Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye

1978 Indian film
  • 14 July 1978 (1978-07-14)
Running time
127 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye (transl. Oh Lover Who is Deserving of Greetings) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Sridevi, Vijayakumar, Jai Ganesh, Rajinikanth and Jayachitra. Based on the novel of the same name by Rajendrakumar,[1] it revolves around a woman who has the ability to predict the future events. The film was released on 14 July 1978.

Plot

Cast

  • Sridevi as Shanti and Jenny[2]
  • Rajinikanth as Joe[2]
  • Vijayakumar as Umashankar[2]
  • Jayachitra as Deepa
  • S. V. Subbaiah as Sangaralingam
  • Manorama as Sevanthi
  • Jai Ganesh as Senthil
  • S. A. Ashokan as Thomas Alva
  • Thengai Srinivasan as Sevanthi's husband
  • K. Natraj as Doctor
  • Gandhimathi as Aunt
  • Veeraraghavan as Doctor
  • S. N. Parvathi as Umashankar's mother
  • A. R. S as Doctor
  • K. K. Soundar as Ramu
  • Oru Viral Krishna Rao
  • M. R. R. Vasu

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Vaali and composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[citation needed]

Title Singer(s) Length
"Swing Swing Unadhu" P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam 4:34
"Adiyenaip Paramma" Jolly Abraham, B.S.Sasirekha 4:04
"Kottu Kottu" L. R. Eswari, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 3:48
"Vinnagi Mannagi" Sirkazhi Govindarajan 4:40

Release and reception

Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye was released on 14 July 1978.[3] P. S. M. of Kalki felt writer Rajendra Kumar in the name of knitting suspenseful twists has totally confused it but praised the music and cinematography.[4]

Legacy

The film had an introductory song to mark Rajinikanth's entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films.[2]

References

  1. ^ Manian, Aranthai (2020). Thiraipadangalana Ilakkiyangalum Naadgangalum (in Tamil). Pustaka Digital Media. p. 1924.
  2. ^ a b c d Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
  3. ^ "சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் | சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ பி. எஸ். எம். (30 July 1978). "வணக்கத்துக்குரிய காதலியே". Kalki (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

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