Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu

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| image = Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Santhana Bharathi

| screenplay = Ananthu
Santhana Bharathi

| story = T. Damodaran

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| cinematography = Suresh Kumar A.

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| music = Ilaiyaraaja

| studio = Raaj Kamal Films International

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1987|6|12}}

| country = India

| language = Tamil

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Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu ({{translation|Duty, Dignity and Discipline}}){{Cite news |date=7 August 2018 |title=Karunanidhi demise: Stalin appeals for calm |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/karunanidhi-demise-stalin-appeals-for-calm/article24625646.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241021061900/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/karunanidhi-demise-stalin-appeals-for-calm/article24625646.ece |archive-date=21 October 2024 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}} is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Santhana Bharathi and produced by Kamal Haasan, starring Sathyaraj, Geetha and Captain Raju. The film had no songs, though the score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.{{Cite web |last=Rajesh |first=Karundhel |date=5 April 2012 |title=இளையராஜா, கமல்ஹாசன் மற்றும் உன்மத்தம் |url=https://karundhel.com/ilaiyaraja-kamal-frenzy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808114103/https://karundhel.com/ilaiyaraja-kamal-frenzy/ |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Karundhel |language=ta}} It is a remake of 1986 Malayalam film Aavanazhi. The film was released on 12 June 1987.

Plot

The film revolves around the story of an honest and straightforward Tamil Nadu police officer and his life.

Cast

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Sathyaraj as SI Balaram
Geetha
Jeevitha
Captain Raju
Nassar as Reporter
Delhi Ganesh
Kamala Kamesh
Nalini
V. K. Ramasamy
Malaysia Vasudevan
Major Sundararajan
G. M. Sundar
S Sathyendra
T. K. S. Natarajan
Sivachandran
Kamal Haasan as himself (guest appearance)
S. Sathyendra as thief (uncredited){{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meet-mr-versatile/article3198308.ece|title=Meet Mr. Versatile|work=The Hindu|date=23 March 2012|access-date=30 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216033702/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meet-mr-versatile/article3198308.ece|archive-date=16 December 2023}}

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Production

Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu is a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Aavanazhi.{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Rajitha |date=8 November 2000 |title=Kamal, as we know him |url=https://cricket.rediff.com/movies/2000/nov/08kamal.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113032702/https://cricket.rediff.com/movies/2000/nov/08kamal.htm |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |website=Rediff.com}}{{Cite news |date=24 October 2017 |title=Remembering a legend: Five iconic IV Sasi movies that shaped Mollywood |work=Indulge Express |url=http://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2017/oct/24/remembering-a-legend-five-iconic-iv-sasi-movies-that-shaped-mollywood-4145.html |url-status=live |access-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304061518/http://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2017/oct/24/remembering-a-legend-five-iconic-iv-sasi-movies-that-shaped-mollywood-4145.html |archive-date=4 March 2018}} Kamal Haasan produced the film, and although an established actor, did not star.{{Cite web |date=21 January 2018 |title=Kamal Haasan to produce Vikram's next |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/jan/21/kamal-haasan-to-produce-vikrams-next-1760701.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622112934/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/jan/21/kamal-haasan-to-produce-vikrams-next-1760701.html |archive-date=22 June 2021 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=The New Indian Express}} Haasan initially planned to remake the Malayalam film Boeing Boeing (1985) in Tamil; however he dropped the plan and instead choose to remake Aavanazhi.{{cite web |date=18 February 2015 |title=முன்னேற்றப் பாதையில் சத்யராஜ்: கமலஹாசன் தயாரித்த படத்தில் ஹீரோ ஆனார் |trans-title=Sathyaraj acted in a film produced by Kamal Haasan |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2015/02/18223224/cinema-history-february-18-sat.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301140821/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2015/02/18223224/cinema-history-february-18-sat.html |archive-date=1 March 2015 |access-date=6 December 2022 |work=Maalai Malar |language=ta}} Sathyaraj said he accepted to act in the film because it was a remake of a successful film, and was guaranteed to do well.{{Cite magazine |last=Sunil |first=K. P. |date=29 November 1987 |title=The Anti-Hero |url=https://ibb.co/426dJsW |url-status=usurped |magazine=The Illustrated Weekly of India |publisher=The Times Group |volume=108 |pages=40–41 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303083322/https://ibb.co/426dJsW |archive-date=3 March 2023 |access-date=3 March 2023}}

Release and reception

Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupadu was released on 12 June 1987.{{Cite web |title=Kadamai Kanniyam Kattuppadu ( 1987 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1050 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812110822/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1050 |archive-date=12 August 2004 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Cinesouth}} Jayamanmadhan of Kalki said Sathyaraj was ruling every frame of the film.{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=28 June 1987 |title=கடமை கண்ணியம் கட்டுப்பாடு |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1987/jun/28-06-1987/p64.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |page=64 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220808113448/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1987/jun/28-06-1987/p64.jpg |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022}}