Nooravathu Naal

<p>Devi, a college student has a strange premonition one night of her sister being murdered. Her sister soon goes missing. After a few years, Devi meets and marries a rich businessman Ramkumar. Soon after, Devi has another vision of an unknown woman being murdered and seeks the help of her cousin Raju to help her save the possible victim. Raju is reluctant to believe her story but assists her anyway. Devi also finds a decomposed body in the bungalow where she lives with Ramkumar, which she believes is her sister’s based on her previous vision. Devi and Raju’s investigations lead them to the museum where Devi’s sister worked and a strange man who tries to assassinate them. Whether Devi’s strange premonitions are true and whether she and Raju are able to trap the mysterious killer forms the rest of the story. was directed by and produced by S. N. S. Thirumal under Thirupathisamy Pictures, with cinematography by A. Sabapathy. Manivannan selected to portray a negative role. For the character look, he sported a clean-shaven pate, wore sunglasses and a red jerkin. He completed filming his portions within five days. The music was composed by . The song “Vizhiyile Mani Vizhiyil” was re-used from the song “Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali” from the 1981 film . It is set in the known as . was released on 23 February 1984, and ran for over 200 days in theatres. of praised the acting of star cast and Ilaiyaraaja’s music but felt the film lacked pep in certain places. Sathyaraj’s performance as a psychopathic killer received acclaim and made him popular among audiences. became a milestone in Tamil cinema, with regards to “scene construction”. The serial killers and Jayaprakash were inspired by the film to commit murders. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of in her review of the Telugu film (2015) said that the idea of hiding corpses inside a wall is inspired from . Following Vijayakanth’s death in 2023, included the film in their list “7 Vijayakanth Films That Left an Indian Cinema Legacy”.</p>