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Amaidhi Padai

Amaidhi Padai

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ComedyDramaCrime

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An ambitious and unscrupulous man becomes a major politician, but his illegitimate son is posted as an inspector in his constituency and vows to stop his brutal activities.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tamil

Runtime

172 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

13 January 1994

Country

India

Cast

Sathyaraj

Sathyaraj

Amavasai (later MLA Nagaraja Cholan)/Inspector Thangavel

Manivannan

Manivannan

ex-MLA Manimaran

Ranjitha

Ranjitha

Kuyili

Sujatha

Sujatha

Sivakami

Kasturi Shankar

Kasturi Shankar

Thayamma

S. S. Chandran

S. S. Chandran

Thayamma's Father

Ganthimathi

Ganthimathi

Thayamma's Mother

Sundarrajan

Sundarrajan

Malaysia Vasudevan

Malaysia Vasudevan

Thiyagu

Thiyagu

C. R. Saraswathi

C. R. Saraswathi

Vichitra

Vichitra

Indraja

Indraja

Meesai Murugesan

Meesai Murugesan

Sivakami's father

Halwa Vasu

Halwa Vasu

Viswanath

Viswanath

Vellai Subbaiah

Vellai Subbaiah

Rambo Rajkumar

Rambo Rajkumar

Tirupur Ramasamy

Tirupur Ramasamy

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