| Inaindha Kaigal | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | N. K. Viswanathan |
| Written by | N. Prasannakumar (dialogues) |
| Story by | Aabavanan |
| Produced by | Aabavanan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | N. K. Viswanathan |
| Edited by | S. Ashok Mehtha |
| Music by | Gyan Varma |
| Production company | Thiraichirpi |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Inaindha Kaigal (transl. Conjoined Hands) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film action film directed by N. K. Viswanathan. It stars Ramki, Arun Pandian, Nirosha and Sindhu, with Nassar, Senthil, Srividya, Murali Kumar and Prabhakaran playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Aabavanan who also wrote the story and lyrics, was released on 2 August 1990.
Plot
A Disgraced traitor army doctor Chandralekha, also a grieving mother, asks an orphan ex-army man named David Kumar to rescue her son Gunasekaran, who is locked up in an enemy military prison across the border. David is in love with Julie, an orphan herself, and she is pregnant. He takes up the mission more out of patriotism and leaves for it.
At the same time, the hideous criminal P. K. Roy appoints a clever, cunning and industrious criminal Pratap to bring the same Gunasekharan from prison. Both leave for their missions respectively often trying to out-do each other. Pratap falls in love with a girl while he is on mission.
At one point in the mission, when Pratap's life is in danger, David risks his own to save him and they join hands (hence the title) agree to work together considering the level of danger in the mission.They go on to become blood brothers unaware that the purpose they are bringing back Gunasekaran to their mission head are at loggerheads.
It is later revealed that P.K. Roy was involved in supplying sub standard medicines for the Indian Army.
Hence to cover his tracks, he killed the Army officer and Gunaskaran had accidentally photographed the entire ordeal in his camera. Roy was after Gunasekaran so that he could destroy the evidence. Unfortunately Gunasekharan was caught across the border and was lodged into a military prison.
In the end, Roy is shown to be evil, and David takes the shot and dies to while attempting to save Pratap and Gunasekaran.
Both Julie and David die together hearing the vagitus of their new born baby.Pratap later chases and reveals that the helicopter pilot who died during the crash was his father and holds P.K.Roy as reason for him turning to crime. He then kills P.K. Roy.He asks his lover to take care of David's child as their own till he comes back from prison.He is then arrested.
Cast
- Ramki as Pratap
- Arun Pandian as Maj. David Kumar
- Nirosha as Julie
- Sindhu as Geetha
- Srividya as Lt. Col. Chandralekha
- Nassar as P. K. Roy
- Senthil as Mani
- A. R. S. as Lawyer Shanmugam
- Prabhakaran as Gunasekaran
- Murali Kumar as Ashok
- Vellai Subbaiah as Sivaraman
- K. S. Selvaraj
- Vijay Ganesh as P. K. Roy's assistant
- Charle as a singer (guest appearance)
- Veera Raghavan in a guest appearance
- Kullamani in a guest appearance as a hired-to-kill assassin targeting Pratap
Production
Art director GK revealed in order to show snow covered lake, the team went to Ooty. Since there was no snow, they emptied a load of salt in the place to make it look like snow and shot the scene.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Gyan Varma, with lyrics written by Aabavanan.
| Song | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|
| "Aadi Maasam" | Gangai Amaran | 2:23 |
| "Andhinera Thendral" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jayachandran | 4:29 |
| "Chinnapoove Chinnapoove" | Deepan Chakravarthy, Vidhya | 4:31 |
| "Gangai Karaiyil" | Malaysia Vasudevan | 4:59 |
| "Malaiyorum Kuyil" | Deepan Chakravarthy, Vidhya | 4:28 |
| "Oracha Manjala" | Abhavanan | 2:48 |
| "Mella Mella" | Vidhya | 3:06 |
| "Ithu Enna Mudhalirava" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. S. Sasirekha | 3:47 |
Reception
The Indian Express called it "ambitious and vast, brash, blatantly loud, empty and diffuse". A group of people reviewed the film for Kalki, praising the fight sequence and locations but felt there were too many songs.
Legacy
The film had an extraordinary opening and such that it created stampedes in Shanti theatre in Coimbatore, killing two persons. This led to the theatre's licence being cancelled until the theatre owner "toiled" to regain it. In the 2013 Tamil film Sutta Kadhai, lead heroes of that film Balaji and Venkatesh appeared as fans of Ramki and Arun Pandian. In one scene, Balaji utters the film's title referring to their collaboration on a mission.
References
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- "Inaindha Kaikal". JioSaavn. January 1989. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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- Krishnaswamy, N. (3 August 1990). "Inaindha Kaigal". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 8 October 2016 – via Google News Archive.
- சி. ஆர். கே. (19 August 1990). "இணைந்த கைகள்" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 7–8. Retrieved 9 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- Koushik, Janardhan (6 April 2022). "Tamil Nadu: Fans damage Tirunelveli theatre during Beast trailer screening". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- "ராம்கி ரசிகன் வித் அருண்பாண்டியன் ரசிகன்!". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
