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Kaaval Nilayam

1991 Tamil film directed by Senthilnathan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ17061121 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kaaval Nilayam (transl. Police Station) is a 1991 Indian Tamil language crime film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars Sarathkumar and Anandaraj. It was released on 11 May 1991, and ran for 100 days in theatres.

Plot

Raja, a rowdy, escapes from police officers and is accommodated by a prostitute. Vijay, an honest police officer, is transferred to a new area. Vijay lives happily with his wife Aarthi and his daughter Sowmiya. Soon, Raja crosses Vijay's path.

In the past, Raja and Vijay were friends. Raja, Vijay and Aarthi trained hard to become police officers. While Raja was an orphan, Vijay was from a police family.

Editorial summary

“Kaaval Nilayam” enters the record as 1991 Tamil film directed by Senthilnathan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kaaval, Nilayam and Tamil can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kaaval, Nilayam and Tamil.
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Why this record matters

“Kaaval Nilayam” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kaaval, Nilayam and Tamil provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17061121. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kaaval Nilayam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.