Kadal Meengal (Eng: Sea Fishes) is a 1981 Indian Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh and Thangavelu and was a remake of the Malayalam movie Meen, which was loosely based on the Hindi movie Trishul. The movie was a Superhit at the box office.
Selvanayakam a.k.a. Selvam (Kamal Haasan) is a poor but hard-working fisherman who is in love with Bhagyam (Sujatha) from the same fishing hamlet. After a tiff with the locals, Selvam moves to a neighbouring village for fishing and is feared dead during a cyclone.
Directed by – G. N. Rangarajan
Produced by – Mrs. R.Shantha
Written by – Panchu Arunachalam
Story by – T. Damodaran
Starring – Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh, Thangavelu, Ambika
Music by – Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography – N. K. Viswanathan
Edited by – K. R. Ramalingam
Production – K. R. G. Art Productions
Distributed by – K. R. G. Art Productions
Release date – 5 June 1981
Running time – 137 Minutes
Country – India
Language – Tamil
