Amman Kovil Kizhakale

Amman Kovil Kizhakale (transl. East side of Amman temple) is a 1986 Tamil-language romantic drama film, starring Vijayakanth and Radha. This movie was a big commercial success and became a blockbuster.[2] It ran 100 days in many theaters and ran 175 days in several theaters in Tamil Nadu. All the songs in the film were composed by Ilaiyaraaja and were massive hits. Vijayakanth also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. This movie was remade into Telugu and Kannada.

Amman Kovil Kizhakale
Film poster
Directed byR. Sundarrajan[1]
Produced byPeter Selvakumar
S. P. Pazhaniappan
Written byR. Sundarrajan
StarringVijayakanth
Radha
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographyRaja Rajan
Edited bySrinivas
Krishnaa
Production
company
V. N. S. Productions
Release date
24 April 1986
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Chinnamani (Vijayakanth) lives in a village along with his father and his friends. Chinnamani sings well and always performs during the village temple festivals. Kanmani (Radha) is a wealthy girl, and the only daughter of the village panchayat board president (Ravichandran), who is arrogant. Kanmani, who boasts of being rich enters into clashes with Chinnamani and she decides to take revenge on Chinnamani as Chinnamani does not respect her. She decides to learn music from Chinnamani and also pretends to love him and embarrasses him in front of everyone, which angers Chinnamani and he breaks Kanmani's car. Kanmani beats Chinnamani with whip as it was decided by the panchayat for punishing Chinnamani. Angered, Chinnamani marries Kanmani immediately without her consent. Kanmani's mother (Srividya) tells the truth to Kanmani about Chinnamani.

Actually Chinnamani is the son of Srividya's elder brother (Vinu Chakravarthy), who is a wealthy man. Ravichandran worked under Vinu Chakravarthy and Srividya loved him. But Ravichandran takes all the properties from Vinu Chakravarthy after marrying his sister and sends him out of town. Also, Kanmani is the daughter of Ravichandran's illegitimate relationship with their house maid and Sri Vidya raised her as her own daughter.

Hearing this, Kanmani realizes her mistake and decides to live together with Chinnamani, but he does not believe her. Ravichandran decides to kill Chinnamani and sends a few thugs. Finally, Kanmani kills them and goes to jail. She returns after a few years where she finds Chinnamani as mentally disturbed person searching for Kanmani always. She unites with Chinnamani in the end.

Cast

Production

Sundarrajan initially planned to direct this film with Rajinikanth and also with Murali however things didn't work out. After the success of Vaidehi Kathirunthal (1984), he decided to cast Vijayakanth and Radha in lead roles.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4] All songs were massive hits. The song "Poova Eduthu" is set in Mayamalavagowla raga,[5] the song "Kaalai Nera" set in Abhogi raga.[6]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Chinnamani Kuyile"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamGangai Amaran04:24
2"Kada Veedhi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:13
3"Kalai Nera" (Female)S. Janaki04:49
4"Kalai Nera" (Male)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:21
5"Oru Moonu Mudichaaley"Malaysia Vasudevan04:36
6"Poove Eduthu"P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki04:31
7"Un Paarvayil"K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra04:07

Awards

Remakes
Year Title Director Language Main Cast
1988 Khaidi No. 786 Vijaya Bapineedu Telugu Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya
1990 Nammoora Hammera Peraala Kannada Ambreesh

References
  1. http://www.vlambaram.com/archives/December%2015,%2001.pdf
  2. ChennaiMarch 23, India Today Web Desk; March 23, 2017UPDATED:; Ist, 2017 14:31. "Actor-politician Vijayakanth hospitalised in Chennai". India Today. Retrieved 20 April 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Guna, M. (27 March 2019). "``ஒன்லைன் வாய்ப்பு, ஊட்டி மழை, ரஜினி சொன்ன சஜஷன்!" - ஆர்.சுந்தர்ராஜன் #30YearsOfRajathiraja" [One-line opportunity, Ooty rainfall, Suggestion given by Rajini - R. Sundarrajan]. Ananda Vikatan. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. "Amman Kovil Kizhakkale". raaga. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/a-ragas-journey-the-magic-of-mayamalavagowla/article2618199.ece
  6. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/arresting-abhogi/article2955580.ece
  7. "Does this generation know who the real Captain Vijayakanth really is?". The News Minute. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. "Filmfare awards announced". The Indian Express. 17 July 1987. p. 5.
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