Karmegham () is a 2002 Tamil language drama film directed by S. P. Rajkumar. The film stars Mammootty, Radha Ravi, and Abhirami. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar. Plot Karmegham returns to his village after serving in the army for long. He finds that the villagers still live the shackles of old customs and traditions. They work as slaves to a feudal landlord who exploits them. Maheswari, a doctor, falls in love with Karmegham. Later through his mother, Karmegham learns that Radha Ravi is his father and then it becomes a father-son conflict. Karmegham stood with the villagers and opposed his father and brother Shakthi. His sister, Mangai, loves a poor villager but Sakthi and his father are against her love. Sakthi kills her sister's lover, his sister goes mad and Karmegham calls the police. His brother escapes but the police shot him in an encounter. Karmegham gets married with Maheswari. His sister and mother die in a bomb blast planned by Karmegham's father. Karmegham kills his father to save at least his village. Cast Mammootty as Karmegham Abhirami as Maheswari Vadivelu as Khanja Radha Ravi as Karmegham's father Manorama as Karmegham's mother Baburaj as Police Officer Ilavarasu as Saguni Thalaivasal Vijay as a District Collector Vinu Chakravarthy C. R. Saraswathi Mayilsamy Singamuthu Halwa Vasu Bonda Mani Muthukaalai Alphonsa in a special appearance Soundtrack The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 2002, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by P. Vijay, Yuga Bharathi, Arivumathi and Pazhani Bharathi. Reception Sify described the film as an "Old wine in new bottle" and wrote, "It is an old style tearjerker that lacks any freshness either by way of incidents or narration". References 2002 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Vidyasagar Films directed by S. P. Rajkumar