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Chandralekha (1995 film)

Chandralekha
Directed by Nambirajan
Produced by N. Sreedevi
Written by Nambirajan
Starring Vijay
Vanitha Vijayakumar
Sindhu
Jaishankar
Sarath Babu
Ponnambalam
Senthil
Vadivelu
Karan
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography K. S. Selvaraj
Edited by R. Bhaskaran
Production
company
Shri Sairam Arts (P) Ltd.
Distributed by Shri Sairam Arts (P) Ltd.
Release date
23 October 1995
Running time
162 mins
Country India
Language Tamil

Chandralekha is a 1995 Tamil romance film directed by Nambirajan. The daughter of Tamil veteran actor Vijayakumar, Vanitha Vijayakumar played the love interest of Vijay. The film was among 1995 Deepavali releases.

Chandralekha, an orthodox Brahmin girl, falls in love with, Rahim, a Muslim boy. Whereas, Salima loves Rahim since her childhood. Mustafa, Rahim's brother, and Jamal, Salima's brother, agreed to engage Salima and Rahim without Rahim permission. Their families discover the love between Rahim and Chandralekha and don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to run away from everybody, but are caught by militants in the forest. They are rescued from the militants by the police and brought safely to the village. Jamal, upset that her sister has gone mad, kills Chandralekha and Rahim at the railway station. Then, the police kills Jamal. The message of the movie is that love should be beyond religion, caste, and creed.

The music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja.



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