Thirumalai Thenkumari
Thirumalai Thenkumari | |
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DVD Cover | |
Directed by | A. P. Nagarajan |
Produced by | Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures |
Written by | A. P. Nagarajan |
Story by | A. P. Nagarajan |
Starring |
Sivakumar Kumari Padmini Sirkazhi Govindarajan Manorama Suruli Rajan Gandhimathi Rama Prabha |
Music by | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan |
Cinematography | W. R. Subbha Rao |
Edited by | T. Vijayarangam |
Production company |
Sree Vijayalakshmi Pictures |
Distributed by | Sree Vijayalakshmi Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Thirumalai Thenkumari is a 1970 Tamil Hindu religion road movie was directed by A. P. Nagarajan and produced by "Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures. The film scripted was written by A. P. Nagarajan. Music by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan assets to the movie. Starring Sivakumar , Kumari Padmini, Rama Prabha , Manorama , Sirkazhi Govindarajan and Suruli Rajan.[1][2] The film won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. The film was inspired by the 1969 Hollywood film If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.[3]
Plot
The movie plot is ten or twoleve family are goes to pilgrimage from Thirumalai (Tirupathi) to Thenkumari (Kanniyakumari). Muniyyamma (Manorama) and Mannaru (Suruli Rajan) they slum area couple. Saroja (Rama Prabha) and her family as Telugu. Sailasri and her family as Kannada. They college students Sekhar (Sivakumar) and Geetha (Kumari Padmini) and another couple as Lalitha (A. Sakunthala) and her lover, who travel the same bus. Raghavan (Sirkazhi Govindarajan) and his daughter also come, raghavan is Tamil musician and Sirkazhi Govindarajan sing song by himself to the temples. And one Malayali family also travel the pilgrimage to bus. and the Young couple Mohan (Sasikumar) and his wife sundari. and the Brahmin family V. Goplakrishnan and his wife and children and another is Gandhimathi and who travel her Grandson Master Prabhakar. They Passengers are goes to Tirupati , Mysore, Chamundeshwari Temple Brindavan Gardens , Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple , Thiruthani Murugan Temple Guruvayur Temple and finally the pilgrimage end into Kanniyakumari. They goes to temples are said to the history of temple and rule of temples.Sekhar (Sivakumar) and Geetha (Kumari Padmini) was loves in our college days, but sekhar father was opposed to his son sekhar love, so sekhar write letter and leaves his home and join the pilgrimage, he many time requesting for geetha for our marriage proposal, but geetha was strictly said to sekhar our marriage was gets to sekhar father permission now. The end of the story sekhar and the co-passenger set some sensitive drama like sekhar commit suicide, the same time sekhar father was advertise newspaper for agree sekhar marriage. Then, who travel the passengers are arranged for sekahar and geetha another lalitha and Vasu marriage at Kanniyakumari temple.
Cast
- Sivakumar as Sekhar
- Kumari Padmini as Geetha
- Sirkazhi Govindarajan as Raghavan
- Rama Prabha as Saroja
- Manorama as Munniyamma
- Suruli Rajan as Mannaru
- A. Sakunthala as Lalitha
- Sasikumar as Mohan
- Typist Gopu as Velu/Bus Driver
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Prohit
- Gandhimathi as Ramani's Grandma
- Master Prabhakar as Ramani
- Baby Sumathi as Sarasu
- Vasantha
- K. D. Santhanam as Chokkalingam
Crew
- Director = A. P. Nagarajan
- Producer = Sree Vijayalakshmi Pictures
- Writer = A. P. Nagarajan
- Story = A. P. Nagarajan
- Music = Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
- Lyrics = Poovai Senguttuvan, Ulunthurpet Shanmugam, Nellai Arulmani, Thenkanchi Bharathisamy.
- Other language Lyrics = Sailasri(Kannada), Ramsri(Telugu) and Job(Malayalam)
- Cinematography = W. R. Subbha Rao
- Editor = T. Vijayarangam
- Production = Sree Vijayalakshmi Pictures
- Distributor = Sree Vijayalakshmi Pictures
- Art = Ganga
- Stills = Murugappan
- Title card = K. S. Arts
- Publicity = Minnal
- Processing = Gemini Color Laboratory
- Re-recording = P. V. Kodieswara Rao
- Audiography(In door) = S. C. Gandhi and C. P. Kanniyappan
- Audiography (out door) = N. Raghunathan
- Studio = Gemini Studio, Vasu Studio and Vahini Studios
- Outdoor shoot = Sree Vijayalakshmi Photo Sounds
- Choreography = P. S. Gopalakrishnan
- Dancer(Katak) = Lakshmi Narayanan and Saroja
- Producing Management = C. Paramasivam
- Bus = K. B. Travels Service
Awards
'1970 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards'
- Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
- Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback - Sirkazhi Govindarajan.[4]
- Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize - Film
Soundtrack
Thirumalai Thenkumari | |
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Soundtrack album by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | |
Released | 1970 |
Recorded | 1970 |
Genre | Tamil Devotional |
Length | 29:57 |
Language | Tamil |
Producer | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan |
Music composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and lyrics written by "Poovai Senguttuvan" , Ulunthurpet Shanmugam, Nellai Arulmani, Thenkanchi Bharathisamy, Sailasri(Kannada), Ramsri(Telugu) and Job(Malayalam).[5][6]Sirkazhi Govindarajan won the year Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback.[7]
No | Songs | Singer | Length(m:ss) |
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1 | Thirupathi Malai | Sirkazhi Govindarajan | 3:34 |
2 | Guruvaurappa Thiruvarul | Sirkazhi Govindarajan | 4:04 |
3 | Kalayada Kalviyun | 2:54 | |
4 | Madurai Arasalum Meenakshi | Sirkazhi Govindarajan L. R. Eswari M. R. Vijaya | 5:31 |
5 | Sinthanaiyil Medaikatti | Sirkazhi Govindarajan Sarala | 3:35 |
6 | Thiralmani Kathirgal | Sirkazhi Govindarajan L. R. Eswari | 4:10 |
7 | Azhage Thamizhe(Four Language song) | Sirkazhi Govindarajan L. R. Eswari Manorama L. R. Anjali A. L. Raghavan | 7:32 |
References
- ↑ "thirumalai thenkumari". spicyonion. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ↑ "thirumalai thenkumari movie cast crew". gomolo. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ http://m.thehindu.com/features/cinema/thirumalai-thenkumari-1970/article9172534.ece
- ↑ "Movies". sikali. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ "thirumalai thenkumari songs". royalisai. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ "Thirumalai Then kumari mp3 songs". mp3mad. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ "movies". sirkali. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
External links
- Thirumalai Thenkumari at the Internet Movie Database
- Thirumalai Thenkumari on YouTube
- Thirumalai Thenkumari on YouTube
ref>"Movies". sikali. Retrieved 2016-07-19.