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Tik Tik Tik(1981 film)

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Tik Tik Tik
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBharathiraja
Written byKalaimani(dialogues)
Screenplay byBharathiraja
Story byBharathiraja
Produced byPrakash R. C.
Starring
CinematographyB. Kannan
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Shiv Shakti Films
Release date
  • 26 October 1981(1981-10-26)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Tik Tik Tikis a 1981 IndianTamil-languagecrime thriller filmdirected byBharathiraja,starringKamal Haasan,Madhavi,SwapnaandRadha.It was released on 26 October 1981,Diwaliday, and did above average business.[1]The film was remade inHindiasKarishmaa(1984), with Haasan reprising his role.

Plot

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Sherley is a model who returns toMadrasafter a modelling stint abroad. She is received by the modelling agency and is soon drugged and operated upon. Her dead body is soon found.

Dileep is a photographer working for a newspaper run by Lakshmi Narayanan. He is a photographer in a beauty pageant run by a rich industrialist, Oberoi, which was won by Sharadha, Radha and Swapna. He becomes professionally involved with Radha and Swapna while romantically involved with Sharadha. Soon Swapna's dead body turns up and he becomes the main suspect in the murder investigation and is on the run from police. As his face is plastered in wanted ads all over the city and police are watching Sharadha's house, he goes to meet Radha.

Radha, who always considered Dileep as her brother as he was always nice to her, helps him and lets him stay in her apartment. The next morning, when Dileep wakes up and turn on the tap, the water is bloody red and he hears screaming coming from the apartment water tank. He goes to investigate when a group of people are gathered around the tank and is shocked to find Radha's bloody body inside the tank. Soon people recognise him from the wanted ad and mistakenly think that he murdered Radha. He is once again on the run from police for the murders.

He starts to investigate the murders and deduce that the only thing the two girls had in common, apart from him, was the modelling agency. When he secretively meets up with Sharadha, he finds a small incision on her body. Remembering that the other two girls had the same incision, he questions her. Although she doesn't remember how she got it, she remembers that she didn't have one before she left on a photo shoot abroad for the agency. She also finds it strange that she was unconscious for a few hours during the shoot but cannot remember what happened.

They eventually find out that Oberoi, has a nefarious business through his modelling agency. He drugs the models during the photo shoot abroad, operates them and smuggles diamonds into India using their bodies. When the models return to India, they again drug the model and take it out and kill the girl.

Dileep gets captured by Oberoi's goons but with the help of his editor and his girlfriend, he has already got the truth out. Before Oberoi can kill Dileep, they hear the police siren coming towards him. Oberoi, an obsessive diamond collector, rather than get caught and go to prison, eats his own diamonds and commits suicide.

Cast

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Production

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Tik Tik Tikis Radha's second film as an actress afterAlaigal Oivathillaireleased earlier the same year. Her and Madhavi's costumes were designed byVani Ganapathy.[2]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed byIlaiyaraaja.[3][4]The song "Poo Malarinthida" is set to the ragaKharaharapriya.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Idhu Oru Nila Kaalam"VairamuthuS. Janaki,T. V. Gopalakrishnan5:11
2."Netru Intha Neram"KannadasanLatha Rajinikanth4:20
3."Poo Malarinthida"KannadasanK. J. Yesudas,Jency

Release and reception

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Tik Tik Tikwas released on 26 October 1981,Diwaliday.[6]S. Shivakumar ofMid-Daycalled it "One of the worst of Barathi Rajaa's films" which "seems to be a rehash of various'B' gradeHollywood thrillers "but noted" it has flashes of brilliance "and applauded Haasan's performance.[7]Nalini Sastry ofKalkiwrote although the film is shot in Hollywood style with the collaboration of camera and music, the plot which is the life force of the film is weak and lacks grip, so other special features are also dull.[8]

Other versions

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Despite underperforming at the box office,Tik Tik Tikwas dubbed in Telugu under the same title, with a shortened runtime. Though it attracted opposition fromwomen's liborganisations for featuring the actresses in swimsuits, it became a success.[9]The film was remade in Hindi asKarishmaa(1984), with Haasan reprising his role.[10]

References

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  1. ^"தமிழ் சினிமா ரசிகர்கள் கொண்டாடிய சைக்கோ த்ரில்லர் படங்கள்".IndiaGlitz(in Tamil). 10 October 2018. slide 3.Archivedfrom the original on 31 July 2021.Retrieved31 July2021.
  2. ^"Actor Radha Nair recalls how tough it was to wear bikini for Tik Tik Tik".Hindustan Times.22 March 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 27 August 2023.Retrieved6 May2024.
  3. ^"Tic Tic Tic (1981)".Raaga.com.Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2013.Retrieved6 October2013.
  4. ^"Tick Tick Tick Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja".Macsendisk.Archivedfrom the original on 16 June 2021.Retrieved16 June2021.
  5. ^Sundararaman (2007) [2005].Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music(2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 154.OCLC295034757.
  6. ^ராம்ஜி, வி. (25 October 2019)."கமல், ரஜினி... ஆனாலும் பாக்யராஜ்தான் தீபாவளி ஹிட்டு!".Hindu Tamil Thisai(in Tamil).Archivedfrom the original on 16 June 2021.Retrieved16 June2021.
  7. ^Shivakumar, S. (26 October 1981)."Madras Moviedom".Mid-Day.Archivedfrom the original on 18 May 2021.Retrieved15 July2020– viaTwitter.
  8. ^சாஸ்திரி, நளினி (29 November 1981)."டிக். டிக். டிக்".Kalki(in Tamil). p. 49.Archivedfrom the original on 15 April 2023.Retrieved12 April2023– viaInternet Archive.
  9. ^Sri (12 January 2006)."TC Exclusive: K.S. Rama Rao – Interview".Telugucinema.com.Archived fromthe originalon 19 November 2006.Retrieved26 October2023.
  10. ^Rangan, Baradwaj(14 August 2014)."His classical odyssey".The Hindu.Archivedfrom the original on 22 January 2018.Retrieved20 March2018.
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