Kaali

Kaali is a 1980 Indian action film written by Mahendran and directed by I. V. Sasi. Produced by Hem-Nag, the film stars Rajinikanth, Seema, Fatafat Jayalaxmi and Shubha. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil and Telugu languages, with Chiranjeevi replacing Vijayakumar in Telugu. The cinematography was handled by Ashok Kumar and soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Kaali ran for less than 50 days in Chennai and was considered a box office failure in both Tamil and Telugu. Plot Cast Rajinikanth as Kaali Vijayakumar (Tamil) / Chiranjeevi (Telugu) as G.K. Seema as Anitha/Geetha Fatafat Jayalaxmi as Alangaram Major Sundarrajan (Tamil) / Kantha Rao (Telugu) as Sampath Manorama as Thayamma Suruli Rajan as Sokku Shubha as Sampath's wife Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Rajinikanth's sister V. Gopalakrishnan (Tamil) / Giri Babu (Telugu) as Somu Kaikala Satyanarayana as Rajaram Prasad Babu as Rajram's one the son Sundar Raj as Rajram's one the son Pushpalatha as Rajram's Wife Anuradha Sriram as child artist Master Haja Sheriff as child artist Kumarimuthu Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film had Vairamuthu's first written song, "Kali Bhadrakali".