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Kalaignan

  • 1993
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
292
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Kamal Haasan and Farheen in Kalaignan (1993)
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A popular pop star gets stalked by a serial killer and gets framed up.A popular pop star gets stalked by a serial killer and gets framed up.A popular pop star gets stalked by a serial killer and gets framed up.

  • Director
    • G.B. Vijay
  • Writer
    • A.B. Vijay
  • Stars
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Bindiya
    • Farheen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    292
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • G.B. Vijay
    • Writer
      • A.B. Vijay
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Bindiya
      • Farheen
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • Indrajeet
    Bindiya
    • Divya
    Farheen
    Farheen
    Chi Gurudutt
    • Dr. Harichandra Prasad
    Nassar
    Nassar
    R.S. Shivaji
    R.S. Shivaji
    • Manger to Indrajeet
    Sivaranjani
    • Divya's Sister
    • Director
      • G.B. Vijay
    • Writer
      • A.B. Vijay
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    8stylegamer

    Groundbreaking suspense thriller for its time

    Kalaignan (Tamil:கலைஞன்; English: Artist) is a 1993 Tamil- language thriller film directed by G. B. Vijay and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan.

    The film features Kamal Haasan and Bindiya in the lead roles while Sivaranjani, Sindhuja, Nirmalamma and Chi. Guru Dutt play supporting roles. The film opened in April 1993. The story follows the ordeal of a pop artiste who experience a a serial killer who seems to have a personal agenda against him

    Well worth a watch and unseen for its time. The story plot and suspense will keep one at the edge of the seat. Kamalhassan at was at his peak when this movie was released.

    The music by Vidyasagar was great and scintillating and so was the cinematography. The movie's main highlight was that it follows the western trends and fads of the early 90s and fusing theme so well a thriller story that is unprecedented in a south movie at that time

    well worth the effort
    7naveenvlfk

    Watchable once for its crime , presentation and action

    Nice movie but did not do well in Box office although it was a moderate Hit. Kamal hasan comes with a commercial avatar of dancing with heroines and glamorous duets. Very nice thriller and involves a murder mystery. Typical Illayaraja's western music and endhan nenjil, dil bar jaane songs will be superb. For 90's the movie had lot of new aspects like pop singing and drugs. Movie has typical Kamal hasan's style dance moves and 4 fight scenes especially the longest fight in climax. Overall watchable once for its crime aspect and presentation.
    5Santhosh_2002

    Kalaignan

    Good Movie. Everybody acted good in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were not good. The movie was so interesting and thrilling at 1st half. The movie lagged and bored a lot at 2nd half. The movie was not worst. Good Movie.

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      Tamil debut of Farheen.

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1993 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official Amazon Prime Video
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Fankaar
    • Production company
      • Sivaji Productions
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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