Annamalai is a 1992 Tamil film

Tamil cinema

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 directed by Suresh Krishna; starring Rajinikanth, Kushboo

Kushboo Sundar

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 and Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...

 in the lead roles. It is a remake of Krishnam Raju

Krishnam Raju

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju is a former popular Telugu film actor. He was popularly known as 'Rebel Star' for his rebellious acting style...

's movie Prana Snehitulu, which was a remake of Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan (Hindi: राकेश रोशन (born Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath on 6 September 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films who was born in a Punjabi Hindu Kayastha family...

's Hindi movie Khudgarz

Khudgarz

Khudgarz is a 1987 Bollywood film starring Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Bhanupriya and Govinda. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Rakesh Roshan. The movie was based on Erich Segal's novel Kane and Abel. It was later remade into Tamil as Annamalai with Rajnikanth and Sarath Babu...

, which was inturn based on Erich Segal

Erich Segal

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's novel Kane and Abel

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. It was again remade into Telugu

Telugu language

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 in 1993 as Kondapalli Raja with Venkatesh

Daggubati Venkatesh

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, Suman

Suman (actor)

Suman is a South Indian Telugu film actor. He played action hero and romantic hero in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films during the 1980s. After a long while away from cinema, he returned to acting in Tamil films in 2007, starring in S. Shankar's Sivaji: The Boss with Rajinikanth. He has also...

 and Nagma

Nagma

Nandita Morarji better known as Nagma . At her peak in the 1990s, The Hindu stated that she "dominated Telugu and Tamil cinema" with her movies Killer, Gharana Mogudu, Kadhalan, Baashha and many others...

.

Plot

Annamalai (Rajnikanth), and Ashok (Sarathbabu), have been best friends since childhood. Annamalai is a milkman while Ashok is the only son of a rich businessman (Radharavi). When Ashok falls in love with Geetha (Rekha), a poor girl, his father is naturally against the wedding. But Annamalai holds the wedding and earns his ire. Plotting to drive a wedge between his son and Annamalai, the businessman hints that he would like to build a hotel on Annamalai's land. Annamalai gives the land to Ashok without even accepting money for it but when Ashok's father later talks about bringing down his house, he slaps Ashok's father in anger. Ashok orders Annamalai's house to be bulldozed to the ground which drives Annamalai to challenge that he would become a bigger and more successful hotelier than Ashok. Annamalai, with all his hardwork and honesty becomes the biggest business men in the city. Annamalai's daughter and Ashok's son study in the same college and they fall in love which Annamalai is against because of the hatred that he has on Ashok. During an auction, Annamalai tricks Ashok to buy a land for 12 crores which not worth more than 2. Ashok's house has to be sold for the debt of 12 crores and Annamalai buys it. With all goodness in heart and the old friendship in mind, Annamalai gives the house again to Ashok. Manoramma returns the house documents to Ashok at his place and Radharavi pleads for pardon. Meanwhile, Sargunam (Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi is an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal.-Career:...

) plans to kill Ashok for money and hires an assassin (Tiger Prabhakar

Tiger Prabhakar

Tiger Prabhakar was a popular villain in the Kannada film industry. He was an icon in Karnataka and was feared by heroes of his movies.-Career:...

). Annamalai saves Ashok and they become friends again. They both plan to get their children married to each other and "They live happily ever after."

Cast

• Rajni as Annamalai
• Sarath Babu
  Sarath Babu
  Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...
  
   as Ashok
• Kushboo Sundar
  Kushboo Sundar
  Nakhat Khan , better known by her stage name Kushboo is an Indian actress, television hostess and producer.-Early life:...
  
   as Subu
• Janagaraj as Panchacheram (Punch)
• Nizhalgal Ravi
  Nizhalgal Ravi
  Nizhalgal Ravi is an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal.-Career:...
  
   as Sarkunam
• Prabhakar
  Prabhakar
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• Vinucharkaravarthi as S.Eakaamparam (MLA and Minister)
• Manorama as Annamalai`s mother
• Vaishnavi
  Vaishnavi
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• V.Subramanian as the minister
• Vishnukanth as Junior Ashok

Box office

• The film grossed $4 million at the box office. This was the movie which introduced Rajini's own theme song.

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