Sigappu Rojakkal (English: Red Roses) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in lead roles. Co-written and directed by P. Bharathiraja, it features music by Ilaiyaraaja and cinematography by P. S. Nivas
Dileep (Kamal Haasan) is a successful industrialist who runs a company named "Minerva", he is a humble man, but with a dark side. He preys on beautiful girls; have sex with them and kills them. These proceedings are video-recorded and watched by his adoptive father and mentor, another deranged woman-hater who, as with Dileep, had a disillusioning experience with the female gender in his past. The old man stays holed up in a far corner of Dileep's mansion watching his son carry out what he is too infirm to do. The murdered girls are buried in Dileep's garden and a rosebush is grown above.
Dileep chances upon an garments salesgirl, Sarada (Sridevi), and develops an romantic attraction for her. Sarada, a conservative woman, insists that Dileep must marry her if he wants to have his way with her. The romance proceeds, and appears to be Dileep's salvation before things begin to collapse for him. Marrying Sarada Dileep brings her to his own home and all on a sudden Sarada comes to know about Dileep's past life by accidentally entering a room where in wall everything about him is scribbled by himself.
On the same day Sarada stumbles upon Dileep's father who was watching Dileep's sex video in a room where their gardener was also present, they try to catch her and she somehow manages to shut their room's door and tries to run out but as she prepares to leave, Dileep returns. As Sarada tries to act normal while planning to escape, Dileep finds that his father has been locked in and when he saves his father, he realizes that Sarada knows the truth about his deeds. A tense chase ensues, which ends in a graveyard in the dead of night, with Dileep stumbling and falling on a cross which pierces him. In the ensuing chase, Dileep is caught by the police.
He is subsequently jailed but gets mentally retarded and loses his bloodthirsty ways. He keeps repeating Sarada's name, as it is his only coherent thought, and all other memories have been erased from his mind.
Dileep (Kamal Haasan) is a successful industrialist who runs a company named "Minerva", he is a humble man, but with a dark side. He preys on beautiful girls; have sex with them and kills them. These proceedings are video-recorded and watched by his adoptive father and mentor, another deranged woman-hater who, as with Dileep, had a disillusioning experience with the female gender in his past. The old man stays holed up in a far corner of Dileep's mansion watching his son carry out what he is too infirm to do. The murdered girls are buried in Dileep's garden and a rosebush is grown above.
Dileep chances upon an garments salesgirl, Sarada (Sridevi), and develops an romantic attraction for her. Sarada, a conservative woman, insists that Dileep must marry her if he wants to have his way with her. The romance proceeds, and appears to be Dileep's salvation before things begin to collapse for him. Marrying Sarada Dileep brings her to his own home and all on a sudden Sarada comes to know about Dileep's past life by accidentally entering a room where in wall everything about him is scribbled by himself.
On the same day Sarada stumbles upon Dileep's father who was watching Dileep's sex video in a room where their gardener was also present, they try to catch her and she somehow manages to shut their room's door and tries to run out but as she prepares to leave, Dileep returns. As Sarada tries to act normal while planning to escape, Dileep finds that his father has been locked in and when he saves his father, he realizes that Sarada knows the truth about his deeds. A tense chase ensues, which ends in a graveyard in the dead of night, with Dileep stumbling and falling on a cross which pierces him. In the ensuing chase, Dileep is caught by the police.
He is subsequently jailed but gets mentally retarded and loses his bloodthirsty ways. He keeps repeating Sarada's name, as it is his only coherent thought, and all other memories have been erased from his mind.
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Short film