01 Jan 1984
A Matter of Sex
Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.
Mannan
Circumstances force the union leader of a factory to marry his own boss, a rich and arrogant lady who has ulterior motives.
Top Billed Cast
Rajinikanth Krishnan
Vijayashanti Shanthi Devi
Khushboo Meena
Goundamani Muthu
Pandari Bai Parvathy Amma
Manorama Azhagi
Prathapa Chandran Raghavan
Sharat Saxena Sathish
V. K. Ramasamy Meena's Father
Ennatha Kannaiya Rajinikanth's co-worker
Prabhu Cameo
Pandu 
Uday Prakash 
Vellai Subbaiah 
Sivaraman 
LIC Narasimhan
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