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Agni Sakshi is a film of genre Drama directed by Kailasam Balachander with Sivakumar
Agni Sakshi (1982)
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Add to a movie listDirected by Kailasam Balachander
Rating67%
Agni Sakshi is a Tamil language film directed by K. Balachander, starring Sivakumar and Saritha in the lead roles. Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan play a short cameo as themselves. Saritha was portrayed as a Schizophrenia patient in this film. The movie was a box office failure. However, Saritha won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.
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