Oru Kaidhiyin Diary

Oru Kaidhiyin Diary
Directed by	Bharathiraja
Written by	Bhagyaraj
Starring	Kamal Haasan Radha Revathi Janagaraj Malaysia Vasudevan Vijayan Vinu Chakravarthy
Music by	Ilayaraaja
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (English: A Prisoner's Diary) is a 1985 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Bharathiraaja, starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.

Summary

David gets released from prison after long 22 years and he reaches the church to confess. He says to the priest that, he would kill 3 people. The priest informs this to the police. David starts his revenge by killing the DSP and escapes fooling Inspector Shankar. The flashback shows that, David and Rosy were married and had a happy life, but Rosy is raped by the powerful trio of Politician, Doctor and DSP. Rosy commits suicide. The trio easily wins the case by falsely implicating David and he gets sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife. He leaves his only son Shankar to his close friend Velappan. Now Shankar is already a police officer when david gets released after 22 years. He then kills Dr.Unnikrishnan. David is supported by Sharadha, the love of Shankar. The climax shows whether David attains his target of killing the politician and thus completing his revenge.

Cast

• Kamal Hassan as David and Shankar
• Radha as Rosy
• Revathi as Sharadha
• Janagaraj as Velappan
• Malaysia Vasudevan as Politician
• Vijayan as Dr.Unnikrishnan
• Vinu Chakravarthy - DSP

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features four songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

• "ABC Nee Vasi" - K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jayaram
• "Ethu Rosa" - Gangai Amaran, Vani Jayaram
• "Naanthan Sooran" - S. P. Balasubramaniam, Vani Jayaram
• "Ponmane" - Unni Menon, Uma Ramanan

Remake

Oru Kaidhiyin Diary has been remade in Bollywood as Aakhree Rasta (1986), directed by K. Bhagyaraj starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Jayapradha, Anupam Kher. It was a success.