Kushboo is the daughter of a retired army officer who once saved the PM. She falls in love with a musician Raja who has heart disease. They get married and go to a guest house in a hill area.
Two terrorists enter their guest house and they keep Kushboo and Raja under house arrest. One more local horse rider ( who taught Kushboo to ride horse) is the main terrorist who also joins them in the house as he is injured. They plan to kill PM using an automated missile while he is flying on the plane above their guest house. Finally Kushboo and Raja manage to kill the three terrorists and save the PM without anyone's knowledge.
According to Selvaraj, who wrote the film's story, the title was named after the navel of a Russian novelist Bushkin.[1] The film was partly shot at Ooty.[2] The sets of windmill and farm house were built there.[1]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Hamsalekha and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.[3] The song "Endha Pennilum Illadha" attained popularity.[4]
Captain Magal was released on 14 January 1993, Pongal day.[5] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express likened it to "a C-grade English thriller, a pathetic attempt at making an action film. It has disjointed scenes, jerky narration and a loosely etched screenplay that seems more of a hotch-potch of various English films".[6]Kalki wrote that frame by frame throughout the film, one could see the director using his own techniques; when the story unfolds the techniques that is supposed to derail the story becomes like the mammoth elephant hiding in the tree.[7]
