Thendral Sudum

Kala, a docile woman, is pushed into a crocodile’s jaws by her husband Anand during their honeymoon. Having survived the murder attempt, she undergoes plastic surgery and seeks revenge on Anand. When Radhika approached Manobala to remake in Tamil, he was initially reluctant due to his lack of interest in directing remakes, but he accepted after she assured him that changes would be made to suit the interest of Tamil-speaking audiences, and the screenplay would be written by Karunanidhi. The soundtrack was composed by . His son debuted as a playback singer with this film. was released on 10 March 1989. N. Krishnaswamy of wrote, ” despite the familiar theme manages to keep alive viewer interest because of neat characterisation [..] and good acting”. P. S. S. of praised the performances of Radhika, Nizhalgal Ravi and Lokanath’s cinematography, he also praised the dialogues of Karunanidhi by updating himself for today’s times but felt the dialogues he had written for the emotional sequences were old-fashioned, similar to (1952).