Coolikkaran

Coolikkaran (1987)

கூலிக்காரன்

Raja lives with his elder brother, sister-in-law, and their little daughter. Rajabecomes a coolie and transports articles. He is jailed for smuggling. His brother gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms. He loses his job and needs money for treatment. Raja begs his brother's boss , but he refuses. Raja breaks into the boss' safe to get the money but it is too late as the brother dies. The boss throws Raja in jail. How he escapes and gets his revenge on the boss forms the climax of the movie

Date of release
1987-06-05
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Rajashekar

Casting

Interesting facts

Cooliekkaran is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Rajasekhar and produced by S. Thanu. The film stars Vijayakanth and Rupini, in her Tamil cinema debut. It is a remake of the Hindi film Kaalia (1981). The film was released on 4 June 1987. Through this film Vijayakanth got the title "Puratchi Kalaignar", bestowed upon him by Thanu.

Production

Rajinikanth and Thanu decided to do a film together, but it kept getting delayed; Rajinikanth told Thanu to collaborate with a different actor before they return, which became Cooliekkaran starring Vijayakanth. It is the Tamil debut of Rupini. When a song sequence was being filmed, she closed her eyes inadvertently at one point. Though the director Rajasekar did not notice it, Thanu did and wanted it reshot, but Rajasekar refused.

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