Kadal Meengal (transl. Sea Fishes) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh and Swapna. It is a remake of the 1980 Malayalam film Meen,[1][2] and also draws inspiration from the Hindi... film Trishul (1978).[3] The film revolves around a man seeking revenge on his father for abandoning the former's mother. It was released on 5 June 1981