Tik Tik Tik is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language crime-mystery film directed by P. Bharathiraja for producer Prakash R.C, starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role supported by Madhavi, Swapna and Radha.
Sherley (Sarika) is a model who returns to Chennai after a modeling stint abroad. She is received by the modeling agency and is soon drugged and operated upon.
Her dead body is soon found.
Dileep (Kamal Haasan) is a photographer working for a newspaper run by Lakshmi Narayanan (Thengai Srinivasan).
He is a photographer in a beauty pageant run by a rich industrialist, Oberoi (Shamasundar L. Asrani), which was won by Sharadha, Swapna and Radha (Madhavi, Radha and Swapna).
He becomes professionally involved with Radha and Swapna while romantically involved with Sharadha. Soon Swapna’s deadbody 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 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 recognize him from the wanted ad and mistakenly think that he murdered Radha. He is once again on the run from police for the murders.
Directed by – P. Bharathiraja
Produced by – Prakash R. C.
Written by – Kalaimani
Screenplay by – P. Bharathiraja
Story by – P. Bharathiraja
Starring – Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, Swapna, Radha
Music by – Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography – B. Kannan
Edited by – Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production – Shiv Shakti Films
Distributed by – Shiv Shakti Films
Release dates – 7 November 1981
Running time – 164 minutes
Country – India
Language – Tamil
