| Kadhal Parisu | |
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| Directed by | A. Jagannathan |
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| Cinematography | B. S. Lokanath |
| Edited by | K. R. Krishnan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sathya Movies |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kadhal Parisu (transl. Gift of Love) is a 1987 IndianTamil-language film directed byA. Jagannathan, starringKamal Haasan,Ambika andRadha. The film was released on 14 January 1987,Pongal day and became a commercial success.[1][2]
The film starts with Mohan getting released from prison after serving a sentence on a rape charge. Malini and Chitra are sisters and heirs to a wealthy business. Malini looks after the business after their parents died while Chitra is a student. Mohan meets Chitra and soon they fall in love, while Malini has sworn off all men. Malini and Chithra’s uncle is after their wealth.
When Chitra brings Mohan home to meet her sister, Mohan and Malini have a big fight which ends in Malini forbidding Chitra from seeing Mohan. Malini then reveals the reason behind the fight. Years earlier, Mohan and Malini were classmates and lovers. While on a class trip, Malini gives a note to Mohan that asks him to meet her in his room. Malini claims that, that night, Mohan entered her room and they had consensual sex, but Mohan denied it and refused to marry her. So she bought up rape charges against him and sent him to prison.
The truth comes out. During the class trip, Mohan never received the note which fell on Kailash's brother, Anand, who was their classmate. Anand, lusting after Malini, uses this opportunity to enter Malini's room on the pretext of being Mohan and has sex with her. Since Anand disconnected the electricity in her room and the room was very dark, Malini didn't know the difference as she was drugged by Anand because he mixed a pill in her softdrink at the party. Malini shoots Anand for his act and also herself as she cannot live the rest of her life with the guilt. Mohan forgives Malini and Malini gives her sister as her gift (really?) to Mohan and she dies in Mohan's arms.
The music was composed byIlaiyaraaja.[4][5] The song "Purakkale Purakkale" was originally composed and picturised forBharathiraja's shelved filmTop Tucker.[6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hey Unnai Thaane Nee Endha" | Vairamuthu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. Janaki | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Jaathi Illai" | Gangai Amaran | Malaysia Vasudevan | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Kaadhal Maharaani Kavidhai" | Muthulingam | S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Kanalukkul Meen Pidithen" | Na. Kamarasan | P. Susheela | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Koo Koo Endru Kuyil Koovaadho" | Pulamaipithan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:26 |
| 6. | "Puraakale Puraakale" | Vairamuthu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,K. S. Chithra | 4:11 |
| Total length: | 26:37 | |||
The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Kedi
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Jaathi Eandhi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 2. | "Kanule Palikene" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. Janaki | |
| 3. | "Koo Koo Koyile" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. P. Sailaja | |
| 4. | "Hey Ninne Ninee" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,S. Janaki | |
| 5. | "Amavasa Nisilo" | S. Janaki |
Jayamanmadhan ofKalki wrote that though the film had Haasan, Ambika, Radha, songs, dance, fights and chasing among others, it lacked completion.[7]
