Vishwaroopam (1980 film)

Vishwaroopam (transl. The great form) is a 1980 Tamil language Indian feature film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar for Krishna's Padmalaya Pictures. The film stars Shivaji Ganesan, Sridevi and Sujatha in the lead roles.[1] The film was a remake of the Hindi film Adalat.[2]

Vishwaroopam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Produced by	Krishna G. Hanumath Rao for Padmalaya Pictures
Starring	Shivaji Ganesan Sujatha Sridevi Major Sundarrajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Release date	6 November 1980
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Sathyamoorthy / Raja (Dual role)
• Sujatha as Savithri (Sathyamoorthy's Wife)
• Sridevi as Geetha (Raja's Lover)
• Major Sundarrajan as Rajan (Police Officer)
• V. S. Raghavan
• R. S. Manohar as Ashok
• S. V. Ramadas
• Thengai Srinivasan
• Manorama

Soundtrack

S:No	Song's	Singer's	Lyric's
1	"Yenna Yaru Nenacha"	T. M. Soundararajan	Kannadasan
2	"Vazhkaiel Enakkor Puduragam"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3	"Naan Patta Kadan Ethnaiyo"	T. M. Soundararajan	Vaali
4	"Oh Miss"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5	"Rajathi Rajanukku"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	Vaali

Release and reception

Piousji of Sunday wrote, "Though Sivaji was rather impressive in the father's role he looked almost silly as the son."[2]

Vishwaroopam was released on 6 November 1980, Diwali. Despite facing competition from other Diwali releases such as Varumayin Niram Sivappu, Polladhavan and Nizhalgal.

References

1. "Vishwaroopam LP Vinyl Records". musicalaya. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
2. Piousji (16 November 1980). "Khaas Baat". Sunday. p. 57.