Captain Magal
| Captain Magal | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bharathiraja |
| Screenplay by | Bharathiraja |
| Story by | R. Selvaraj |
| Produced by | Bharathiraja |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | B. Kannan |
| Edited by | S. P. Bojrajan |
| Music by | Hamsalekha |
Production company | Manoj Creations |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Captain Magal (transl. The Captain's Daughter) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Bharathiraja, starring Raja and Khushbu. It was released on 14 January 1993.
Plot[edit]
Kushboo is the daughter of retired army officer who once saved the PM.she falls in love with a musician raja. He has heart disease. So they both marry and go to a guest house in a hill area.
Two terrorists enter their guest house and they keep kushboo and raja in house arrest. One more local horse rider ( who taught kushboo to ride horse) is the main terrorist who also joins the house as he is injured. They plan to kill PM using a automated missile while he is flying on the plane above their guest house.finally kushboo and raja manage to kill the three terrorists and save the PM without anyone's knowledge.
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Cast[edit]
- Raja (voice dubbed by Nizhalgal Ravi)
- Khushbu
- Livingston
- Napoleon
- G. M. Kumar
- Janagaraj
Production[edit]
The film was partly shot at Ooty.[1]
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was composed by Hamsalekha and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.[2]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Endha Pennilum" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:09 |
| 2. | "Nandhavanam Pookkal" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Kadhal Raja" | Sujatha Mohan | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Yarumillai" | Minmini | 5:09 |
| 5. | "Vaanambadi" | Unni Menon, Sujatha | 5:05 |
| Total length: | 25:39 | ||
Release and reception[edit]
Captain Magal was released on 14 January 1993, Pongal day.[3] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express likened it to "a C-grade English thriller, a pathetic attempt at making an action film. It has disjointed scenes, jerky narration and a loosely etched screenplay that seems more of a hotch-potch of various English films".[4] Kalki wrote that frame by frame throughout the film, one could see the director using his own techniques; when the story unfolds the techniques that is supposed to derail the story becomes like the mammoth elephant hiding in the tree.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Remembering K Balachander: Khushbu reminisces about the gutsy visionary". Cinema Express. 12 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Captain Magal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Sundaram, Nandhu (27 June 2018). "From 'Gentleman' to 'Amaravathi' : Revisiting popular films which released 25 years ago". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (17 January 1993). "Pathetic". The Indian Express. p. 7. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "கேப்டன் மகள்". Kalki (in Tamil). 31 January 1993. p. 32. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
