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Kalyanaraman
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Kalyanaraman

โฑ 134 min
Action Comedy Drama

๐ŸŒ Tamil, Telugu

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Kalyanaraman is a 1979 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. Chinnadurai (Major Sundararajan) owns a huge estate that grows and processes tobacco and tea leaves. Due to advancing age, he is concerned about leaving control to his son, Kalyana (Kamal Hassan) and the cunning deceit of his manager, Ramiah (Thengai Srinivasan). Kalyana is immature and naive, and easily manipulated by the cook, Samipillai (V.K. Ramaswamy). He is also deeply in love with Shenbagam (Sridevi). Ramiah, Samipillai, Perumal (Senthamarai)(Shenbagam's father), and Ligappa (a hired thug) plot to murder Chinnadurai and swindle the property from Kalyana. Ligappa mortally wounds Chinnadurai, and on his death bed he confesses to his son that he was born a twin, abandoned his first wife Rajulakshmi (Puspalatha)and his brother Raman (Kamal Hassan). After his father's death, he conveys this information to the cook, wh

Direction

G.N. Rangarajan ยท Director

Cinematography

N.K. Viswanathan ยท Cinematographer

Music Direction

Ilaiyaraaja ยท Composer

Production

Meena Panchu Arunachalam ยท Producer

Screening

1,25,840

Total Shows

28,450

Chennai

18,230

Mumbai