Irumbu Pookkal

Irumbu Pookkal (transl.Iron Flowers) is a 1991 Tamil-language crime film directed by G. M. Kumar. The film stars Karthik and Pallavi. The film, produced by R. Pushpa, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and M. S. Viswanathan and was released on 16 February 1991.[1]

Irumbu Pookkal
Poster
Directed byG. M. Kumar
Written byG. M. Kumar
Produced byR. Pushpa
Starring
CinematographyIlavarasan
Edited byShyam
Vincent
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Pushphalayam Movies
Release date
  • 16 February 1991 (1991-02-16)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

A military officer (Prabhu), who lost his leg in the war, was back to his village. His wife committed suicide when she received the letter of his presumed death. His children, his cousin (Rekha) and he asked for a signature from the village politician for receiving a pension but the corrupted politician refused until his cousin accepted to spend a night with him. His cousin then committed suicide and he was sent to jail. There, the police officers killed him. His son Dharma took revenge on the police officer by killing him. He was then sent to jail and grew up there.

Dharma (Karthik) becomes a famous singer in jail while his sister becomes a reporter. K. Balasubramaniyam (Sathyajith), an infamous politician, tries to become a minister. His party weakness was the lack of women voters. So he arranges a meeting with his female members, he then manages to kill and rape them by the ruling party's supporters. He then publicly-accused the ruling party for committing this crime. Dharma's sister was also raped during the meeting. Thereafter, K. Balasubramaniyam wins widely the election. Chitra (Pallavi), a feminist journalist and the only witness of the massacre, tries to take revenge with the help of Dharma.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja and M. S. Viswanathan. The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 4 tracks.[2][3][4]

TrackSongSinger(s)ComposerLyricsDuration
1"Eyzhai Unakku"A. R. Sheik MohammedM. S. ViswanathanKamakodiyan3:47
2"Muththaana Muththam"K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:41
3"Naanum Kooda"ManoIlaiyaraajaGangai Amaran4:23
4"Rettai Kuruvi"Mano, P. Susheela4:39

References

  1. "Filmography of irumbu pookkal". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. "Irumbu Pookkal Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. "Irumbu Pookal". hummaa.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. "Irumbu Pookal – Illaiyaraja". thiraipaadal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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