Samrat (film)

Samrat is a 1997 Tamil crime-thriller film directed by C. Dhinakaran. The film features Ramki, Vineetha and newcomer Rukma in the lead roles, with Mohan Natarajan, R. Sundarrajan, Thalaivasal Vijay, Sabitha Anand, Vasuki, Rajasekhar and Veera Pandiyan playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Lakshmi Karan, had musical score by Manoj Saran and was released on 10 October 1997. The film is based on the novel A Kiss Before Dying written by Ira Levin. The film became a failure at the box-office.

A young man (Ramki) comes in a remote village in Pollachi. He claims to be Ashok and to be reported missing when he was a kid. His sister Arukkani (Vasuki) and his brother-in-law (R. Sundarrajan) accommodate him in their house. There, Ashok meets Damayanthi (Rukma), daughter of the wealthiest man in the village : Sundar (Mohan Natarajan). They fall in love with each other. When Damayanthi's father Sundar arranges Damayanthi's wedding with a rich bride, Ashok is heart-broken. The couples decide to get secretly married in a small temple far from the village. After tying the thaali around Rukma's neck, he removes himself the knot. Damayanthi runs away crying. The entire scene is recorded by an hidden camera and Ashok then sends the videotape of the scene to Rukma's father. Ashok vanishes from the village and he starts to blackmail Sundar.

Ashok now lives in city and tries to repeatedly woo the city girl Chandramukhi (Vineetha) under the name of Samrat. Chandramukhi is studying in the city, she finally falls in love with him. Chandramukhi succeeds in passing the IPS exams, she eventually becomes a police inspector. Chandramukhi is tasked with a tricky mission : to investigate on Damayanthi's disappearance. Damayanthi is not other than Chandramukhi's elder sister.