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Nizhalgal is a film of genre Drama directed by P. Bharathiraja with Nizhalgal Ravi
Nizhalgal (1980)
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Add to a movie listNizhalgal (English: Shadows) is a 1980 Indian Tamil film co-written and directed by Bharathiraja. Starring Nizhalgal Ravi, in his debut venture, in the lead it had other newcomers Raadhu, Chandrasekhar, and Rajasekar forming the principal cast. The film's crew too contained a host of newcomers including the lyricist Vairamuthu and Manivannan, both would later go on to become an established lyricist and a director respectively. The film revolves around a group of youngsters and their struggles to overcome the challenges faced by them in society. Though a commercial failure, the film was screened at the "Indian Panorama" section of the International Film Festival of India in 1981. The same year it won two awards at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Synopsis
Gopi and Hari, two unemployed graduates, share a room and live together in Madras. While Gopi is looking for a job, Hari aspires to become a music composer in the film industry. They both manage to make ends meet with the help of their friends. Their neighbour is Prabhu, a college-going student who spends all the time in smoking, painting and singing. A new family relocates to their apartment. The couple have a daughter Maha. Prabhu and Maha both study in the same college and become good friends. Prabhu decided to apprentice under a Veena expert. Much to his disappointment, the expert dies before he joins the class.Actors
Nizhalgal Ravi
(Gopi)
Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)
(Hari)
Raadhu
(Mahalakshmi (Maha))
S. Manivannan
(Mani)
Janagaraj
(Money Lender)
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