Kaali (1980 film)

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Kaali (1980 film)

Kaali is a 1980 Indian action film written by Mahendran and directed by I. V. Sasi. Produced by Hem-Nag,[1] the film stars Rajinikanth, Seema, Fatafat Jayalaxmi and Shubha.[2][3] The film was simultaneously made in Tamil and Telugu languages, with Chiranjeevi replacing Vijayakumar in Telugu.[4] The cinematography was handled by Ashok Kumar and soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[5] Kaali ran for less than 50 days in Chennai and was considered a box office failure in both Tamil and Telugu.[6] The film is infamous for a fire accident which caused the deaths of some stuntmen and horses.[7]

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Kaali
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Poster of Tamil version
Directed byI. V. Sasi
Written byMahendran
Produced byHem Nag
Starring
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Hem Nag Productions
Release dates
  • 3 July 1980 (1980-7-3) (Tamil)
  • 19 September 1980 (1980-9-19) (Telugu)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
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Plot

Cast

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Cast (Tamil) Cast (Telugu) Role (Tamil) Role (Telugu)
Rajinikanth Kaali
Vijayakumar Chiranjeevi G. K.
Seema Anitha Geetha
Fatafat Jayalaxmi Alangaram
Major Sundarrajan Kantha Rao Sampath
Manorama Thayamma
Suruli Rajan Sokku
Shubha Sampath's wife
Vennira Aadai Nirmala Kaali's sister
V. Gopalakrishnan Giri Babu Somu
Kaikala Satyanarayana Rajaram Rajarao
Prasad Babu Rajaram's sons Rajarao's sons
Sundar Raj
Pushpalatha Rajaram's wife Rajarao's wife
Anuradha Sriram child artist
Master Haja Sheriff child artist
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Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[8] The film had Vairamuthu's first written song, "Kali Bhadrakali".[4]

Tamil tracklist
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SongSingersLyricsLength
"Adi Aadu"Malaysia VasudevanKannadasan4:39
"Azhagazhaga"P. Susheela4:46
"Kali Bhadrakali"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. JanakiVairamuthu4:00
"Thithikkum"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kalyan, S. P. SailajaKannadasan4:33
"Vaazhumattum"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:46
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Release and reception

Kaali was released on 3 July 1980 in Tamil,[9] and 19 September the same year in Telugu clashing with another Chiranjeevi-starrer Thathayya Premaleelalu (1980).[10][11] Saavi wrote that I. V. Sasi has started taking roots in Tamil. The critic added that the makers have mixed the colour in the cinemascope and added by looking at the title if you guess this film as revenge plot then you have better intelligence than Sasi.[12] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 43 out of 100, criticising its excessive reliance on violence and expressed concern it would inspire real life violence which was already rampant in India.[13]

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