Apoorva Sagodharargal

Infobox Film
name = Apoorva Sagodharargal
Appu Raja (Hindi)


caption = Official Tamil DVD Cover
director = Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
producer = Kamal Hassan
writer = Kamal Hassan
Panju Arunachalam
narrator =
starring = Kamal Haasan
Gouthami
Srividya
Nagesh
Jaishankar
Nassar
Delhi Ganesh
music = Ilaiyaraaja
cinematography = P. C. Sriram
editing =
distributor = Raajkamal Film International
released = April 14, 1989
runtime = 150 minutes
country = cr|IND
language = Tamil
Hindi
budget =
gross =
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imdb_id = 0096827 Apoorva Sagodharargal is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. Due to it's success down South, the film was dubbed into Hindi as "Appu Raja" in 1990 and like the original, was successful enough to become of the cult classics.

Plot

Sethupathy (Kamalhassan) 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 but the babies are separated. Raja (Kamalhassan) grows up as a mechanic while Appu (Kamalhassan), a dwarf, grows up in the circus. When Appu comes to know of his father's murder, he decides to avenge his death by killing the four murderers.

Track listing

"Tamil"
# Ammaava Naan Kamal Hassan (Deleted Song)
# Annaaththe Aaduraar S. P. Balasubramaniam
# Onna Nenachche Paattu S. P. Balasubramaniam
# Puthu Maappillaikku S. P. Balasubramaniam, Shailaja
# Raja Kaiya Vachchaa Kamal Hassan
# Raja Kaiya Vachchaa - SPB S. P. Balasubramaniam
# Vaalibaththin Kaathalukku S. P. Balasubramaniam, S. Janaki

"Hindi"
# Aaya Hai Raja S. P. Balasubramaniam
# Tune Saathi Paya Apna S. P. Balasubramaniam
# Woh Tu Bana Apna S. P. Balasubramaniam, Asha Bhosle
# Raja Naam Mera Kamal Hassan
# Matwale Yaar Teri Jai S. P. Balasubramaniam, Asha Bhosle

Reference

* [imdb title|0096827|
* [http://www.dhingana.com/aboorva-sagotharargal/movie/songs/tamil/album/3241 Soundtrack Link I]