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Directed by | Manoj Kumar |
Produced by | Manoj Kumar N. J. Mothy |
Written by | V. Prabhakar (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | P. Kalaimani |
Story by | Manoj Kumar |
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Music by | Deva |
Cinematography | C. Dhanapal |
Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
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Manoj Creations
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Running time
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150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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Soundtrack album by Deva | |
Released | 1998 |
Recorded | 1998 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 30:17 |
Producer | Deva |
Guru Paarvai is a 1998 Tamil thriller film directed by Manoj Kumar who earlier directed Vandicholai Chinnarasu with Sathyaraj. The film features Prakash Raj, Kushboo and Anju Aravind in lead roles. The film, produced by Manoj Kumar and N. J. Mothy, had musical score by Deva and was released on 15 August 1998 to positive reviews and became commercial success. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Naya Natwarlal, it was remade in Telugu as Veedu Samanyudu Kadhu starring Prakash Raj, reprising his role from the original, and in Hindi as Bhairav with Mithun Chakraborty.
The film begins with Gurumurthy (Prakash Raj) who follows Pooja (Easwari Rao) like a mental. Gurumurthy claims to be Mahendra Boopathy in his past life and he was in love with Alamelu. According to him, Pooja looks like his lover Alamelu and Gurumurthy finally seduces her. They decide to get married but the day before their wedding, he foists prostitution charges on her and she is arrested.
Gurumurthy is in fact a mechanic. Shanti (Kushboo), a petty thief, steals money to bring up her two nephews. She befriends with Gurumurthy and he accommodates her. They both fall in love and Shanti is renamed Sonali by Gurumurthy. They get married at the register office and Shanti signs under the name Sonali.
One day, Gurumurthy cancels the wedding of girl named Sonali (Madhu Sharma) and he claims to be her husband, to prove it, he shows his marriage certificate. His wife Shanthi doesn't understand why he behaves like a sadist and she is ready to leave him. Gurumurthy ultimately tells his bitter past.