Nizhalgal is a 1980 Indian Tamil film directed by Bharathiraja

Bharathiraja

P. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies....

 and written by Manivannan

Manivannan

Manivannan is a popular Tamil actor and director. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan is one of the most experienced actors in the field. He normally plays the role of a dad or a senior comedian.- Background :...

, starring Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi is an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal.-Career:...

, in his debut venture, Rohini, Chandrasekar and Rajasekar.

Plot

A story of three young friends who are unemployed and stricken by poverty finding it hard to make ends meet. They are endowed with the never-say-die spirit and refuse to heed their parents advice to look for menial jobs. They continue to pursue their dreams no matter what comes. The shadows of these youngsters can be found abundantly in our society.

Cast

• Nizhalgal Ravi
  Nizhalgal Ravi
  Nizhalgal Ravi is an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal.-Career:...
  
   as Gopi
• Rohini as Maha
• Chandrasekhar as Hari
• Rajasekaran as Prabhu
• Suvitha
• Manivannan
  Manivannan
  Manivannan is a popular Tamil actor and director. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan is one of the most experienced actors in the field. He normally plays the role of a dad or a senior comedian.- Background :...
  
  
• Janagaraj
• K. K. Soundar
• Kaja Sheriff

Special appearances by (in alphabetical order):

• Charu Haasan
• Ilaiyaraaja
  Ilaiyaraaja
  Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
  
  
• R. K. Kumar
  R. K. Kumar
  Raghavachari Krishna Kumar was an Indian politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.- Family :Kumar was born on August 7, 1942 to K. C. Raghavachari and Seethalakshmi...
  
  

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...

. The album features the song "Ithu Oru Pon Malai", which marked the beginning of renowned lyricist Vairamuthu

Vairamuthu

Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...

's career in the film industry. The song "Madai Thiranthu" was remixed by Yogi B and Natchatra in their debut album Vallavan.

No.	Title	Singer	Length	Lyricist
1	"Madai Thiranthu"	S. P. Balasubramaniam	04:21	Vaali Vaali (poet) Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai...
2	"Ithu Oru Pon Malai"	S. P. Balasubramaniam	04:20	Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...
3	"Poongathavae"	Deepan Chakravarthy, Uma Ramanan	04:27	Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is a Music director, Lyricist, Script writer, Actor and Film director in Tamil films. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilayaraaja and father of actors Venkat Prabhu and Premji Amaren.-As script writer:...
4	"Dhoorathil Naan Kanda Un Mugam"	S. Janaki S. Janaki S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...	05:05	Panju Arunachalam