Vellikizhamai Viratham

Vellikizhamai Viratham (transl.Fast on Friday) is a 1974 Tamil-language Hindu devotional film, directed by R. Thyagarajan and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under production by Dhandayudhapani films.[2] The dialogue was written by Aaroor Dass and the story was written by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. Music was by Sankar Ganesh. It stars Sivakumar, Jayachitra, Srikanth, Jayasudha and Nagesh playing lead roles. Major Sundarrajan and Sasikumar played supporting roles. Kamal Haasan worked under K.Thangappan as his dance assistant in this movie. The film was remade in Telugu as Nomu (1974) and in Hindi as Shubh Din (1974).

Vellikizhamai Viratham
Directed byR. Thyagarajan
Produced bySandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Screenplay byAaroor Dass
Story bySandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
StarringSivakumar
Srikanth
Jayachitra
Jayasudha
Music bySankar Ganesh
CinematographyV. Ramamoorthy
Edited byM. G. Balu Rao
P. Babu
Production
company
Dhandayudhapani Films
Release date
12 April 1974
Running time
146 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Sankar Ganesh and lyrics were written by A. Maruthakasi.[3]

No.SongSingerLyricsLength(m:ss)
1"Yethaiyo Ninaithathu"P. SusheelaA. Maruthakasi3:44
2"Aasai Anbu"T. M. Soundararajan P. Susheela3:37
3"Deviyin Thirumugam"3:46
4"Gellu Gellu" (Charming Beautiful)4:12

Reception

Vellikizhamai Viratham was a major success,[2] and propelled Jayachitra to stardom.[4]

References

  1. Dharap, B. V. (1974). Indian Films. National Film Archive of India. p. 98.
  2. Guy, Randor (12 November 2016). "Vellikizhamai Viratham (1974) TAMIL". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "vellikilamai viratham songs". tamiltunes. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. Ramesh, Neeraja (30 November 2018). "Scene change: Rules limit screen presence of animals". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.


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