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	'''''Cooliekkaran''''' is a 1987 [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Rajasekhar (director)\|Rajasekhar]] produced by [[S. Thanu]]. The film stars [[Vijayakanth]] and [[~~Rupini (actress)\|~~Rupini]]. It was the debut of Rupini in Tamil cinema. The movie was a superhit at the time of release.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Cooliekkaran LP Records\|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/171/3/1/1\|access-date=1 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326024717/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F171%2F3%2F1%2F1\|archive-date=26 March 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was a remake of the Hindi film ''[[Kaalia]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Tinnu Anand approached to remake Amitabh Bachchan's Kaalia - EasternEye\|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/tinnu-anand-approached-to-remake-amitabh-bachchans-kaalia/\|access-date=2020-06-21\|language=en-GB}}</ref>		'''''Cooliekkaran''''' is a 1987 [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Rajasekhar (director)\|Rajasekhar]] produced by [[S. Thanu]]. The film stars [[Vijayakanth]] and [[Rupini]]. It was the debut of Rupini in Tamil cinema. The movie was a superhit at the time of release.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Cooliekkaran LP Records\|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/171/3/1/1\|access-date=1 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326024717/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F171%2F3%2F1%2F1\|archive-date=26 March 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was a remake of the Hindi film ''[[Kaalia]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Tinnu Anand approached to remake Amitabh Bachchan's Kaalia - EasternEye\|date=April 2020\|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/tinnu-anand-approached-to-remake-amitabh-bachchans-kaalia/\|access-date=2020-06-21\|language=en-GB}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Raja ([[Vijayakanth]]) lives with his elder brother Velu ([[Nagesh]]), sister-in-law Lakshmi ([[Srividya]]), and their little daughter. He spends his time idle~~. He~~ is scolded by ~~his brother, and so~~ Raja ~~becomes~~ a coolie and ~~transports~~ articles. He is jailed for smuggling. ~~His brother~~ gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms~~. He loses his~~ job ~~and needs~~ money for treatment. Raja is released and begs ~~his brother~~'s boss Chakravarthy ([[Radha Ravi]]), but he refuses. Raja breaks into ~~the boss~~' safe to get the money, but it is too late as ~~the brother~~ dies. ~~The boss~~ throws Raja in jail. This is where he meets David ([[K. Natraj]]) and ~~decide~~ to seek revenge. In jail, Raja meets the warden Marthandan ([[Jaishankar]]), whose daughter was kidnapped by one of the prisoners when she was little.		Raja ([[Vijayakanth]]) lives with his elder brother Velu ([[Nagesh]]), sister-in-law Lakshmi ([[Srividya]]), and their little daughter. He spends his time idle and is scolded by Velu. Raja decides to become a coolie and transport articles. Unfortunately, he is jailed for smuggling. Velu also gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms and job, while also needing money for treatment. Raja is released and begs Velu's boss Chakravarthy ([[Radha Ravi]]), but he refuses. Raja breaks into Chakravarthy's safe to get the money, but it is too late as Velu dies. Chakravarthy throws Raja in jail. This is where he meets David ([[K. Natraj]]) and decides to seek revenge. In jail, Raja meets the warden Marthandan ([[Jaishankar]]), whose daughter was kidnapped by one of the prisoners when she was little.

	After his release, he is a different, stronger man. He and his accomplices steal the gold that ~~the boss~~ had been smuggling at the mill. Raja, his accomplices lie to ~~his sister-in-law. They~~ move from poverty into riches. Raja and his men snatch a ~~diamond which is~~ very rare. Priya ([[~~Rupini (actress)\|~~Rupini]]) steals it (fake diamond). Ramanathan ([[Vijayan (actor)\|Vijayan]]) ~~is killed by Chakravarthy and~~ was once a ~~henchmen~~ of Chakravarthy. Ramanathan was assigned to kill Jai and his family in an accident. Marthandan's wife is killed and Ramanathan keeps the child with him. Priya is now reformed. Raja ~~and Priya~~ fall in love and for their engagement he buys all the flowers in the city so Marthandan ~~grew~~ suspicious and starts following Raja. Chakravarthy buys a counterfeit machine, which is ~~spoilt~~ by Raja. Enraged by this, Chakravarthy spills the beans to ~~Raja's sister-in-law~~ Lakshmi that Raja is a smuggler. Lakshmi urges Raja to leave this business~~. The boss~~ throws Raja in jail. How he escapes and gets his revenge on ~~the boss~~ forms the climax of the movie.		After his release, he is a different, stronger man. He and his accomplices steal the gold that Chakravarthy had been smuggling at the mill. Raja and his accomplices lie to Lakshmi and move from poverty into riches. Raja and his men snatch a very rare diamond. Priya ([[Rupini]]) steals it (fake diamond). Meanwhile, Ramanathan ([[Vijayan (actor)\|Vijayan]]), who was once a henchman of Chakravarthy, is killed by him. Ramanathan was assigned to kill Jai and his family in an accident. Marthandan's wife is killed, and Ramanathan keeps the child with him. Priya is now reformed. She and Raja fall in love, and for their engagement, he buys all the flowers in the city. Marthandan grows suspicious and starts following Raja. Chakravarthy buys a counterfeit machine, which is spoiled by Raja. Enraged by this, Chakravarthy spills the beans to Lakshmi that Raja is a smuggler. Lakshmi urges Raja to leave this business, and Chakravarthy throws Raja in jail again. How Raja escapes and gets his revenge on Chakravarthy forms the climax of the movie.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==

	*[[Vijayakanth]] as Raja		*[[Vijayakanth]] as Raja
	*[[~~Rupini (actress)\|~~Rupini]] as Priya		*[[Rupini]] as Priya
	*[[Jaishankar]] as Marthandan		*[[Jaishankar]] as Marthandan
	*[[Radha Ravi]] as Chakravarthy		*[[Radha Ravi]] as Chakravarthy
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	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
	The music was composed by [[T. Rajender]].<ref>https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/cooliekaran-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp</ref>		The music was composed by [[T. Rajender]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/cooliekaran-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp\|title = Cooliekaran - Tamil Bollywood Vinyl LP}}</ref>
	*"Kuthuvilakkaga" - [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam\|SPB]], [[S. Janaki]]		*"Kuthuvilakkaga" - [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam\|SPB]], [[S. Janaki]]
	*"Vechakkuri Thappadhu" - SPB		*"Vechakkuri Thappadhu" - SPB

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{{Infobox film
| name = Cooliekkaran
| image = Cooliekkaran.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]]
| producer = [[S. Thanu]]
| story = [[Tinnu Anand]]
| screenplay = Rajasekhar
| starring = [[Vijayakanth]]<br>[[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]]
| music = [[T. Rajendar]]
| cinematography = V. Ranga
| editing = R. Vittal<br>S.B. Mohan
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1987|06|04}}
| runtime = 138 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Cooliekkaran''''' is a 1987 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]] produced by [[S. Thanu]]. The film stars [[Vijayakanth]] and [[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]]. It was the debut of Rupini in Tamil cinema. The movie was a superhit at the time of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cooliekkaran LP Records|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/171/3/1/1|access-date=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326024717/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F171%2F3%2F1%2F1|archive-date=26 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was a remake of the Hindi film ''[[Kaalia]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tinnu Anand approached to remake Amitabh Bachchan's Kaalia - EasternEye|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/tinnu-anand-approached-to-remake-amitabh-bachchans-kaalia/|access-date=2020-06-21|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Plot==
Raja ([[Vijayakanth]]) lives with his elder brother Velu ([[Nagesh]]), sister-in-law Lakshmi ([[Srividya]]), and their little daughter. He spends his time idle. He is scolded by his brother, and so Raja becomes a coolie and transports articles. He is jailed for smuggling. His brother gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms. He loses his job and needs money for treatment. Raja is released and begs his brother's boss Chakravarthy ([[Radha Ravi]]), but he refuses. Raja breaks into the boss' safe to get the money, but it is too late as the brother dies. The boss throws Raja in jail. This is where he meets David ([[K. Natraj]]) and decide to seek revenge. In jail, Raja meets the warden Marthandan ([[Jaishankar]]), whose daughter was kidnapped by one of the prisoners when she was little.

After his release, he is a different, stronger man. He and his accomplices steal the gold that the boss had been smuggling at the mill. Raja, his accomplices lie to his sister-in-law. They move from poverty into riches. Raja and his men snatch a diamond which is very rare. Priya ([[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]]) steals it (fake diamond). Ramanathan ([[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]]) is killed by Chakravarthy and was once a henchmen of Chakravarthy. Ramanathan was assigned to kill Jai and his family in an accident. Marthandan's wife is killed and Ramanathan keeps the child with him. Priya is now reformed. Raja and Priya fall in love and for their engagement he buys all the flowers in the city so Marthandan grew suspicious and starts following Raja. Chakravarthy buys a counterfeit machine, which is spoilt by Raja. Enraged by this, Chakravarthy spills the beans to Raja's sister-in-law Lakshmi that Raja is a smuggler. Lakshmi urges Raja to leave this business. The boss throws Raja in jail. How he escapes and gets his revenge on the boss forms the climax of the movie.

== Cast ==

*[[Vijayakanth]] as Raja
*[[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]] as Priya
*[[Jaishankar]] as Marthandan
*[[Radha Ravi]] as Chakravarthy
*[[Nagesh]] as Velu, Raja's brother
*[[Srividya]] as Lakshmi, Raja's sister-in-law
*[[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] as Ramanathan
*[[S. S. Chandran]] as Venkatachalam
*[[K. Natraj]] as David
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as David's partner
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Police constable
*[[Silk Smitha]] as Guest appearance
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Guest appearance
*[[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] as Guest appearance

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[T. Rajender]].<ref>https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/cooliekaran-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp</ref>
*"Kuthuvilakkaga" - [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SPB]], [[S. Janaki]]
*"Vechakkuri Thappadhu" - SPB
*"Bodhai Yethum" - SPB, S. Janaki
*"Vazhkai Oru" - [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]

{{1980s-Tamil-film-stub}}

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