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Varraar Sandiyar (also spelled Varraar Chandiyar) ( Rogue is coming) is a 1995 Tamil language drama film directed by N. K. Vishwanathan. The film stars Prem Menon and Khushbu, Jaishankar, Anandaraj, K. R. Vijaya, Gandhimathi, Senthil, Venniradai Moorthy, Charle and T. K. S. Chandran playing supporting roles. It was released on 14 December 1995.

Plot

Sathyamoorthy is a cruel gram panchayat chief who gives unfair judgements and he spreads terror among the villagers, he never misses an opportunity to whip the innocent villagers. So the villagers gave him the name of Sandiyar (brute). The villagers want Sandiyar to die while his Sandiyar's mother Annapoorni wants him to become a good man. Sandiyar then befriends the crook Maruthu who saved his life from the villagers.

Varraar Sandiyar

One day, the outspoken Meena arrives in Sandiyar's village and claims Sandiyar had earlier secretly married her but Sandiyar says at the village court that nothing happened between them. Meena wants to marry Sandiyar in front of the villagers and she starts to compel him in many ways. Sandiyar's mother Annapoorni strongly supports her and brings her to their home. Sandiyar finally marries her. After the wedding, Meena reveals to Sandiyar the reason behind her lie. In the past, at the village court, Sandiyar gave an unfair judgement who led his sister and mother to suicide.

Varraar Sandiyar

Meena learns that Sandiyar also has a tragic past. His father (Jaishankar) was brutally killed by a family friend Mookaiah for acquiring his land and the villagers did nothing for preventing it. Sandiyar cannot forget that sad day, so he makes the life of the villagers a living hell. So far, Meena wanted to take revenge on him but now Meena tries to change him into a responsible village president. Afterwards, Sandiyar slowly falls under the spell of his wife Meena and he becomes a good person. Maruthu is none other than Mookaiah's son and he is urged to take all the wealth of Sandiyar. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Varraar Sandiyar

Cast

Prem Menon as Sathyamoorthy (Sandiyar) Khushbu as Meena Jaishankar in a guest appearance as Sandiyar's father Anandaraj as Maruthu K. R. Vijaya as Annapoorni Gandhimathi as Shanmugasundari Senthil as Sembattai Venniradai Moorthy as Kanakku Pillai Charle T. K. S. Chandran as Mookaiah Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Doctor Kullamani Krishnamoorthy as Police Officer A. O. K. Sundar T. K. S. Natarajan as Kanakku Pillai Karuppu Subbiah Premi as Meena's mother Vinayak Raj Chitra Guptan Ram as Henchman Lakshman as Henchman

Soundtrack

The soundtrack were composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Piraisoodan and Ponniyin Selvan.

Reception

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote "Cameraman-cum-director, N. K. Viswanathan, who has also penned the screenplay, manages to keep a fair tempo mixing the comedy of Senthil, the 'bad luck' man (like Lil Abner's Calamity Jones whenever he is around misfortune strikes the people nearby) with the main drama depicted in flash cuts".