Pillaikkaga

Pillaikkaga (lit. 'For the son') is a 1989 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by P. Vasu, produced by Mohan Natarajan and Tharangai V. Shanmugam under Rajakaliamman Pictures starring Prabhu, Gouthami, Nassar and Rekha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Gangai Amaran.[1][2][3] The film was released on 14 April 1989.

Pillaikkaga
Poster
Tamil	பிள்ளைக்காக
Directed by	P. Vasu
Produced by	Mohan Natarajan Tharangai V. Shanmugam
Screenplay by	P. Vasu
Story by	P. Vasu
Starring	Prabhu Gouthami Nassar Rekha
Music by	Gangai Amaran
Cinematography	K. B. Dayalan
Edited by	P. Mohanraj
Production company	Rajakaliamman Pictures
Release date	14 April 1989 (1989-04-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Prabhu
• Gouthami
• Nassar
• Rekha
• Rupini
• Baby Dhivya Ravi
• Devaraj

Soundtrack

Pillaikkaga
Soundtrack album by Gangai Amaran
Released	1989
Genre	Filmi
Length	22:10
Language	Tamil
Producer	Gangai Amaran
Gangai Amaran chronology
Thappu Kanakku (1988) Pillaikkaga (1989) Rudra (Kannada) (1989)

Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran.[4]

The song Mazhalayin and Un Annai Naan have two versions in the film which has not been included separately in the tracklist. Other version of song "Un Annai" was sung by the film's director P. Vasu.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Iniya Vasanthame"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:13
2.	"Un Annai Naan"	K. J. Yesudas	4:22
3.	"Mazhalayin"	Gangai Amaran, Chithra	4:38
4.	"Thaye Unnidam"	Chithra	4:54
Total length:			22:10

Release & reception

Pillakkaga was released on 14 April 1989, Puthandu. The Indian Express wrote "Imposing angles and neat and tangy cutting building up much interest and tension initially but it is overdose of sentiment that director P. Vasu plumps for in an attempt to woo women to his film."[5] Despite facing competition from other Puthandu releases such as Apoorva Sagodharargal, Pudhea Paadhai and En Rathathin Rathame, the film was declared a Hit at the box office. [6][7] It was dubbed into Telugu as Police Tiger.[8]

References

1. "Pillaikkaga". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
2. "Pillaikkaga". pvasu.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. "Pillaikkaga". gomolo.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
4. bollywoodvinyl. "Pillaikkaga vinyl".
5. "Pillaikkaga Film Review". Indian Express. 17 April 1989.
6. xhitmovies (15 October 2019). "P. Vasu hits and flops". Retrieved 18 November 2019.
7. "``ஒரு துப்பாக்கி கையில் எடுக்காதே, எந்தத் தோட்டாவும் என்ன துளைக்காதே!" - கமல் சொல்லி அடித்த `அபூர்வ சகோதரர்கள்'". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 14 April 2020. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
8. "Iniyatilakam Prabhu". 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.