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Nammavar is a film of genre Drama directed by Balu Mahendra with Kamal Haasan
Nammavar (1994)
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Add to a movie listNammavar is a 1994 Tamil language film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and starring Kamal Haasan and Gouthami in lead roles.
Kamal Hassan plays a revolutionary history lecturer of a college. The movie is about how he tries to reform the downtrodden college by his initiatives and its consequences. The background score and music was composed by Mahesh.
The film is inspired from Hollywood film The Principal. The film was among 1994 Deepavali releases.The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Synopsis
Dr.Selvam (Kamal Haasan) is the new Vice-principal History professor in a college ruled by the Donor's son Ramesh (Karan) who is essentially a spoiled brat who owing to the lack of parental guidance turns into a no-gooder and also influences the other students in the college by his tyrannical use of money and power. Sparks fly between the two, but Selvam manages to transform most of the college.Actors
Kamal Haasan
(Dr. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor)
Gautami
(Vasanthi)
Nagesh
(Prabhakar Rao)
Sreevidya
(Selvam's Sister)
Karan
(Ramesh)
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