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Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye
Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye
	Poster
Directed by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Written by	Aaroor Dass (dialogues)
Story by	Rajendrakumar
Produced by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Starring	Sridevi; Vijayakumar; Jayachitra; Rajinikanth
Cinematography	T. S. Vinayagam
Edited by	B. Kanthasamy
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Cine Bharath
Release date	14 July 1978;
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye (transl. Oh Lover Who is Deserving of Greetings) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Sridevi, Vijayakumar, Jai Ganesh, Rajinikanth and Jayachitra. Based on the novel of the same name by Rajendrakumar,^[1] it revolves around a woman who has the ability to predict the future events. The film was released on 14 July 1978.

Plot

Cast

Sridevi as Shanti and Jenny^[2]
Rajinikanth as Joe^[2]
Vijayakumar as Umashankar^[2]
Jayachitra as Deepa
S. V. Subbaiah as Sangaralingam
Manorama as Sevanthi
Jai Ganesh as Senthil
S. A. Ashokan as Thomas Alva
Thengai Srinivasan as Sevanthi's husband
K. Natraj as Doctor
Gandhimathi as Aunt
Veeraraghavan as Doctor
S. N. Parvathy as Umashankar's mother
A. R. S as Doctor
K. K. Soundar as Ramu
Oru Viral Krishna Rao
M. R. R. Vasu

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Soundtrack

All songs were written by Vaali and composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^{[citation needed]}

Title	Singer(s)	Length
"Swing Swing Unadhu"	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam	4:34
"Adiyenaip Paramma"	Jolly Abraham, B.S.Sasirekha	4:04
"Kottu Kottu"	L. R. Eswari, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:48
"Vinnagi Mannagi"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan	4:40

Release and reception

Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye was released on 14 July 1978.^[3] P. S. M. of Kalki felt writer Rajendra Kumar in the name of knitting suspenseful twists has totally confused it but praised the music and cinematography.^[4]

Legacy

The film had an introductory song to mark Rajinikanth's entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films.^[2]

References

^ Manian, Aranthai (2020). திரைப்படங்களான இலக்கியங்களும் நாடகங்களும் (in Tamil). Pustaka Digital Media. p. 1924.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
^ "சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் | சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ பி. எஸ். எம். (30 July 1978). "வணக்கத்துக்குரிய காதலியே". Kalki (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

External links

Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye at IMDb

[1] Manian, Aranthai (2020). திரைப்படங்களான இலக்கியங்களும் நாடகங்களும் (in Tamil). Pustaka Digital Media. p. 1924.

[Ramachandran-2] Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.

[3] "சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் | சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[4] பி. எஸ். எம். (30 July 1978). "வணக்கத்துக்குரிய காதலியே". Kalki (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

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