Adharmam
{{short description|1994 film by Ramesh Balakrishnan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Adharmam
| image = Adharmam.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Ramesh Balakrishnan
| writer = Ramesh Krishnan
N. Chandra Mohan (dialogues)
| producer = G. Ramesh
G. Suresh
G. Satheesh
| starring = Murali
Ranjitha
Nassar
| cinematography = V. Manikandan
| editing = B. Ramesh
| music = Ilaiyaraaja
| studio = G. K. Films International
| released = {{film date|df=y|1994|4|14}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Adharmam ({{IPAc-en|ə|ð|ər|m|ə|m}} {{Translation|Unrighteousness}}) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan in his debut. The film stars Murali, Ranjitha and Nassar. It was released on 14 April 1994, Puthandu (Tamil New Year).{{Cite web |title=அதர்மம் / Adharmam (1994) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/adharmam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226095239/https://screen4screen.com/movies/adharmam |archive-date=26 December 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}} V. Manikandan debuted as the cinematographer from this film.
Plot
{{No plot|date=August 2021}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Murali as Arjuna{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=British Film Institute and Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=516 |author-link1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}
- Ranjitha
- Nassar as Dharma
- Thalaivasal Vijay
- Vadivelu
- V. K. Dhivakaran as inspector
- Vijayakumar
- Thalapathi Dinesh
- Ajay Rathnam
- G. M. Sundar
- S. N. Lakshmi
- R. P. Viswam
- Janaki
}}
Music
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while the lyrics were written by Vaali and Ilaiyaraaja.{{Cite web |title=Adharmam Tamil Film Audio Cassette by Ilaiyaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/adharmam-tamil-film-audio-cassette-by-ilaiyaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022185421/https://mossymart.com/product/adharmam-tamil-film-audio-cassette-by-ilaiyaraja/ |archive-date=22 October 2021 |access-date=13 October 2021 |website=Mossymart}}
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! Song !! Singers | |
| "Dharmam Endru" | Ilaiyaraaja |
| "Muthu Mani" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
| "Nooru Vayasu" | Ilaiyaraaja |
| "Oru Pakkam Oru Nyaayam" | Ilaiyaraaja |
| "Inthiran Pole" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
| "Thendral Kaatre" | Mano |
| "Vambookara" | K. S. Chithra |
Reception
The Indian Express wrote, "Adharmam is a promising debut from Ramesh Krishnan. [..] His screenplay is clearly etched, and there is confidence and seriousness in his approach".{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=22 April 1994 |title=Hallowed Criminal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=16 |via=Google News Archive}} Thulasi of Kalki wrote this film which deals with the subject of sandalwood abduction completely justifies it which makes us wonder whether Veerappan has financed this film. She also felt there were too many fights and most of them were plagiarised but praised the cinematography.{{Cite magazine |last=துளசி |date=29 May 1994 |title=அதர்மம் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-05-29/page/n53/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231226095901/https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-05-29/page/n53/mode/2up |archive-date=26 December 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=54 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}
References
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