A young man Raghu sets up an explosive in a railway track to blow up a train. Raghu is a freedom fighter who wants to destroy the train in which British officers are travelling. He returns home after his successful attempt and is slammed by his rich father who is an ardent supporter of the British. Raghu insists that his country and its freedom are more important than anything. When police comes to arrest Raghu, his father hands him to them but Raghu's pregnant wife Parvati diverts the police and lets her husband escape. Raghu escapes in his bike and meets with an accident and is declared dead. Parvati gives birth to a son named Ashok and ten years pass by. She is away from her father-in-law and still in a belief that her husband is alive and shall come to them one day.
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Kamal Haasan
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R. Muthuraman
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Poornam Viswanathan
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I V Sasi Director · Sachin Bhowmick Story Gulshan Nanda Story
First release July 18, 1980 · Produced in India · Original title குரு
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India
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Original title
குரு
Original language
Tamil
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Tamil
Release dates
India · July 18, 1980
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