Musthaffaa (1996)

முஸ்தபா

Mustaffa, a henchman, and Kavita, a dancer, are engaged. When Kaaliya, a goon, kills Kavita, Mustaffa decides to take revenge.

Date of release
1996-02-16
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Drama, Action, Crime
Director
Aravindraj R

Casting

Interesting facts

Musthaffaa is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by R. Aravindraj and written by K. Prasanna. It is based on Prasanna's novel of the same name. The film stars Napoleon and Ranjitha, with Goundamani, Mansoor Ali Khan, Prasanna, Lakshmi, Kazan Khan, Alex, Sooriya, Rajeshkumar, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Ganeshkar and Charmila playing supporting roles. It was released on 16 February 1996. The film was later remade into Hindi as Ghulam-E-Musthafa (1997) in Bangladeshi Bengali as Abbajan (2001) and in Indian Bengali as Rehmat Ali (2010).

Production

K. Prasanna had written Musthaffaa as a serial in the weekly magazine Ananda Vikatan and had also staged it as a play. Impressed by the story, the producer P. G. Shrikanth decided to make into a film, with Prasanna retained as screenwriter.

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