Dravidan (1989 film)

Dravidan
Directed by	R.Kirshnamoorthy
Produced by	Suresh Balaje
Written by	R.Krishnamoorthy
Starring	Sathyaraj Ambika Suparna Anand Jaiganesh Goga Kapoor Hareesh Jaishankar Nizhalgal Ravi S. S. Chandran Sharat Saxena Somayajulu Vijayakumar Vinu Chakravarthy CH.Rajalakshmi Devilalitha Srividhya Vidhya
Music by	M.S.Viswanathan
Cinematography	Babu
Edited by	Bhaskaran
Distributed by	Suresh Arts
Release dates	28 October 1989
Running time	110 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dravidan is a 1989 Tamil film starring Sathyaraj and Suparna Anand. This was Sathyaraj's 99th film. It was released on a Diwali day along with his 100th film Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai. The film generated hype and curiosity as two of his movies got released on the same festival day. The film received widely negative reviews. The film was the remake of Malayalam blockbuster Aryan starring Mohanlal directed by Priyadarshan.

Cast

• Sathyaraj
• Ambika
• Suparna Anand
• Jaishankar
• Sharat Saxena
• Jaiganesh
• Goga Kapoor
• Hareesh
• Nizhalgal Ravi
• S. S. Chandran
• Somayajulu
• Vijayakumar
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• CH.Rajalakshmi
• Devilalitha
• Srividhya

Reception

The film was panned by the critics mainly due to the poor background music score. Some of the reviews noted that the background music was intolerable and it irritated the otherwise average movie. The film was a critical as well as commercial failure at the box office.