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Shankar Guru (1987 film)
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sankar Guru<br />
| image = Shankar Guru.jpg<br />
| caption = Tamil poster<br />
| director = [[L. Raja]] (Tamil) <br>[[Raja Naidu]] (Telugu) <br />
| producer = [[M. Saravanan (film producer)|M. Saravanan]]<br>M. Balasubramanian<br/>[[M. S. Guhan]]<br />
| writer = [[V. C. Guhanathan]]<br>'''(Dialogues)'''<br />
| screenplay = V. C. Guhanathan<br />
| story = [[M. Sivachandran]]<br />
| starring = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]<br>[[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]]<br>[[Rajani (actress)|Sasikala]]<br>[[Shalini|Baby Shalini]]<br />
| music = [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]]<br />
| cinematography = Viswam Natraj<br />
| editing = R. Vittal<br>C. Lancy<br />
| studio = [[AVM Productions]]<br />
| distributor = [[AVM Productions]]<br />
| released = 19 March 1987<br />
| runtime = 127 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Tamil<br />Telugu<br />
| image_size = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Sankar Guru''''' is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]], directed by [[L. Raja]] and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian and [[M. S. Guhan]]. The film was shot simulatenouly in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as '''''Chinnari Devatha''''' with [[Raja Naidu]] as director. The film stars [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]], [[Rajani (actress)|Sasikala]] and [[Shalini|Baby Shalini]]. The film had musical score by [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandra Bose]]. The film was released on 19 March 1987. The film was commercially successful upon release and was known for action sequences.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Sankar Guru, an honest police inspector, fights for the rights of poor people. When Rekha falls in love with him, a few gangsters try to attack her to teach Sankar a lesson.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] as Inspector Sankar Guru "Sankar" (Tamil) /Inspector Babu (Telugu)<br />
*[[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]] as Seetha <br />
*[[Rajani (actress)|Sasikala]] as Rekha<br />
*[[Shalini|Baby Shalini]] as Devi<br />
*[[Sarath Babu]] as Devi's father<br />
*[[Senthil]] as Sub-inspector Karuvayan<br />
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamari]] as Kanagaraj<br />
*[[Y. G. Mahendran]] as Dharmaraj<br />
*V. Gopalakrishnan as a police commissioner<br />
*[[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Ethiraj<br />
*[[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]] as police constable <br />
*Balaji as Nagaraj<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Seetha's mother<br />
*[[Rajya Lakshmi (actress)|Rajya Lakshmi]] as Devi's mother<br />
*Mohanapriya<br />
*Chitralekha<br />
*Chandrakala<br />
*Chakravarthy as a police inspector<br />
*[[Pasi Narayanan]] as a police constable<br />
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]] as a police constable<br />
*[[K. K. Soundar]] as a school master<br />
*Anumanthu as Seetha's father<br />
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]] as Kanagaraj's assistant<br />
*[[Omakuchi Narasimhan]] as Kanagaraj's assistant<br />
*[[Visu]] in a special appearance as a doctor<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by Chandrabose and all songs were chartbusters during the time of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/sankar-guru-t0003232|title=Sankar Guru Songs|access-date=2014-12-11|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Shankar Guru<br />
| type = [[Album]]<br />
| artist = Chandrabose<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = 1987<br />
| recorded =<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length =<br />
| label = [[AVM Productions|AVM Audio]]<br>Kosmik<br />
| producer = [[AVM Productions]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Viduthalai (1986 film)|Viduthalai]]<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title = [[Makkal En Pakkam]]<br />
| next_year =<br />
}}<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|- <br />
| 1 || "Maadi Veettu Mynar" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] || rowspan=6|[[Vairamuthu]]||04.20<br />
|- <br />
| 2 || "Enna Pathti Nee" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] ||04.21<br />
|- <br />
| 3 || "Kakki Sattai Potta Machan" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. P. Sailaja]] ||04.33<br />
|- <br />
| 4 || "Chinna Chinna Poove" (Male) || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||04.24<br />
|- <br />
| 5 || "Chinna Chinna Poove" || [[S. Janaki|Janaki]] ||04.26<br />
|- <br />
| 6 || "Kumbakonamey Konam" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja]] ||05.11<br />
|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''The Indian Express'' called it "absolutely unpretentious entertainer".<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870327&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Action - Indian Express - p. 14]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|3778760|Shankar Guru}}<br />
* {{YouTube|id=W3v3n1Py63U|title=Shankar Guru}}<br />
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{{AVM Productions}}<br />
{{L. Raja}}<br />
{{Sivachandran}}<br />
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[[Category:1987 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]<br />
[[Category:AVM Productions films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]<br />
[[Category:Masala films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by V. C. Guhanathan]]<br />
[[Category:1987 action films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s multilingual films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by L. Raja]]</div>
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