Cooliekkaran

Cooliekkaran
Cooliekkaran
	Poster
Directed by	Rajasekhar
Screenplay by	Rajasekhar
Story by	Tinnu Anand
Produced by	S. Thanu
Starring	Vijayakanth; Rupini
Cinematography	V. Ranga
Edited by	R. Vittal; S.B. Mohan
Music by	T. Rajendar
Release date	4 June 1987;
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cooliekkaran is a 1987 Tamil-language action film directed by Rajasekhar produced by S. Thanu. The film stars Vijayakanth and Rupini. It was the debut of Rupini in Tamil cinema. The movie was a superhit at the time of release.^[1] The film was a remake of the Hindi film Kaalia.^[2]

Plot[]

Raja (Vijayakanth) lives with his elder brother Velu (Nagesh), sister-in-law Lakshmi (Srividya), and their little daughter. He spends his time idle. He is scolded by his brother, and so Raja becomes a coolie and transports articles. He is jailed for smuggling. His brother gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms. He loses his job and needs money for treatment. Raja is released and begs his brother's boss Chakravarthy (Radha Ravi), but he refuses. Raja breaks into the boss' safe to get the money, but it is too late as the brother dies. The boss throws Raja in jail. This is where he meets David (K. Natraj) and decide to seek revenge. In jail, Raja meets the warden Marthandan (Jaishankar), whose daughter was kidnapped by one of the prisoners when she was little.

After his release, he is a different, stronger man. He and his accomplices steal the gold that the boss had been smuggling at the mill. Raja, his accomplices lie to his sister-in-law. They move from poverty into riches. Raja and his men snatch a diamond which is very rare. Priya (Rupini) steals it (fake diamond). Ramanathan (Vijayan) is killed by Chakravarthy and was once a henchmen of Chakravarthy. Ramanathan was assigned to kill Jai and his family in an accident. Marthandan's wife is killed and Ramanathan keeps the child with him. Priya is now reformed. Raja and Priya fall in love and for their engagement he buys all the flowers in the city so Marthandan grew suspicious and starts following Raja. Chakravarthy buys a counterfeit machine, which is spoilt by Raja. Enraged by this, Chakravarthy spills the beans to Raja's sister-in-law Lakshmi that Raja is a smuggler. Lakshmi urges Raja to leave this business. The boss throws Raja in jail. How he escapes and gets his revenge on the boss forms the climax of the movie.

Cast[]

Vijayakanth as Raja
Rupini as Priya
Jaishankar as Marthandan
Radha Ravi as Chakravarthy
Nagesh as Velu, Raja's brother
Srividya as Lakshmi, Raja's sister-in-law
Vijayan as Ramanathan
S. S. Chandran as Venkatachalam
K. Natraj as David
Thyagu as David's partner
Kumarimuthu as Police constable
Silk Smitha as Guest appearance
V. Gopalakrishnan as Guest appearance
Pandiyan as Guest appearance

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by T. Rajender.^[3]

"Kuthuvilakkaga" - SPB, S. Janaki
"Vechakkuri Thappadhu" - SPB
"Bodhai Yethum" - SPB, S. Janaki
"Vazhkai Oru" - Malaysia Vasudevan

References[]

^ "Cooliekkaran LP Records". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
^ "Tinnu Anand approached to remake Amitabh Bachchan's Kaalia - EasternEye". Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/cooliekaran-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp

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[1] "Cooliekkaran LP Records". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

[2] "Tinnu Anand approached to remake Amitabh Bachchan's Kaalia - EasternEye". Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[3] ttps://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/cooliekaran-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp

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