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{{About|the 1995 film|other uses|Chandralekha (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chandralekha
| image = Chandralekha_(1995_film).jpg
| caption = Release Poster
| director = [[Nambirajan]]
| producer = N. Sreedevi
| writer = Nambirajan
| starring = [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] [[Vanitha Vijayakumar]] [[Sindhu (actress)|Sindhu]] [[Jaishankar]] [[Sarath Babu]] [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] [[Senthil]] [[Vadivelu]] [[Karan (actor)|Karan]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = K. S. Selvaraj
| editing = R. Bhaskaran
| studio = Shri Sairam Arts (P) Ltd.
| distributor = Shri Sairam Arts (P) Ltd.
| released = 23 October 1995
| runtime = 136 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
}}

'''''Chandralekha''''' is a 1995 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action film]], directed by [[Nambirajan]]. Starring [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and [[Vanitha Vijayakumar]] in her debut,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/kollywood/Chandralekha_-_1995/1162 |title=Chandralekha - 1995 |work=Joint Scene |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316152343/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Chandralekha_-_1995/1162 |archivedate=2010-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1868 |title=Filmography of chandralekha |work=Cinesouth |date=1995-10-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407003148/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1868 |archivedate=2012-04-07}}</ref> the film had music composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>http://vijayfilmsongs.blogspot.com/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMlujUjKkc</ref> The film was released on 23 October 1995 on Diwali clashing with [[Rajinikanth]] film ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'', and ''Chandralekha'' performed mediocre at the box office, even though the film songs were a hit.<ref name="Sify">{{cite web | title=Kollywood's craze for hit titles 1 | website=Sify | url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kollywoods-craze-for-hit-titles-imagegallery-1-kollywood-sdmpkQidjbghi.html | access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> The film is about Hindu-Muslim marriage riots. The film's title was also titled after the hit song ''Chandralekha'' from ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]'' (1993) film.

==Plot==
Chandralekha, an orthodox Brahmin girl, falls in love with, Rahim, a Muslim boy. Whereas, Salima loves Rahim since her childhood. Mustafa, Rahim's brother, and Jamal, Salima's brother, agrees to engage Salima and Rahim without Rahim's permission. Their families discover the love between Rahim and Chandralekha and don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to run away from everybody but are caught by militants in the forest. Salima becomes mentally unstable unable to bear her love failure. Rahim and Chandralekha are rescued from the militants by the police and brought safely to the village. Mustafa transforms and agrees for their wedding. Jamal, upset that her sister has gone mad, kills Chandralekha and Rahim at the railway station. Immediately, policemen kill Jamal. In the end, Chandralekha makes a wish that she and Rahim's dead body are to be buried together.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as Rahim
* [[Vanitha Vijayakumar]] as Chandralekha<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/bigg-boss-tamil-3-vanitha-vijayakumar-thalapathy-vijay-work-experience-chandralekha-tamil-news-245118|title=VANITHA ON BEING VIJAY'S HEROINE|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* [[Sindhu (actress)|Sindhu]] as Salima
* [[Jaishankar]] as Ibrahim
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Shankar
* [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Mustafa
* [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Jamal
* [[Senthil]] as Ulaganathan
* [[Vadivelu]] as Sundaram
* [[Sabitha Anand]] as Fathima
* [[Kalaranjini]] as Chandralekha's mother
* [[Kamala Kamesh]] as Chandralekha's aunt
* Sri Kala as Chandralekha's friend
* [[LIC Narasimhan]] as Ramachandran
* [[Pasi Narayanan]] as Village Man
* [[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|Sanjeev]] as Rahim's friend
* Karnaa Radha
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000554.html|title=Chandralekha Songs|accessdate=2013-09-17|work=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Adikkadi Thudikum" || [[Swarnalatha]] || Kamakodiyan || 5:28
|-
| 2 || "Adi Aathadi" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || Panju Arunachalam || 5:03
|-
| 3 || "Allah Un Aanai" || [[P. Unni Krishnan]], Preethi Uttamsingh || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 6:02
|-
| 4 || "Andanil Vaazhnthidum" || [[Bhavatharini]] || Kamakodiyan || 6:00
|-
| 5 || "Arumbum Thalire" || Arun Mozhi || Vaali || 4:49
|-
| 6 || "Sangili" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], K. S. Chithra || Muthulingam || 5:35
|-
| 7 || "Tharai Varamal" || Arun Mozhi, P. Unni Krishnan || Vaali || 1:48
|-
| 8 || "Vanji Ponnu" || K. S. Chithra || Panju Arunachalam || 5:19
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0318357}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1995 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian interfaith romance films]]
[[Category:1995 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]

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