Jun 7, 2022
Kadal Meengal (transl. Sea Fishes) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh and Swapna.[2] It was a remake of the Malayalam movie Meen. The movie was a Superhit at the box office.... Kamal Haasan plays a father-son dual role in this movie.


Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 References
5 External links
Plot
Selvanayakam a.k.a. Selvam (Kamal Haasan) is a poor but hard-working fisherman who is in love with Bhagyam (Sujatha) from the same fishing hamlet. After a tiff with the locals, Selvam moves to a neighbouring village for fishing and is feared dead during a cyclone. Selvam returns alive after a while and unable to find Bhagyam, marries another woman. Bhagyam has borne his child but lives in isolation away from the life of Selvam who has grown to be a rich businessman. After several years, Bhagyam's son Rajan (the younger Kamal Haasan) finds out about his father whom he despises for having deserted his mother. He vengefully joins his father's rivals and enters into a long confrontation with his father in business and in personal life as well. Nisha (Swapna), is Rajan's love interest while Ambika plays his step-sister's role.

Cast
Kamal Haasan as Selvanayakam and Rajan
Sujatha as Bhagyam[3]
Nagesh as Peter
Swapna as Nisha
Ambika as Selvanayakam 's Daughter
Suman as Sekhar
K. A. Thangavelu as Mudhaliyar
Sangili Murugan as Dhanakodi
Thengai Srinivasan as Sivaanandham
Sukumari as Annaporani
Nizhalgal Ravi as Ravi
G. Srinivasan as Nachimuthu
K. Kannan as Vadivelu
V. Gopalakrishnan
A. R. Srinivasan
Pandu as Vadivelu's Colleague
Soundtrack
Kadal Meengal
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 20:25
Label EMI
Producer Ilaiyaraaja
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Kannadasan, Panchu Arunachalam and Gangai Amaran.

Track-list
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Madini Madini" Gangai Amaran P. Susheela, Malaysia Vasudevan & Chorus
2. "Thaalattudhe Vaanam" Kannadasan P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki
3. "Endrendrum Anandhame" Panchu Arunachalam Malaysia Vasudevan
4. "Kalai Maane" Kannadasan P. Susheela
References
"Kadal Meengal (1981)".
https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1981/jun/28-06-1981/p19.jpg[bare URL image file]
Rangarajan, Malathi (9 April 2011). "We will miss you, Sujatha". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
External links
Kadal Meengal at IMDb
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