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Priya is a 1978 film, made in Tamil and Kannada, directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Sridevi in the titular role along with Rajinikanth, Aznah Hamid and Ambarish in supporting roles. Priya is a beautiful girl whose boyfriend is Sumant Raja . The story is an adaptation from writer Sujatha's Ganesh - Vasanth novels. The film was a blockbuster and completed a 175-day run at the box office.

Cast[edit]

• Rajinikanth as Ganesh
• Sridevi as Priya
• Ambarish as Bharath
• Major Sundarrajan / K. S. Ashwath as Janardhan (K. Ashwath in Kannada)
• Thengai Srinivasan as Film director
• Aznah Hamid as Subathra
• K. Natraj as Kaali muthu
• Thideer Kannaiah as Vasanth

Plot[edit]

Priya (Sridevi) is a movie star, who is exploited by her producer Janardhan / K. Ashwath (Major Sundarrajan). Janardhan has such a tight control over Priya's financial and personal affairs that he refuses to let her get married to her boyfriend Bharat (Ambarish).

Before she flies off to Singapore for a film shoot, Priya seeks the help of Lawyer Ganesh (Rajinikanth) to get rid of Janardhan.

How Ganesh helps Priya overcome her problems accounts for the rest of this movie, which includes a side story of Ganesh falling in love with a Malay-Indian girl (Aznah Hamid).

The original story written by Sujatha was based in London setting with the Scotland Yard playing a central role. But the film adaptation chose a Singapore and Malaysia as the backdrop and the police force is left out.

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack features five songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja being his 50th film, with lyrics by Panju Arunachalam.

List of all gba roms. The soundtrack of this film is recorded using Stereophonic technology for first time in Tamil cinema.^[1] 'Akarai Cheemai' song was loosely inspired by 'Kites' by Simon Dupree and the Big Sound.^[2] The song 'Hey Paadal Ondru' is set in Kapi raga.^[3]

Tamil version^[4]

• No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
  1.	'Ye Paadal Ondru'	Panchu Arunachalam	K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki	4:32
  2.	'Akarai Cheemai'	Panchu Arunachalam	K. J. Yesudas	4:21
  3.	'Darling Darling'	Panchu Arunachalam	P. Susheela	4:39
  4.	'En Uyir Nee Thaane'	Panchu Arunachalam	K. J. Yesudas, Jency Anthony	4:51
  5.	'Sri Ramanin'	Panchu Arunachalam	K. J. Yesudas	4:02

Allegations[edit]

The footage of the famous car chase sequence from the Steve McQueen film Bullitt was edited and spliced into the climax scene of this film; however, the allegations that ensued was that it was done so without permission.^[6]

References[edit]

1. ^''பிரியா' படத்தில் இளையராஜா இசை: இந்தி இசை அமைப்பாளர் சலீல் சவுத்ரி பாராட்டு -- Priya in the film Music Music'. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
2. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o6kXi44Coo
3. ^https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Notes-that-intrigue/article15616721.ece
4. ^http://www.5starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_listen_download.asp?MovieId=1520
5. ^http://mio.to/album/Priya+%281979%29
6. ^https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/readers-write-in-with-their-top-five-of-their-favorite-films/article8570163.ece

External links[edit]

• Priya on IMDb

Velaikaran (lit. Man servant) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-languageaction comedy film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu and Amala. This film is a remake of the Bollywood film Namak Halaal starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Smita Patil and Parveen Babi.^[1] The movie was a box office success and was later dubbed in Telugu as Patnam Vachina Monagadu.^[2]

Synopsis[edit]

Ragupathy (Rajinikanth) was brought up by his paternal grandfather, Valayapathy (V.K.Ramasamy). He decided to go to the city in search of a new job and life. In the city he meets Senthil, who guides him into an interview in a 5-star hotel owned by Rajkumar (Sarath Babu). While in the hotel, Ragupathy meets Kowsalya, (Amala) and falls in love with her. During this time, many attempts are made to kill Rajkumar by his uncle and son Nassar. The blame for this murder attaches to Rajkumar's mother (K. R. Vijaya), who is actually Ragupathy's mother. Realizing all this, Ragupathy takes an oath that he will not let harm come to Rajkumar.

Cast[edit]

• Rajinikanth as Ragupathy
• Sarath Babu as Rajkumar
• Amala as Kowsalya
• K. R. Vijaya as Savithri
• Achamillai Gopi as Kowsalya's blind brother
• Nassar as Poundraj
• V. K. Ramasamy as Valayapathy
• Senthil as Vaiyapuri

Music[edit]

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[3] The song 'Vaa Vaa Kanna' is set in Hamsadhvani raga.^[4]

Release and reception[edit]

Velaikkaran was released on 7 March 1987.^[5]The Indian Express called it 'pretty run of the mill stuff'.^[6]

References[edit]

1. ^'King of remakes'. Filmfare. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35a-hGGnPfY
3. ^'Velaikaran (1987)'. Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
4. ^https://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/cinema-others/article24400141.ece
5. ^'Velaikkaran'. The Indian Express. 7 March 1987. p. 3.
6. ^'Run-of-the-mill'. The Indian Express. 20 March 1987. p. 14.

External links[edit]

• Velaikkaran on IMDb