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Thaai Naadu

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Thaai Naadu
Poster
Directed byR. Aravindraj
Written byR. Aravindraj
Produced byMadampatti Sivakumar
StarringSathyaraj
Radhika
CinematographyA. Ramesh Kumar
Edited byG. Jayachandran
Music byManoj–Gyan
Production
company
Chemba Movies
Release date
  • 16 February 1989 (1989-02-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Thaai Naadu (transl. Mother Land) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film, written and directed by R. Aravindraj. The film stars Sathyaraj and Radhika. It was released on 16 February 1989.[1]

Plot

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In the 1960s, a military officer Tamizhmani is accused, inequitably, of giving intelligence to the enemy, during an operation, code named Day Break. Before he can bring out the truth, he is murdered. The murder was made up as a suicide by the criminals. Four of Tamizhmani's subordinates are suspected: his comrades-in-arms who said they were his friends. Tamizhmani's name banished forever, and his family was delivered to the vindication of the people, who set their place of residence on fire, in reprisal. Tamizhmani's son Anandhan, informed of his origins, starts an investigation to restore his honor and find the real culprits.

Cast

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  • Sathyaraj as Albert, alias Anandhan & Brigadier Tamizhmani, Anandhan's father
  • 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

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The music was composed by Manoj–Gyan, with lyrics by Aabavanan.[2][3]

Song Singers Length
"Naan Mudhan Mudhal" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 05:05
"Oh Kangale" T. M. Soundararajan, Malaysia Vasudevan 04:47
"Oru Mullai Poo" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 05:30
"Thaai Maman" T. M. Soundararajan, Vani Jairam 05:11
"Thaalam Thatti" T. M. Soundararajan 04:33

Reception

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N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "A routine story of revenge flashily told with the script adopting a zig-zag course to hide away the cliches".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Thainaadu ( 1989 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 20 September 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Thai Naadu (1990)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Thaai Naadu Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Manoj Kyan". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ Krishnaswamy, N. (17 February 1989). "Thaainaadu". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
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