Dharma Yuddham

Dharma Yuddam
	Poster
Directed by	R. C. Sakthi
Produced by	T. R. Srinivasan
Story by	Peter Selvakumar
Starring	Rajinikanth; Sridevi; Thengai Srinivasan
Music by	Ilayaraja
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan
Edited by	G. Radhakrishnan
Production; company	Charusuchithra films
Release date	29 June 1979
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dharma Yuddam is a 1979 Tamil film directed by R. C. Sakthi, a close associate of Kamal Hassan. It stars Rajinikanth and Sridevi in the lead roles. The film was dubbed in Telugu with the same title.

Plot

Rajini's parents are killed by Thengai Srinivasan. He is adopted and brought up by a rich man. After many years Rajini finds out that Thengai Srinivasan has been stealing body parts, especially eyes. How Rajini takes revenge on him forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Rajinikanth as Vijay
Sridevi as Chitra
Thengai Srinivasan as Robert
Major Sundarrajan
Surulirajan
S. A. Asokan
V.Gopalakrishnan as Dr. Amarnath
Kumari Sachu
Pushpalatha
Chakkaravarthi
S. R. Veeraraghavan
Jaggu
Lakshmi Sree
Master Chandrasekar
Y. G. Mahendran

Soundtrack

Ilaiyaraaja's music was a major highlight of this film, especially the songs "Aagaya Gangai"(rendered by Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki) and "Oru Thanga Rathathil", rendered by Malaysia Vasudevan. Music had given some impeccable Background scores in the form of Western and Indian fusion. Lyrics written by Kannadasan and M. G. Vallabhan.

Oru Thanga - Malaysia Vasudevan
Aagaya Gangai - Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki
Ada Poya - SP Shailaja
Disco Sound - Hariram, Ramola

Reception

Arunkumar Sekhar of The New Indian Express criticised the film for propagating the myth that "Humans are affected mentally during full moon day and new moon day".^[3]