---
title: 'Kaali (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'I. V. Sasi'
released: '1980-09-19'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kaali-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245990/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kaali (1980)

1980 · India

Original title: காளி

## Synopsis

Kaali is a 1980 Indian action film written by Mahendran and directed by I. V. Sasi. Produced by Hem-Nag, the film stars Rajinikanth, Seema, Fatafat Jayalaxmi and Shubha. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil and Telugu languages, with Chiranjeevi replacing Vijayakumar in Telugu. The cinematography was handled by Ashok Kumar and soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Kaali ran for less than 50 days in Chennai and was considered a box office failure in both Tamil and Telugu. The film is infamous for a fire accident which caused the deaths of some stuntmen and horses.

## Credits

- **Director:** [I. V. Sasi](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-v-sasi)
- **Screenplay:** [Mahendran](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahendran)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ilaiyaraaja](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilaiyaraaja)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ashok Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-kumar-2)
- **Editor:** [K Narayanan](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-narayanan)

## Cast

- [Kaikala Satyanarayana](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaikala-satyanarayana)
- [Rajinikanth](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajinikanth)

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