Cooliekkaran

Cooliekkaran is a 1987 Tamil action film directed by Rajasekhar produced by S. Thanu. The film stars Vijayakanth and Rupini in the lead roles. It was the debut of Rupini in Tamil cinema. The movie was a superhit at the time of release.[1] The film was a remake of the Hindi film Kaalia.[2]

Cooliekkaran
Poster
Directed byRajasekhar
Produced byS. Thanu
Screenplay byRajasekhar
Story byTinnu Anand
StarringVijayakanth
Rupini
Music byT. Rajendar
CinematographyV. Ranga
Edited byR. Vittal
S.B. Mohan
Release date
  • 4 June 1987 (1987-06-04)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Raja (Vijayakanth) lives with his elder brother Velu (Nagesh), sister-in-law Lakshmi (Srividya), and their little daughter. He spends his time idle. He is scolded by his brother, and so Raja becomes a coolie and transports articles. He is jailed for smuggling. His brother gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms. He loses his job and needs money for treatment. Raja is released and begs his brother's boss Chakravarthy (Radha Ravi), but he refuses. Raja breaks into the boss' safe to get the money, but it is too late as the brother dies. The boss throws Raja in jail. This is where he meets David (K. Natraj) and decide to seek revenge. In jail, Raja meets the warden Marthandan (Jaishankar), whose daughter was kidnapped by one of the prisoners when she was little.

After his release, he is a different, stronger man. He and his accomplices steal the gold that the boss had been smuggling at the mill. Raja, his accomplices lie to his sister-in-law. They move from poverty into riches. Raja and his men snatch a diamond which is very rare. Priya (Rupini) steals it (fake diamond). Ramanathan (Vijayan) is killed by Chakravarthy and was once a henchmen of Chakravarthy. Ramanathan was assigned to kill Jai and his family in an accident. Marthandan's wife is killed and Ramanathan keeps the child with him. Priya is now reformed. Raja and Priya fall in love and for their engagement he buys all the flowers in the city so Marthandan grew suspicious and starts following Raja. Chakravarthy buys a counterfeit machine, which is spoilt by Raja. Enraged by this, Chakravarthy spills the beans to Raja's sister-in-law Lakshmi that Raja is a smuggler. Lakshmi urges Raja to leave this business. The boss throws Raja in jail. How he escapes and gets his revenge on the boss forms the climax of the movie.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. Rajender.[3]

References
  1. "Cooliekkaran LP Records". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. "Tinnu Anand approached to remake Amitabh Bachchan's Kaalia - EasternEye". Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/cooliekaran-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp
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