Unaroo

<p>This is the story of a group of workers who defy their union leaders to help a new factory materialise. Producer N. G. John, who had experienced success with (1982) and (1983), had been impressed with ‘s debut film (1983), a Kannada film that tackled a complex subject. John offered Ratnam the chance to direct a Malayalam film for his production house. Ratnam initially narrated the script of (1986), then titled , to John but the producer wanted to make a political film. Subsequently, he began work on , which revolved around corruption in the labour union movement and scripted the film alongside John and Damodaran. Ratnam revealed that he struggled with the film, owing to its alien concept from his previous film on human relationships, as well as due to the sheer number of artistes involved. The film began production in February 1984 and was shot in a single stretch. The music was composed by and the lyrics were written by . The song “Theeram Thedi Olam Padi” is composed in ragam, which was reused by Ilaiyaraaja himself as “Roja Ondru Mutham Ketkum” in the film , that was released in the same year.</p>