What is "nizhalgal"

Nizhalgal is a 1980 Indian Tamil film co-written and directed by Bharathiraja. Starring Nizhalgal Ravi, in his debut venture, in the lead it had other newcomers Raadhu, Chandrasekhar, and Rajasekar forming the principal cast. The film's crew too contained a host of newcomers including the lyricist Vairamuthu and Manivannan, both would later go on to become an established lyricist and a director respectively. The film revolves around a group of youngsters and their struggles to overcome the challenges faced by them in society. Though a commercial failure, the film was screened at the "Indian Panorama" section of the International Film Festival of India in 1981. The same year it won two awards at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.