Abhirami (film)

Abhirami
DVD cover
Directed by	Dilip Kumar
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Written by	Dilip Kumar
Starring	Saravanan Sujatha Kasthuri Anju Vinodhini Rohini
Music by	Mano Ranjan
Cinematography	K. Ramsingh
Edited by	B. Baskaren
Production company	Super Good Films
Release dates	27 November 1992
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Abhirami is a 1992 Tamil drama film directed Dilip Kumar, making his directorial debut. The film features Saravanan, Sujatha and Kasthuri lead roles, with an ensemble supporting cast including Anju, Vinodhini, Rohini, Goundamani and Senthil. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, had musical score by debutant Mano Ranjan and was released on 27 November 1992.^[1][2]

Plot

Abhirami has five daughters including Dhanam (Kasthuri), Rajeshwari (Anju), Maheshwari (Vinodhini). The eldest Dhanam is a soft-spoken woman who worked as typewriter while Rajeshwari is a short-tempered woman, Maheshwari is a carefree teenager and the last two are little girls.

Saravanan (Saravanan) is an orphan and jobless youth who is in love with Dhanam (Kasthuri). He lives in a small hovel with his new friend Ramkanth (Senthil). Saravanan finally finds a decent job in a clothes shop. He then moves with his friend Ramkanth near Dhanam's house. Saravanan slowly becomes one of their well-wisher but Saravanan comes to know that Dhanam will get married soon to someone else. The heartbroken Saravanan doesn't reveal his love and vacates the house.

On the wedding day, Abhirami has an accident and their jewels have been stolen. Saravanan rushes Abhirami to the hospital, he then takes jewels from his boss' daughter Vasanthi (Rohini) who is widow. Afterward, the wedding takes place. After the wedding, Saravanan reveals that Abhirami had died on the way to the hospital. Saravanan doesn't tell the truth for fear that the wedding would stop.

Now, the remaining four girls accept Saravanan as their brother and he decides to live with them. Saravanan and Vasanthi will get married soon.

Cast

Saravanan as Saravanan Sujatha as Abhirami Kasthuri as Dhanam Anju as Rajeshwari Vinodhini as Maheshwari Rohini as Vasanthi Goundamani as Singaram Senthil as Ramkanth (Ramasamy) Vadivukkarasi as Lakshmi C. R. Saraswathi Vijaya Chandrika Shanmugasundari Indira Devi Ra. Sankaran Kumarimuthu as conductor Loose Mohan Rajavelu M. R. Krishnamurthy Haja Shareef

Chitra Guptan as Ramkanth's uncle Bayilvan Ranganathan as Ponnusamy Swaminathan Omakuchi Narasimhan as Arogyam Pasi Narayanan Thayir Vadai Desigan as Bheemarajan Karuppu Subbiah as Ramkanth's father Marthandan Kottai Perumal Baby Bhanu Baby Bhavani Nalinikanth V. Gopalakrishnan as doctor Kanal Kannan Napoleon in a guest appearance Siva in a guest appearance Ramesh Khanna in a guest appearance Dilip Kumar in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Abhirami
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:46
Producer	Deva

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan, Vairamuthu and Dilip Kumar.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	'Aathadi Chinna Ponnu'	Minmini, Chorus	4:12
2	'Avasarama Romba'	S. P. Sailaja, Chorus	4:18
3	'Ezhai Veetil' (female)	Vani Jairam	4:24
4	'Ezhai Veetil' (male)	Mano	0:47
5	'Kalaikalin Thaaye '	Malaysia Vasudevan, Sakthi Shanmugam, K. S. Chithra	4:50
6	'Kanni Thamizho Kamban Kaviyo'	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:33
7	'Naam Irukkom'	S. P. Sailaja, Chorus	2:42

Reception

Ayyappa Prasad of The New Indian Express gave the film a positive review : "Dilip Kumar has handled the story with finesse" and praised the lead actors.^[3]

References

1. "Abirami (1992) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
2. "Filmography of abhirami". cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
3. Ayyappa Prasad (1992-12-11). "A brother in need". The Indian Express: 7. Retrieved 2015-02-18.