Vaadai Kaatru

Vaadai Kaatru
Poster
Directed byPremnath Moraes
Screenplay bySembian Selvan
Based onVaadai Kaatru
by Sengai Aaliyan
Produced byA. Sivadasan
R. Mahendran
S. Gunaratnam
StarringA. E. Manoharan
Music byRe. Ev. Ladeep
Production
company
Kamalalayam Movies
Release date
  • 30 March 1978 (1978-03-30)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageTamil

Vaadai Kaatru (transl. Northerly wind) is a 1978 Sri Lankan Tamil-language film, directed by Premnath Moraes, based on the novel of the same name by Sengai Aaliyan. The film stars A. E. Manoharan in his lead debut. It was released on 30 March 1978.

Plot

Cast

Source[1]

  • A. E. Manoharan as Semion
  • K. S. Balachandran as Virudhachalam
  • S. Yesuratnam as Ponnu
  • Dr. Indrakumar as Mariyadas
  • A. Francis as Savirimuthu
  • K. Kandasamy as Soosai
  • K. A. Jawahar as Sudale Shanmugam
  • S. S. Ganeshappallai as Sivasambu
  • Ladis Veeramani as Peyoti
  • K. Ambalavanar as Yusuf
  • Chandrakala as Philomena
  • Anandharani as Nagamma
  • Vasantha Appathurai as Dreesamma
  • Jayadevi as Annam
  • S. Pararasasingham
  • Sivabalan
  • Anran Rajan Lampord
  • Prakasam
  • Tingiri Sivaguru
  • Nehru

Production

Vaadai Kaatru, based on the novel of the same name by Sengai Aaliyan,[2] is the debut film for Manoharan in a leading role.[3][4] The film was shot in the sand dunes of Pesalai in 1977.[1][5]

Release and reception

Vaadai Kaatru was released on 30 March 1978,[1] and won the Presidential Film Award for Best Story.[3] In retrospect, Sri Lankan-born journalist D. B. S. Jeyaraj has referred to it as the best Sri Lankan Tamil film ever made.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "இலங்கை தமிழ் சினிமாவின் கதை - 'வாடைக்காற்று' நாவல் திரைப்படமாகியது". Pesaamozhi (in Tamil). 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ^ தேவதாஸ், தம்பிஐயா (1994). இலங்கைத் தமிழ்ச் சினிமாவின் கதை [Story of Sri Lankan Tamil cinema] (in Tamil). Kanthalagam. pp. 160–170. OCLC 33042736.
  3. ^ a b "'Surangani' Ceylon Manohar passes away". Deccan Chronicle. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ^ "'Surangani' singer Ceylon Manohar passes away". The News Minute. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Gentlest human being and a loving father". Daily Mirror. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ Jeyaraj, D.B.S. (13 February 1999). "For a distinct identity". Frontline. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ Walpola, Thilina (4 February 2023). "My father, the unforgettable Premnath Moaraes". The Island. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.