Rishi Moolam

A police officer with a secret past must reconcile with his estranged wife and son with the help of his friends. Rishi Moolam is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language Drama movie featuring Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Shivaji Ganesan, Aachi Manorama, Major Sundarrajan, Surulirajan and K.r. Vijaya. The movie is inspired from Rishi Moolam by Mahendran. S. S. K. Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) S. S. Karuppasamy, S. S. K. Sannasi, S. S. K. Sakaralingam, S. S. K. Ganesan and S. S. K. Murugan. Rishi Moolam is written by Mahendran and directed by S. P. Muthuraman. S. S. K. Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Rishi Moolam was released on 1st January 1980. Cinematography was done by Babu and editing by R. Vittal. The music was composed by National Award winner Ilaiyaraaja.