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Varumayin Niram Sivappu

Varumayin Niram Sivappu

1980•2h 24m•8.0/10
Drama

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8.0/10(7)

Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.

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Production

Premalaya

Language

TA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Sundaram Rangan

Sridevi

Sridevi

Devi

S.Ve. Sekar

S.Ve. Sekar

Thambu

Poornam Viswanathan

Poornam Viswanathan

Sundaram Pillai

Prathap Pothan

Prathap Pothan

Prathap

Dilip

Dilip

Dileep

Oru Viral Krishna Rao

Devi's Father

Thengai Srinivasan

Thengai Srinivasan

Rangan's Saloon Customer

Prathapa Chandran

Prathapa Chandran

(as Pratap Chandran)

Barani

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