Director: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao; Writer: Kamal Haasan; Producer: Kamal Haasan; Cinematographer: P.C. Sriram; Cast: Kamal Haasan, Jaishankar, Nagesh, Nasser, Delhi Ganesh, Janakaraj, Mouli, Roopini, Gauthami, Manorama, Srividya
Summary: A successful remake of the familiar story with
Kamalahasan in a sensational triple role
following in Lon Chaney’s footsteps as he
physically transforms himself into a dwarf. In a
prelude shot in an Italo-Western style
reminiscent of Sholay’s (1975, Inspector
Sedupathi (Kamalahasan) captures and
publicly humiliates four villains. On their
release, they murder Sedupathi and try to
poison his pregnant wife, who manages to
escape with the twins she eventually bears.
Chased by the villains, the mother and a female
friend escape with one child each, believing
the others to have been killed. The real mother
and her son Appu, a dwarf (Kamalahasan), join
a circus where he has a Chaplinesque romance
with the manager’s daughter. Learning the truth
about his past, Appu tracks down the four
villains and kills three of them. The killings are
attributed to a certain Raja (Kamalahasan
again) who turns out to be the missing twin
now working as a garage mechanic and the
lover of the remaining villain’s daughter. Raja,
pursued by the police, is rescued by Appu and
happy ending consists of the twins murdering
the last villain.
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