The romance proceeds and culminates into marriage. Conservative Sarada insists that Dileep must marry her if he wants to have his way with her. The victims are buried in Dileep's garden and a rosebush grows above them.ĭileep meets a garment saleswoman, Sarada, and develops a romantic attraction for her. The man stays holed up in a far corner of Dileep's mansion watching his adopted son carry out what he is too infirm to do. These proceedings are filmed and watched by his adoptive father and mentor, another deranged woman-hater who, as with Dileep, had a disillusioning experience with women in his past. Despite his humble exterior, he has a dark side he preys on nubile girls, has sex with them, and kills them.

The film was later remade by Bharathiraja himself in Hindi as Red Rose (1980).ĭileep is an industrialist who runs a company named Minerva Exports & Imports. It won two Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor and Best Director categories. Sigappu Rojakkal was released on 28 October 1978, three days before Diwali, and completed a 175-day in most of the theatres in Tamil Nadu.

Nivas, and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The dialogues were written by Bhagyaraj, cinematography was handled by P.

It was deliberately meant to be different from Bharathiraja's earlier ventures which were set in villages. Sigappu Rojakkal was inspired by serial killer Raman Raghav's crimes, and another serial killer who was based in Bombay but hailed from Tirunelveli. It revolves around Dileep, who is traumatised by women's behaviour in his childhood, and grows up to be a psychopath who kills women after having sex with them. The film starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, with Goundamani, Bhagyaraj and Vadivukkarasi in supporting roles. Red Roses) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Bharathirajaa.

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