Thaimel Aanai is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by L. Raja and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian & M. S. Guhan. The film stars Arjun Sarja and Raghuvaran. The film was a remake of Bengali film Pratikar(1987) which was also remade in Hindi as Pratikar, in Telugu as Raktha Tilakam and in Sinhala as Danduwama. The film was released on 13 April 1988. The film was commercially successful upon release. Plot Thaimel Aanai is the story of a son's revenge on the killers of his mother and sister, but his friend, who is now a Police officer, does not like someone taking the law into his hands. In the end, the villains kidnap Vinod's family. Raja storms the hideout of the villains along with Vinod and rescues Vinod's family by fighting with the villains, killing the goons who destroyed his family in the process. But sadly, Raja dies of the injuries he received during the fight. The movie ends with Vinod carrying the corpse of Raja and walking away along with his family. Cast Arjun as Raja Raghuvaran as Vinod Saroja Devi as Vijaya and Raja's mother Ranjini as Meena Madhuri as Vinod's wife Vani Viswanath as Vijaya C. L. Anandan Kishmu as Chakkara Jaiganesh as Devaraj Y. Gee. Mahendra as Punyakodi Senthil as a fisherman of Rangukuppam S. S. Chandran as Picha K. K. Soundar as Padma's father Babitha as Padma Idichapuli Selvaraj as Kannaiyya Kumarimuthu as a fisherman of Rangukuppam Omakuchi Narasimhan as a director Bayilvan Ranganathan as Chakkara's henchman Kullamani as a fisherman of Rangukuppam Thavakalai as a fisherman of Rangukuppam Anandaraj as Johny Azhagu as Dhilip Naveen as Chakkara's henchman Master Meenuraj as Babu Master Jai Krishna as young Raja Master Biju as young Vinod Baby Vijaya as young Vijaya Production Thaimel Aanai marks the return in the Tamil cinema of the star B. Saroja Devi, in the 80s. Soundtrack The soundtrack consist of nine songs composed by Chandrabose. Among which 2 unpublished works at the time of the release of the soundtrack, "Chinna Kanna Chella Kanna", S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's version and K. S. Chitra's sad version (or slow version). Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. 2 songs became hits in their taken out, "Vaaika Varabukulla Vayasupulla" and "Hey Mallikai Poo Poothirukku". Tamil Tracklist Hindi Tracklist Reception The Indian Express wrote, "Like a merry-go-round the film keeps spinning about in a whirl all geared to