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Oru Kaidhiyin Diary

  • 1985
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
305
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Kamal Haasan, Radha, and Revathi in Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (1985)
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Though David is loyal to Suryaprakash, a politician, he rapes and kills David's wife and sends him to jail. He comes back from jail, after serving life imprisonment to exact his revenge.Though David is loyal to Suryaprakash, a politician, he rapes and kills David's wife and sends him to jail. He comes back from jail, after serving life imprisonment to exact his revenge.Though David is loyal to Suryaprakash, a politician, he rapes and kills David's wife and sends him to jail. He comes back from jail, after serving life imprisonment to exact his revenge.

  • Director
    • Bharathiraja
  • Writers
    • Bhagyaraj
    • Bharathiraja
    • G.M. Kumar
  • Stars
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Revathi
    • Radha
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    305
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bharathiraja
    • Writers
      • Bhagyaraj
      • Bharathiraja
      • G.M. Kumar
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Revathi
      • Radha
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • David and James…
    Revathi
    Revathi
    • Sharada
    • (as Revathy)
    Radha
    Radha
    • Rosy
    Janakaraj
    Janakaraj
    • Velappan
    • (as Janagaraj)
    Vinuchakravarthy
    Vinuchakravarthy
    • Inspector and SP Viswanathan
    • (as Vinu Chakravarthy)
    Vijayan
    Vijayan
    • Dr.Unnikrishnan
    Malaysia Vasudevan
    • Suryaprakasam
    • (as the politician)
    Ra. Sankaran
    • The Priest
    S.R. Veeraraghavan
    • DIG Raja Manikkam
    Jayabalachandran
    Senapathi
    Typist Gopu
    Ramanathan
    Chitra Lakshmanan
    Chitra Lakshmanan
    R.K. Kumar
    Muthaya
    Vellai Subbiah
    Gajendrakumar
    • Director
      • Bharathiraja
    • Writers
      • Bhagyaraj
      • Bharathiraja
      • G.M. Kumar
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    • Trivia
      Kamal Hassan did not dub for the dubbed Hindi version of the film . It was dubbed years later in the 2000's.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Sundara (2012)

    User reviews2

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    8/10

    Good entertainer

    Superhit songs, ponmane is my all time fav song.

    Spectacular performance from Kamal.

    Overall good timepass movie
    • MichaelMKR
    • Jun 3, 2020
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    • Release date
      • January 14, 1985 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Khaidi Veta
    • Production company
      • Janani Art Creations
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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