Nadigan

Nadigan
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Directed by	P. Vasu
Produced by	M. Ramanathan
Written by	P. Vasu
Screenplay by	P. Vasu
Starring	Sathyaraj Kushboo Sundar Goundamani
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	P. Mohan Raj
Production company	Raj Films International
Distributed by	Raj Films International
Release dates	30 November 1990 (1990-11-30)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nadigan (English: Actor) is a 1990 Tamil film directed by P Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj in the lead role pairing with Kushboo Sundar. The film released with largely positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster. The film was a remake of Hindi film Professor (1962).

Malayalam actors Prathapachandran and Ramu played the villains.

Plot

The story opens as Raja's sathyaraj mother requires an major operation to be done. But due to poverty, raja decides to look for an job in ooty. while travelling in train with his mother to ooty, he meets Mr.Devaraj Venniradai Moorthy who is actually an music teacher travelling to island estate - ooty for a 3000 monthly waged job. He carries with him a recommendation letter with contact address. while alighting the suitcases which resembles same of raja and devaraj, interchanges. so mistake raja takes away the suitacase. when reaching their room, he finds the letter and due to the critical situation of his mother, he decides to take the job.

So he joins the job, preliminary changing him as oldman by sticking beard and white hair. There he finds Baby amma Manorama who was guardian of two young women and two children. He was put in to look after them as a guardian and teacher. Mean

Cast

• Sathyaraj as Raja and Devaraj
• Kushboo Sundar as Geetha
• Manorama as Baby amma
• Goundamani as Kurangu Kannayiram
• Venniradai Moorthy
• Prathapachandran
• Kundara Johny
• Chinni Jayanth
• Sakthi Vasu
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Pandu
• Ramu
• Thalapathy Dinesh
• Karikalan
• Pandu
• Master Shakthi

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Tracklist — Tamil Version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Aadippattam Thedi"	Vaali	Mano, K. S. Chitra	05:05
2.	"Aattama"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	04:52
3.	"Deva Malligai"	Pulamaipithan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	04:45
4.	"Vela Vanthu"	Vaali	Malaysia Vasudevan	04:47
5.	"Enge Nimmathi"	Ilaiyaraaja	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	04:51
6.	"Adi Veluthu"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra	05:04
Total length:				29:24

Critical Reception

The film received great accolades with Sathyaraj's acting admired. The film ran more than 175 days in Chennai and 100 days across major cities in Tamil Nadu. It was a Box-Office blockbuster.