Velum Mayilum Thunai

1979 Indian film
  • 23 March 1979 (1979-03-23)
CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Velum Mayilum Thunai (/veɪlum/ transl. Succour of Spear and Peacock) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed and written by Ra. Sankaran with dialogue by S. Rajasekar.[1] The film stars M. R. Radha in dual roles and Baby Sudha. It was released on 23 March 1979.[2]

Plot

Velayudham is a non-believer in god while his own son Saravanan opposes him in case of the topic divine power.

Cast

  • M. R. Radha as Velayudham and Thanikachalam
  • Baby Sudha as Saravanan
  • Kannadasan as Kannadasan (Guest appearance)
  • Major Sundarrajan as Prohit
  • M. N. Rajam as Prohit's Wife
  • Neelu as Advocate Appalachari[3]
  • Sachu as Poongkodi
  • Vijaya Chandrika as Panchali
  • I. S. R. as Arjunan
  • Jai Ganesh as Kali, Thief
  • Radhika as Valli
  • S. V. Ramadas as Elephant driver
  • Sripriya as Meenakshi, The dumb girl
  • Vijayakumar as Sundaresan, Biscope
  • Manorama as Manohari
  • Typist Gopu as Ekambaram
  • Cho as Manohari's husband

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.[4]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aathoram Neeyee Ganapathy"Sirkazhi Govindarajan Bangalore Ramani Ammal 
2."Kaga Kaga Kanthane"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:30
3."Pandia Mannanin Rajakumari"Vani Jairam4:36
4."Velum Mayilum Thunai"K. Veeramani4:06

Reception

P. S. M. of Kalki praised Ra. Sankaran for providing devotional offering for devotees.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Vijay TV's 'Saravanan Meenatchi' fame Rajasekar passes away". The New Indian Express. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Velum Mayilum Thunai (1979)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ Kolappan, B. (11 May 2018). "Comedian Neelu is no more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Velum Mayilum Thunai". Tamil Songs Lyrics. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. ^ பி. எஸ். எம். (22 April 1979). "வேலும் மயிலும் துணை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 29. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links

  • Velum Mayilum Thunai at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata