Mahanadi (film)

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Mahanadi
Directed by	Santhanabharathi
Starring	Kamal Haasan Sukanya Cochin Haneefa
Release date(s)	1993
Language	Tamil

Mahanadi is a Tamil film featuring Kamal Hassan;Sukanya and Cochin Haneefa.

[edit] Plot

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Krishnaswamy (Kamal Hassan) is a widower living happily along with his daughter and a young son in a village . Dhanush(V.M.C.Haneefa); a con from the city has an eye on Krishnaswamy's property and asks him to join his chitfund business. At first;Krishnaswamy was reluctant; however when a rich friend from a foreign country visits house;he too wants to be as rich like them.Hence he agrees to Dhanush's proposal and arrives at the city.However;he is unaware of Danush's tricks and when Dhanush swindles away the chitfunds money;the blame is put on Krishnaswamy. Krishnaswamy now lands up in jail.In jail;he finds that even his future father-in-law is also in jail for same reason.He advises Krishnaswamy not to be angry if the jailor is cruel;as he might be released sooner if he behaves nornally in the jail.After suffering unnecessary hardships in the jail;Krishnaswamy comes out only to find that his mother-in-law died;his son had run away.His patience will be tested to its peak when he finds his daughter in a red-light area in Kolkata.After finding his son;now however Krishnaswamy does not want to rest peacefully.He instead goes to seek revenge.Only then will he know that Dhanush is just a pawn in the big game of cheating.He not only kills Dhanush but also the main person who was behind this game;but at the cost of losing his hand.