Ilaignar Ani
1994 film
Ilaignar Ani (pronounced [iɭaːɲaɾ aɳi] transl. Team of Youngsters) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. R. Selvaraj. It stars Radha Ravi with newcomers R. Harish, Ranjeev, Harikumar, Kannan, Prem Raj, Vijayraj and Sivasanth playing supporting roles. The film was released on 7 October 1994.
Plot
The film begins with the capture of the terrorist Kumar (Vasu Vikram) by ACP Rajarajan (Radha Ravi). Rajarajan investigates on Kumar's possible links, so he meets his roommates Raja (R. Harish), Balu (Ranjeev), Murali (Harikumar), Devaraj (Kannan), Shankar (Prem Raj), Peter (Vijayraj) and Siva (Sivasanth). Soon, the youngsters clash with the terrorist Kumar who used them wrongly and the local liquor-shop owner (Raviraj).
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by Deva.
Reception
Malini Mannath of The Indian Express gave the film a mixed review and said, "A tighter hold on his screenplay, avoiding of repetition of situations and stronger characterisations would have brought out the message better". Thulasi of Kalki praised the director for handling the theme against violence in an interesting manner.
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