Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989 film)  Apoorva Sagodharargal () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. The film features an ensemble cast including Kamal Haasan, Jaishankar, Nagesh, Gautami, Rupini, Manorama, Srividya, Janagaraj, Moulee, Delhi Ganesh and Nassar. It revolves around twins Raju and Appu who were separated during childhood and grew up in different localities, and Appu's quest for revenge upon learning that his father was killed by four criminals. "Apoorva Sagodharargal" was produced by Haasan and his brother Chandra Haasan under the production company Raaj Kamal Films International. The film's story was written by Panchu Arunachalam, while Kamal Haasan and Crazy Mohan wrote the screenplay and dialogues respectively. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan handled editing respectively, while the cinematography was handled by P. C. Sriram. The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali. "Apoorva Sagodharargal" premiered at the International Film Festival of India. The film was released on 14 April 1989, was a box office success and completed a 200-day run in theatres. It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Best Actor (Haasan) and Best Lyricist (Vaali). The film was dubbed into Telugu as "Vichithra Sodarulu" and into Hindi as "Appu Raja" in 1990. Sethupathi is an honest and upright police officer. When he arrests four bigwigs – Dharmaraj, Francis Anbarasu, Nallasivam and Satyamoorthy – they escape justice easily and return to take revenge. They kill him and poison his pregnant wife Kaveri. However, she manages to escape. She gives birth to twins with the help of another woman named Muniyamma, but the babies are separated due to circumstances. One of the twins, Raja, grows up as a mechanic with Muniyamma, while the other, Appu, a dwarf, grows up in the circus with his mother. Appu falls in love with Mano, the daughter of the circus owner, mistakenly thinking that she was asking him to elope with her, but she actually had asked him to be a witness to her marriage with her fiancé, which was not approved by her father.