Unarchigal is a Tamil

Tamil language

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 language film starring Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

 and Kanchana

Kanchana

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 in the lead roles. It is a highly sensuous film which deals with sexually Transmitted diseases. The movie ran into big trouble with the censor board. It was made in 1972, but released only in 1976. It was Kamal Hassan's first movie as hero, despite being released 4 years later. The movie also has Srividya

Srividya

Srividya was a leading Indian film actress of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s in the Tamil film Industry, in addition to being a good singer. In the latter part of her career, she concentrated on Malayalam films. Her brilliant portrayals as a mother in many films were highly acclaimed....

 in a supporting role. The same film was later remade in Malayalam as Raasaleela

Raasaleela

Raasaleela is a 1975 Malayalam film by N. Sankaran Nair starring Kamal Hassan and Jayasudha. It is a remake of the Tamil film Unarchigal which also starred Kamal Hassan, but got released before the original. It is a soft-porn movie that faced many problems in the censor. It was also dubbed and...

and released in 1975.

Plot

The movie deals with Selvam (Kamal), an 18 year old simpleton who works in a village. He is sexually harrased by his landlord's sister who is a widow. Unable to bear this Selvam goes to Madras(Chennai) and again he is treated in a similar way by people whom he meets. He joins a hotel as a room boy where he meets Srividya (Maragadham), a prostitute. He rescues her once from a raid for which she has a soft corner towards him. He lives in Srividya's house as a servant but later thrown away from her home. In the end kamal gets affected by STD and is shown in a hospital treated by a doctor (Major Sundarrajan) and eventually dies. the movie which it deals with.

Trivia

• This was Kamal's first film as hero.
• It waa started in 1972 but got shelved and completed only in 1976.
• R. C. Sakthi, the director and kamal were close friends, this film being the debut for both.