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Thappu Thalangal is a film of genre Drama directed by Kailasam Balachander with Rajinikanth
Thappu Thalangal (1978)
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Add to a movie listThappida Thaala (Kannada: ತಪ್ಪಿದ ತಾಳ, English: Wrong Notes) is a 1978 Indian Kannada language film directed by K. Balachander. It stars Rajnikanth and Saritha in the lead roles.
It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Thappu Thalangal.
It was later remade in Malayalam as Kazhukan
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Devu (Rajnikanth), a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. He charges ₹ 30 to slice a finger, ₹ 300 to chop a hand,₹ 3000 for the leg, and ten times as much to dispose off the whole body. On one of his nightly rounds, he is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at a whorehouse run by a hooker Sarasu (Saritha). Despite her vehement protests, he stays put and leaves only at daybreak, but her persistent cough stays with him. At a theatre, Devu watches an advertisement for Glycodin Cough Syrup and proceeds to buy her a bottle. They bond over the cough syrup and philosophize late into the night, exchanging notes on their immoral lifestyles.Actors
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