Kalaignan

Kalaignan (1993)

கலைஞன்

Pop singer Inderjeet is the main suspect after his female fans are killed by a serial killer. Divya, whose sister was a dancer in his troupe and the first target, comes to the city to find the killer.

Date of release
1993-04-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
G.B. Vijay

Casting

Interesting facts

Kalaignan (transl. Artist) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by G. B. Vijay and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. It stars Kamal Haasan and Farheen while Sivaranjani, Sindhuja, Nirmalamma and Chi. Guru Dutt play supporting roles. It was released on 14 April 1993 Tamil New Year. Although it received positive reviews, the movie attracted only elite audience and underperformed at the box-office.

Production

The film was initially titled Indrajit, but was later retitled Kalaignan. G. B. Vijay was associate director for Pratap Pothen and worked with Kamal Haasan in 1989 film Vettri Vizhaa which was directed by Pratap and produced by Sivaji Productions. While filming an action sequence in a subway, Haasan's spine was struck by a speeding car; this resulted in a dislocated jaw, cracked nose and three fractures, but Haasan eventually recovered.

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