Moondru Mugam
| Moondru Mugam | |
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| Directed by | A. Jagannathan |
| Produced by |
Thamizhazhagan G. Thyagarajan |
| Written by | Peter Selvakumar (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by |
Kanaga Shanmugan P. L. Sundar Rajan Thamizhazhagan Ratha Veerannan |
| Story by | Peter Selvakumar |
| Starring |
Rajinikanth Delhi Ganesh Senthamarai Thengai Seenivasan V.Gopalakrishnan Poornam Viswanathan Haja Shareef Sathyaraj Raadhika Sarathkumar Silk Smitha Vasantha Rajalakshmi KamalaKamesh |
| Music by | Sankar Ganesh |
| Cinematography | Viswam Natarajan |
| Edited by | K. R. Krishnan |
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| Distributed by | Sathya Movies |
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Release date
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1 October 1982 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Moondru Mugam (Tamil: மூன்று முகம், English: Three Faces) is a 1982 Tamil feature film starring Rajinikanth in triple roles as Alex Pandian, Arun and John. The film ran for 250 days in theaters. This film received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1982 from the Tamil Nadu Government.
The film was remade in Hindi as John Jani Janardhan with Rajni again reprising his role, Rati Agnihotri & Kader Khan and was remade in Kannada as Gedda Maga with Shankar Nag.
Arun (Rajinikanth), son of a rich businessman Ramanathan (Thengai Srinivasan), returns to India after 10 years in America, but as a saint. His shocked father enlists a charming press reporter, Rekha (Radhika Sarathkumar) to change him back to normal.
She first sets up an interview, which he thwarts. Later, on the pretense of taking him to a temple, she plans another set up. On the way to the temple, she pretends that the car has broken down and he leaves to roam around a bit when sees a crying child and offers a chocolate. Suddenly he is swarmed by more children and other villagers who confront him of being a child-kidnapper. Using the event, Rekha cuts Arun's beard off, a symbol of piety. After a few more set up events, he renounces his sainthood.
Later, Arun goes to work and is puzzled about why his father has been sending money to a lady named Sagaya Mary for over twenty years.
The scene shifts to a parallel scenario, wherein a man informs Sagaya Mary (Kamala Kamesh) that someone has proposed to her nephew John (again Rajinikanth). When asked about John's parents, she opens up about her brother and John's father, Alex Pandian (also portrayed by Rajinikanth).
A flashback ensues that explains Alex Pandian's story. Alex Pandian is a scrupulous police officer. He is ruthless on criminals and brings upon him the wrath of their mob boss, Egambaram (Senthamarai). After repeated confrontations, Egambaram kills him and as he exhales his last breadth, Alex Pandian vows that he will be born again to take revenge.
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