Horrible remake of Tamil film; Maniratnam's Mouna Raagam

First of all, this movie shouldn't have been made. The original movie by Maniratnam was far better than this.

Kasak clearly lacked technical finesse of the original Tamil film. Mouna Raagam had music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali. P. C. Sreeram was the cinematographer, and the art director was Thota Tharani. The film was edited by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan.

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