Varumayin Niram Sivappu

Nov 6, 1980

2h 24m

★ 8.0

Overview

Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Premalaya

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Cast

Sundaram Rangan

Kamal Haasan

Devi

Sridevi

Thambu

S.Ve. Sekar

Sundaram Pillai

Poornam Viswanathan

Prathap

Prathap Pothan

Dileep

Dilip

Devi's Father

Oru Viral Krishna Rao

Rangan's Saloon Customer

Thengai Srinivasan

(as Pratap Chandran)

Prathapa Chandran

Barani

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