This family-oriented crime drama revolves around the life of Ranga (Rajinikanth) alias Ranganathan, who lost his sister Laksmi (K . R .Vijaya) in childhood. As an adult, he comes to the city searching for work is compatible with his educational qualifications.
After many struggles to find suitable work, he meets and befriends Raju (Karate Mani) who is a thief. Ranga tries to encourage Raju into giving up a life of crime and start leading an honest life, but the twists and turns in Ranga's own life leads him to lose his moral compass and become a stone-cold hitman.
Raju on the other hand, gravitates towards a better life and becomes the bodyguard for a young boy, Suresh, who is the son of Lakshmi, a wealthy woman, and unbeknownst to them all, Ranka's long lost sister.
Ranga becomes more and more violent, and is given a contract by Ganga to kidnap the young Suresh. With Raju protecting Suresh and Ranga are trying to kidnap him, their lives seem on collision course. How will this conflict be resolved?
Cast: Radhika Sarathkumar, Rajinikanth
Crew: R Thyagaraajan (Director), V Ramamoorthy (Director of Photography), Shankar Ganesh (Music Director)
Rating: A (India)
Genres: Action
Release Dates: 14 Apr 1982 (India)
Tamil Name: ரங்கா
Did you know? The role played by KR Vijaya in this movie, was originally offered to Jayalalithaa. She accepted the offer as she liked the character very much. However, due to the interference of MG Ramachandran (MGR), then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, she was not cast in the film. MGR suggested K R Vijaya as the replacement and she was finally cast. Read More
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Actress
as Ranga
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
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Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Direction
Director
Distribution
Distributor
Writers
Dialogue Writer
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Lyricist
Playback Singer
Editorial
Editor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Director: Shankar Ganesh
Lyricist: Vaali
Playback Singer: Malaysia Vasudevan, SP Balasubramaniam
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed into: Ranga (Telugu)
Trivia:
The role played by KR Vijaya in this movie, was originally offered to Jayalalithaa. She accepted the offer as she liked the character very much. However, due to the interference of MG Ramachandran (MGR), then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, she was not cast in the film. MGR suggested K R Vijaya as the replacement and she was finally cast.
