Vellikizhamai Viratham

Vellikizhamai Viratham
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	R. Thyagarajan
Screenplay by	Aaroor Dass
Story by	Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Produced by	Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Starring	Sivakumar Jayachitra Jayasudha
Cinematography	V. Ramamoorthy
Edited by	M. G. Balu Rao P. Babu
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Dhandayudhapani Films
Release date	12 April 1974 (1974-04-12)
Running time	146 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vellikizhamai Viratham (pronounced [ʋeɭɭikiɻamaɪ ʋiɾaðam] transl. Fast on Friday) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language devotional film, directed by R. Thyagarajan in his debut and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under Dhandayudhapani Films.[2] The film stars Sivakumar, Jayachitra and Jayasudha, along with Nagesh, Sundarrajan, Srikanth and Sasikumar as supporting actors. It was released on 12 April 1974. The film was remade in Telugu as Nomu (1974)[3] and in Hindi as Shubh Din (1974).^[citation needed]

Plot

Cast

• Sivakumar as Nagarajan / Rajan[2]
• Nagesh as Ramu
• Sundarrajan as Kanthasamy
• Srikanth as Ashok[2]
• Sasikumar as Suresh[2]
• Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar as Nattamai
• Jayachitra as Parvathi[2]
• Jayasudha as Jaya[2]

Production

Vellikizhamai Viratham is the directorial debut of R. Thyagarajan.[4][5] Kamal Haasan worked under K. Thangappan as his dance assistant.[6] The film's story was written by Sandow Chinnappa Thevar inspired from the films The Shadow of the Cat and Cult of the Cobra who initially created a plot revolving around a child and snake since Thyagarajan wanted romance, a new plot was formed. Thyagarajan revealed sound overlapping system technology was used in the film.[4] Thyagarajan initially wanted to film in black-and-white; however Chinnappa Thevar insisted him to film in colour. 15 cobras were bought specially for this film.[7]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics were written by A. Maruthakasi.[8]

Song	Singer	Length
"Yethaiyo Ninaithathu"	P. Susheela	3:44
"Aasai Anbu"	T. M. Soundararajan P. Susheela	3:37
"Deviyin Thirumugam"		3:46
"Gellu Gellu" (Charming Beautiful)		4:12

Release

Vellikizhamai Viratham was released on 12 April 1974.[9] The film was a major success,[2] and propelled Jayachitra to stardom.[10]

Reception

[11]

References

1. Dharap, B. V. (1974). Indian Films. Motion Picture Enterprises. p. 98. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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. Prasad, Arun (25 February 2023). "பாம்பை வைத்து படம் எடுத்ததுக்கு இப்படி ஒரு வரவேற்பா!… வெளிநாட்டுக்காரனையே அசரடித்த நம்மூர் தயாரிப்பாளர்…". CineReporters (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. சலன் (11 March 1979). "நாகசாந்தியும் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை விரதமும்" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 60–62. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
5. "Chinnappa Devar family scion speaks about dad, granddad & films with Rajini". News Today. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
6. சிவகுமார் (21 May 2021). "திரைப்படச்சோலை 33: வெள்ளிக்கிழமை விரதம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
7. "வெ.விரதம் முதல் ச. விரதம் வரை". Kalki (in Tamil). 15 May 1983. pp. 63–64. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
8. "Vellikkizhamai Viratham Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
9. "வெள்ளிக்கிழமை விரதம்". Navamani (in Tamil). 11 April 1974. p. 4. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.
10. 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.
11. "வெள்ளிக்கிழமை விரதம்". Navamani (in Tamil). 7 May 1974. p. 4. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.

External links

• Vellikizhamai Viratham at IMDb