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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Tik! Tik! Tik!<br />
| image = Tik Tik Tik 1981.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Bharathiraja]]<br />
| producer = Prakash R. C.<br />
| writer = Kalaimani {{small|(dialogues)}}<br />
| screenplay = Bharathiraja<br />
| story = Bharathiraja<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Kamal Haasan]]|[[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]|[[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]]|[[Radha (actress)|Radha]]}}<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]<br />
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
| studio = Shiv Shakti Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1981|10|26}}<br />
| runtime = 164 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Tik! Tik! Tik!''''' is a 1981 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[crime thriller film]] directed by [[Bharathiraja]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]] supported by [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]] and [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]. It was released on 26 October 1981, [[Diwali]] day. Despite clashing with [[K. Bhagyaraj|K.Bhagyaraj]]'s family hit [[Andha 7 Naatkal]], '''''Tik! Tik! Tik!''''' did very good business<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-10|title=Psycho Thriller Tamil Movies Special Slideshow - தமிழ் News|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/psycho-thriller-tamil-movies-special-slideshow-tamilfont-news-222300|access-date=2021-07-31|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> in theaters, crossing 100 days in Chennai and 126 days in Madurai.<br />
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The film was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Karishmaa]]'' (1984), with Haasan reprising his role.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Sherley is a model who returns to [[Chennai]] after a modelling stint abroad. She received by the modelling agency and is soon drugged and operated upon. Her dead body is soon found.<br />
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Dileep is a photographer working for a newspaper run by Lakshmi Narayanan. He is a photographer in a beauty pageant run by a rich industrialist, Oberoi, which was won by Sharadha, Radha and Swapna. He becomes professionally involved with Radha and Swapna while romantically involved with Sharadha. Soon Swapna's dead body turns up and he becomes the main suspect in the murder investigation and is on the run from police. As his face is plastered in wanted ads all over the city and police are watching Sharadha's house, he goes to meet Radha.<br />
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Radha, who always considered Dileep as her brother as he was always nice to her, helps him and lets him stay in her apartment. The next morning, when Dileep wakes up and turn on the tap, the water is bloody red and he hears screaming coming from the apartment water tank. He goes to investigate when a group of people are gathered around the tank and is shocked to find Radha's bloody body inside the tank. Soon people recognise him from the wanted ad and mistakenly think that he murdered Radha. He is once again on the run from police for the murders.<br />
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He starts to investigate the murders and deduce that the only thing the two girls had in common, apart from him, was the modelling agency. When he secretively meets up with Sharadha, he finds a small incision on her body. Remembering that the other two girls had the same incision, he questions her. Although she doesn't remember how she got it, she remembers that she didn't have one before she left on a photo shoot abroad for the agency. She also finds it strange that she was unconscious for a few hours during the shoot but cannot remember what happened.<br />
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They eventually find out that Oberoi, has a nefarious business through his modelling agency. He drugs the models during the photo shoot abroad, operates them and smuggles diamonds into India using their bodies. When the models return to India, they again drug the model and take it out and kill the girl.<br />
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Dileep gets captured by Oberoi's goons but with the help of his editor and his girlfriend, he has already got the truth out. Before Oberoi can kill Dileep, they hear the police siren coming towards him. Oberoi, an obsessive diamond collector, rather than get caught and go to prison, eats his own diamonds and commits suicide.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Dhileep<br />
* [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]] as Sharadha<br />
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as Radha<br />
* [[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]] as Swapna<br />
* [[Thiagarajan]] as Victor<br />
* Shamasundar L. Asrani as Oberoi<br />
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Lakshmi Narayanan<br />
* [[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Sharada's father<br />
* [[Nisha Noor]] as Nisha<br />
* [[Manobala]]<br />
* [[Y. G. Parthasarathy]]<br />
* [[Sarika]] as Miss India Sherley (Guest role)<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], while the lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]] and [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tic Tic Tic (1981) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000175 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005124024/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000175 |archive-date=5 October 2013 |access-date=6 October 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tick Tick Tick Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/tick-tick-tick-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616112647/https://macsendisk.com/product/tick-tick-tick-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
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| 1 || "Idhu Oru Nila Kaalam" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[Vairamuthu]]<br />
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| 2 || "Netru Intha Neram" || [[Latha Rajinikanth]] || rowspan=2|[[Kannadasan]]<br />
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| 3 || "Poo Malarinthida" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Jency Anthony|Jency]]<br />
|}<br />
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Telugu Version: all songs were written by [[Acharya Athreya]]<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers<br />
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| 1 || "Idi Oka Maro Lokam" || [[S. Janaki]]<br />
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| 2 || "Natanalu Chaalincharaa" || S. Janaki<br />
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| 3 || "Ninna Sande Vela" || S. Janaki<br />
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| 4 || "O Natanamayuri" || S. Janaki, [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Tik Tik Tik'' was released on 26 October 1981, [[Diwali]] day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=25 October 2019 |title=கமல், ரஜினி... ஆனாலும் பாக்யராஜ்தான் தீபாவளி ஹிட்டு! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/522050-81diwali-hit-andha-7-naatkal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616112656/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/522050-81diwali-hit-andha-7-naatkal.html |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> S. Shivakumar of ''[[Mid-Day]]'' called it "One of the worst of Barathi Rajaa's films" which "seems to be a rehash of various [[B movie|'B' grade]] Hollywood thrillers" but noted "it has flashes of brilliance".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Shivakumar |first=S. |date=26 October 1981 |title=Madras Moviedom |work=[[Mid-Day]] |url=https://twitter.com/sshivu/status/1282969702646444032/photo/2 |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518052606/https://twitter.com/sshivu/status/1282969702646444032/photo/2 |archive-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> He added that the movie is doing "superb business" and it could run for the charisma of Kamal Haasan. <br />
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== Remake ==<br />
''Tik Tik Tik'' was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Karishmaa]]'' (1984), with Kamal Haasan reprising his role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=14 August 2014 |title=His classical odyssey |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kamal-haasan-talks-about-arts-music-and-dance/article6317133.ece |url-status=live |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122185926/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kamal-haasan-talks-about-arts-music-and-dance/article6317133.ece |archive-date=22 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0156136}}<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Bharathiraja]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]<br />
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