This musical, romantic thriller revolves around Inderjeet, who is a handsome pop singer, whose performances are extremely popular amongst young women. However, a shadow of doubt and suspicion falls upon him when beautiful young women around him – a backup singer and another young woman who openly exhibits her love for him – begin turning up dead.
When police investigations are inconclusive due to lack of evidence, the backup singer's sister, Divya decides to catch Inderjeet red-handed and gets close to him by pretending that she has also fallen in love with him. Is Inderjeet really a serial killer? Will Divya manage to maintain her objectivity as she gets closer and closer to him?
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Sivaranjani Srikanth
Crew: GB Vijay (Director), Jayanan Vincent (Director of Photography), Ilaiyaraaja (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Release Dates: 14 Apr 1993 (India)
Tamil Name: கலைஞன்
Did you know? The director, GB Vijay, later moved away from directing feature films and apprenticed under Rajiv Menon as an ad film maker. Read More
No reviews available. Click here to add a review.
as Inderjeet
as Sandhya
Special Appearance
as Inderjeet's Assistant
as Divya
as Dr Harichandra Prasad
as Detective of Police
as Dr Prabhavathy
Direction
Director
Distribution
Distributor
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Lyricist
Playback Singer
Editorial
Editor
Stunts
Stunt Director
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
Shortly after the release of "Kalaingnan", Kamal Haasan's 1982 Hindi film "Sanam Teri Kasam" was dubbed and released in Tamil as "Paadagan". Still images from his look in Kalaingnan as a pop singer were used for the publicity of the dubbed film.
The director, GB Vijay, later moved away from directing feature films and apprenticed under Rajiv Menon as an ad film maker.
He also played a pivotal role in mentoring Gautham Menon, while he went on to write the dialogues for "Minsara Kanavu" (1997).
The director of this movie, GB Vijay was previously associate director for Prathap Pothan and worked with Kamal Haasan in 1989 film "Vetri Vizha", which was directed by Pothan and produced by Sivaji Productions.
The director, GB Vijay, later moved away from directing feature films and apprenticed under Rajiv Menon as an ad film maker.
He also played a pivotal role in mentoring Gautham Menon, while he went on to write the dialogues for "Minsara Kanavu" (1997).
The director of this movie, GB Vijay was previously associate director for Prathap Pothan and worked with Kamal Haasan in 1989 film "Vetri Vizha", which was directed by Pothan and produced by Sivaji Productions.
