Captain Magal

Captain Magal (transl. The Captain's Daughter) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written, produced and directed by Bharathiraja, starring Raja and Khushbu. It was released on 14 January 1993.

Captain Magal
DVD cover
Directed by	Bharathiraja
Screenplay by	Bharathiraja
Story by	R. Selvaraj
Produced by	Bharathiraja
Starring	Raja Khushbu
Cinematography	B. Kannan
Edited by	S. P. Bojrajan
Music by	Hamsalekha
Production company	Manoj Creations
Release date	14 January 1993 (1993-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Khushbu is the daughter of a retired army officer who once saved the Prime Minister (PM). She falls in love with a musician Raja who has heart disease. They get married and go to a guest house in a hill area. Two terrorists enter their guest house, and they keep Khushbu and Raja under house arrest. One more local horse rider (who taught Khushbu to ride horse) is the main terrorist who also joins them in the house as he is injured. They plan to kill the PM using an automated missile while he is flying on the plane above their guest house. Finally, Khushbu and Raja manage to kill the three terrorists and save the PM without anyone's knowledge.

Cast

• Raja (voice dubbed by Nizhalgal Ravi)
• Khushbu
• Livingston
• Napoleon
• G. M. Kumar
• Janagaraj
• Sangita

Production

According to Selvaraj, who wrote the film's story, the title was named after The Captain's Daughter, a novel by the Russian novelist Alexander Pushkin.^[1] The film was partly shot at Ooty.^[2] The sets of windmill and farmhouse were built there.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Hamsalekha and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.^[3] The song "Endha Pennilum Illadha" attained popularity.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Endha Pennilum"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:09
2.	"Nandhavanam Pookkal"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:08
3.	"Kadhal Raja"	Sujatha Mohan	5:08
4.	"Yarumillai"	Minmini	5:09
5.	"Vaanambadi"	Unni Menon, Sujatha	5:05
Total length:			25:39

Release and reception

Captain Magal was released on 14 January 1993, Pongal day.^[5] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express likened it to "a C-grade English thriller, a pathetic attempt at making an action film. It has disjointed scenes, jerky narration and a loosely etched screenplay that seems more of a hotch-potch of various English films".^[6] Kalki wrote that frame by frame throughout the film, one could see the director using his own techniques; when the story unfolds the techniques that is supposed to derail the story becomes like the mammoth elephant hiding in the tree.^[7]