian
M. S. Guhan
B. S. Gurunath
Aruna Guhan
Aparna Guhan

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