Thiruppu Munai

1989 Indian film

Thiruppu Munai

Poster

Directed by| Kalaivanan Kannadasan
Written by| K. N. Lakshmanan
Produced by| B. Kandaswami
Starring|

* Karthik
* Chithra

Cinematography| G. Dhanapal
Edited by| B. K. Mohan
Music by| Ilaiyaraaja

Production
company

B. K. Enterprizes

Release date

* 3 November 1989 (1989-11-03)

Running time

| 130 minutes
Country| India
Language| Tamil

Thiruppu Munai (transl. Turning Point) is a 1989 Tamil-language crime film directed by Kalaivanan Kannadasan. The film stars Karthik and Chithra. It was released on 3 November 1989.[1]

## Plot

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Sathyamoorthy, an honest politician, becomes the new Minister of Justice. Chakravarthy, a corrupted politician, who wants to be a minister feels ridiculous and tries to kill Sathyamoorthy but Chakravarthy fails each time.

Rajaram, a jobless graduate, comes to the city to find a job. He has a mother in his village and he has a lot of debts. There, he becomes friend with Pichandi, who is also a jobless graduate, and Chidambaram, a disabled family man. Sangeetha, Chakravarthy's niece, interviews Rajaram for a job and he passes it well. Rajaram is hired by Chakravarthy but Chakravarthy asks him to first charm Chitra, Sathyamoorthy's daughter. Rajaram tries to charm her and Chitra falls in love with him. Sathyamoorthy wants to see, his daughter's lover, Rajaram, so Chakravarthy gives him a flower bouquet with a bomb inside. Sathyamoorthy appreciates Rajaram and he gives the flower bouquet to Sathyamoorthy. Sathyamoorthy dies in the bomb blast. Rajaram is sentenced to life imprisonment and Pichandi to five years in prison.

Chakravarthy has succeeded to the minister post and he decides to kill the witnesses. Anand, the jailer, because of his corrupted services, becomes the sub-jailer. Vanchinathan, who looks exactly like Rajaram, is the new jailer. Manimudi, Chakravarthy's henchman, kills Pichandi under the command of Chakravarthy and Vanchinathan is sentenced to life imprisonment. Vanchinathan then escapes from the jail and with Chitra, they try to flee the innocent Rajaram. Later, Chidambaram and his wife are murdered by Chakravarthy's henchmen.

Finally, Rajaram and Vanchinathan kill Chakravarthy's henchmen. Chakravarthy is sentenced to life imprisonment, Rajaram and Chitra get married and Vanchinathan decides to bring up Chidambaram's son.

## Cast

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* Karthik as Rajaram / Vanchinathan
* Chithra as Chitra
* Janagaraj as Pichandi
* Vagai Chandrasekhar as Chidambaram
* Vinu Chakravarthy as Chakravarthy
* J. V. Somayajulu as Sathyamoorthy
* Silk Smitha as Sangeetha
* Sabitha Anand as Chidambaram's wife
* Thyagu as Anand
* Ajay Rathnam as Manimudi
* Jai Ganesh in a guest appearance

## Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[2][3] In early 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a version of "Ammana Summa Illada" with rewritten lyrics spreading awareness about COVID-19, became viral.[4]

Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Length

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"Adi Ye Pulla" | Mano, K. S. Chithra, Sunandha | Pulamaipithan | 4:33
"Ammana Summa Illada" | Ilaiyaraaja | Ilaiyaraaja | 4:40
"Ilamai Ithu" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | Gangai Amaran | 4:02
"Oru Naal" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | Kalaivanan Kannadasan | 4:20

## Reception

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P. S. S. of Kalki praised the performances of Karthik and other actors and Ilaiyaraaja's music but felt the director heavily messed up the climax.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Thiruppu Munai / திருப்பு முனை". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
2. ^ "Thiruppu Munai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 1 January 1989. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
3. ^ "Thiruppu Munai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
4. ^ "Tamil Nadu police constable remakes songs to spread awareness on coronavirus". The New Indian Express. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
5. ^ பி. எஸ். எஸ் (19 November 1989). "திருப்பு முனை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 23\. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

## External links

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* Thiruppu Munai at IMDb

*[transl.]: translation