Apoorva Sagodharargal
Tags: revenge, murder, romantic

Plot synopsis:
Mahendra Bhoopathi and Marthandan are rival kings. When Bhoopathi’s wife gives birth to conjoined twins, Dr. Nanjappa separates them skillfully. In a surprise attack, Marthandan and his men set fire to Bhoopathi’s fort thinking that the entire Bhoopathi clan perishes. But the good doctor has taken the babies to the safety of his house. And thereafter the elder twin Vijayan grows up in the city, while the younger twin Vikraman is brought up in the forest by the loyal Marudhu. When they are 25 years old, the doctor sends for them and introduces them to each other and makes them aware of their history. The twins swear to avenge the dastardly killing of their father and restore the glory of their kingdom. Meanwhile, Vijayan saves the beautiful Kanchana from the aging yet lust-filled Marthandan and his men. Vijayan and Kanchana fall in love in due course. Problems arise between the brothers in the forest, as Vikraman too falls for Kanchana. And being the younger of the conjoined twins, Vikraman aches with frustrating feelings of physical desire whenever Vijayan and Kanchana are together. Not wanting to be the cause for the brothers turning against each other and in order to enable them to reach their avowed objective without further distraction, Kanchana leaves Vijayan in the forest, only to fall straight into the clutches of Marthandan. The rescue of Kanchana, and Marthandan getting his retribution form rest of the exciting tale.

Review: Great Film Making!.
I saw this film first when I was a kid, Recently I saw it again, I had thought that it wont live up to the expectations from when i last saw it.
i was wrong, the film is still top notch, the music is great, the editing is spot on, the songs hummable, and the action funny yet believable.
Everything in this film is done properly, unlike some of the other films of that era, you feel the pain of appu, it was just great, not to mention it reminded me of my childhood!
Most such films use little or no intelligence, surprisingly this film is very clever, the theme of revenge is central to the plot, but the comedy elements are present and fun to laugh at without becoming toilet humor.
See this movie if you liked it initially, because it is still as good as it was back then!.
Was a Phenomenon when released....It still is .....
For starters the hype was always there when Kamal makes a new movie and one where one of the lead actor is dwarf tops it.
When it got released it was a trend setter for how movies should be made by actors who know how to relive a role.
Well the whole plot and story might be a fiction but Kamal's acting as a serious dwarf working in a circus and happy go lucky automobile mechanic is pretty brilliant.
Was one of the best movies in my list for close to year or more.
Music which could be catchy even today.
Had the VHS tape for a long time before lost it completely would love to have it on a DVD for a collectors copy.
Not seen many Indian movies for some time now but if there is any movie with little bit of Kamal in it you can bet your bottom dollar I would give it a try.
10/10 for just the inventive plot and keeping the secret of creating the DWARF till date..
Kamal Kamal and Kamal.
I don't remember watching it when I was young, but having watched it recently I probably can't describe in mere words how much I enjoyed it.I am a great Kamal Fan. And every time he cries on screen he sure brings a drop from my eyes too.
Especially in Apoorva Sahodarargal as Appu.
The pain he suffers being a dwarf was touching.
Especially in the Register office scene where he gets to know he isn't the bridegroom.
He made the anguish look so real.
This movie is still a mystery since know one knows how Kamal remained short and bent his knees !
The songs and Music are a sensation.
Illayaraj is a pure genius.Monorama's "Aiyo Aiyayoooo..." is hilarious.
The dialogues from Crazy Mohan were as Crazy as ever.Janakaraj and R.S. Sivaji combo is still remembered with the latter's lavish praise on the former.
Nagesh deserves a note worthy mention.Its a classic entertaining Kamal movie fare from the stables of Raj Kamal Internationals..
Our generation people need to watch this ...
I can still remember I watched on tv when I was 5years old something ..
That time I am so into rajini sir film bcz every children fan of him(still we are fan) ..
But kamal movies all was matured content, childrens can't understand...
But this movie was my favourites,you know he was acted as small man ..tricky with funny murder scene made us so much joy even that time ..
I really hope every tamil peoples need to watch this ....
Kamal Haasan's great transformation is a real treat.Magnificent!.
Kamal Haasan,the person who I regard as the best actor in Indian cinema ever,added another great to his list.The story is a cliché that we all know,but the screenplay and execution is simply seamless and mind boggling.The first thing I had all my praises on was the cinematography by PC Sriram,simply eye catching and beautiful.The use of color and tone is unbelievable considering the year of release of which was 1989.The camera angles made the movie look very grand and high budgeted.Hats off to him.The second thing that pulled me in was the timeless music of maestro Illayaraja.The music in the film was not everywhere,but it was present in the important scenes.The use of music in the suspense and the comedy scenes were the best.The songs in this film were amazing and the sets of the were really realistic which was a big bonus for the film.The use of modern music at the time was fully utilized by Illayaraja and turned out to be an impressive piece of work at the end.The other two people that full credits has to given is B Lenin and VT Vijayan.Their editing for this film was absolutely amazing and matching the screenplay of the film.Coming to the cut and throat of this film,the Universal Hero,Kamal Haasan.His performance in this was excellent.He played three characters in this film,and the probably the toughest he has done by far is the dwarf character who is Appu.A century has changed,yet nobody can find out the secret of the making of this character.It is no doubt that a any character can be created by CGI with today's technology,but this character that was formed in that time frame was a shock to whole cinema industry in India.The making of this character is well kept secret till today by the makers of the film.Putting aside the concerns of the making,Kamal Haasan completely transformed himself into the character,I could feel this character's emotions,feeling and sentiments throughout this film.The other two characters was the normal Kamal Haasan that we can see,but he shows a variation of the Tamil dialects used by three different characters in the film which is a huge task to pull off.Other than Kamal Haasan,Nagesh did well in a unusual character despite given a less screen space.The other standout performer was Janagaraj in another unusual character for him.His comical timing in this film made the film more fun and enjoyable within the serious tone of this film.This had to go down to the dialogue writer Crazy Mohan.He really understood the screenplay of the film and set dialogues with good timing and counters.Hats off.The screenplay which was also written by Kamal Haasan shows why he is regarded as one the best actors ever.The screenplay of the movie was smooth as an unpolluted river and the structure of a scene is so well set that the movement of the scenes were not felt by the audience.No review of a good movie is complete without complimenting the efforts of the off screen hero,the director.Singeetam Srinivasa Rao did an excellent job narrating Kamal Haasan's story in a interesting way.Overall,this film would be a great treat for movie lovers just because of its amazing narration.This is definitely not Kamal Haasan's best,but still one of the best Indian movie's ever created.Magnificent!.
One Of My Very Favorite Kamal Hassan film..
The facial expressions Kamal Hassan gives throughout the film are phenomenal.
He is a legend through and through and proves it here once again.
I have seen many of his films: Hindustani, Chachi 420, Pushpak, Sadma, Velu Nayakan, Saagar, Ek Duuje Ke liye.....As you can see, he has an impressive list of blockbuster film roles.Plot: Sedhupathy (Kamal Hassan) is an honest and upright police officer.
When he arrests four bigwigs Dharmaraj (Nagesh), Francis Anbarasu ('Delhi' Ganesh), Nallasivam (Nasser) and Satyamoorthy (Jaishankar), they escape justice easily and return to take revenge.
They kill him and poison his wife (Srividya).
She escapes and gives birth to twins with the help of another woman (Manorama) but the babies are separated and each woman believes that the other is dead because of the events happening next to birth.
Raja (Kamal Hassan) grows up as a mechanic with Muniamma(Manorama) while Appu (Kamal Hassan), a dwarf, grows up in the circus with his Mummy (Sridvidya).Appu falls in love with the daughter (Rupini) of the circus owner mistakenly thinking that she was asking him to elope with her.
But she actually had asked him to be witness to her marriage with her fiancé, which was not approved by her father.
Heartbroken over this and insecurity over his height, he tries to commit suicide but is prevented by his mother, who then reveals the reason that his dwarfism might have been because of the poison force-fed to her when she was pregnant with the twins.
This leads Appu to learn about his father's murder and he decides to avenge by killing the four murderers.Meanwhile, Raja falls in love with Janaki (Gautami) who happens to be Satyamoorthy's daughter.
As Raja resembles Sethupathy, Sathyamoorthy and his 3 friends gain interest in Raja.Francis is fishing in a lake.
Appu uses one of his well trained circus Pomeranian puppy to lure Francis Anbarasu to an abandoned building and reveals his identity to him.
Francis Anbarasu smirks when he sees that Appu is a dwarf and cannot hurt him due to his bigger size.
But Appu uses a Rube Goldbergian contraption to kill him and the dead body falls in a truck covered with hay.
Raja and Janaki have car trouble and hitchhike a ride in the same truck but are oblivious to the dead body.
The truck driver discovers the body when he reaches his destination and calls the police.
The inspector (Janakaraj) in charge of the case, suspects Raja by tracing the car number given by the truck driver.Appu kills Nallasivam in a golf course using a tiger from his circus but Nallasivam's caddy sees Appu's face and the tigers tail from afar.
This leads the inspector to Raja again who, coincidentally is wearing a tiger costume while performing a song at a festival in his street.
Janaki becomes enraged when she learns that Raja has killed his father's friends and breaks up with him.Raja is released from custody as the postmortem examination has revealed real tiger wounds that could not be inflicted by Raja's costume.
He goes over to Janaki's house to smooth things over with the inspector following him covertly.
When he is talking to her, Appu tricks Sathyamoorthy into killing himself with a circus hand gun that shoots backwards.
Appu escapes but Raja and Janaki enter Sathyamoorthy's room hearing the gunshot a few moments before the inspector arrives.
Janaki faints when she sees her dad dead and the inspector now believes that Raja had shot Sathyamoorthy.
Raja too escapes and is on the run while the police had released a sketch of his face to the public.
An exhausted Raja is spotted by some people in a market and they try to catch him.
Raja, in an attempt to evade capture threatens to kill the nearest woman he gets hold of.
When the crowd back down, he releases the woman and escapes.
The woman, who incidentally happens to be Srividhya, realizes that Raja is the other twin and seeks out Manorama.
They both realize that the murders are committed by Appu and Raja is mistaken as Appu, who overhears this.
Dharmaraj believes that it is Raja avenging his father's death and that he is the next target, and decides to seek out Raja's mother and is shocked to see Srividhya, whom he believed to be dead, also present there.
Nonetheless, he kidnaps both women and threatens to kill them unless Raja surrenders to him.
Appu escapes and helps Raja evade the police and tells him everything.
They both collaborate and go to the circus where their mothers are held captive.
With the help of well trained circus animals, Appu and Raja overpower the goons.
Ignoring his mothers call to stop, Appu kills Dharmaraj.
Appu surrenders to the police and Raja is set free.A must buy film on DVD.
Full 10/10 points.