''Amman Kovil Kizhakale'' () is a 1986 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

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, starring

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and

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. It was released on 24 April 1986, and emerged a commercial success. Vijayakanth also won the

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. It was remade into

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as ''

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'' (1988) and

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as '' Nammoora Hammera'' (1990).

Plot

Chinnamani lives in a village along with his father and his friends. Chinnamani sings well and always performs during the village temple festivals. Kanmani is a wealthy girl, and the only daughter of the village panchayat board president, who is arrogant. Kanmani, who boasts of being rich enters into clashes with Chinnamani and she decides to take revenge on Chinnamani as Chinnamani does not respect her. She decides to learn music from Chinnamani and also pretends to love him and embarrasses him in front of everyone, which angers Chinnamani.She also breaks his Harmonium for which in anger, he breaks Kanmani's car. Kanmani beats Chinnamani with whip as it was decided by the panchayat for punishing Chinnamani. Angered, Chinnamani marries Kanmani by tying the

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around her neck immediately without her consent. Kanmani's mother tells the truth to Kanmani about Chinnamani. Actually Chinnamani is the son of Srividya's elder brother, who is a wealthy man. Ravichandran worked under Vinu Chakravarthy and Srividya loved him. But Ravichandran takes all the properties from Vinu Chakravarthy after marrying his sister and sends him out of town. Also, Kanmani is the daughter of Ravichandran's illegitimate relationship with their house maid and Sri Vidya raised her as her own daughter. Hearing this, Kanmani realises her mistake and decides to live together with Chinnamani, but he does not believe her. Ravichandran decides to kill Chinnamani and sends a few thugs. Finally, Kanmani kills them and goes to jail. She returns after a few years where she finds Chinnamani as mentally disturbed person searching for Kanmani always. She unites with Chinnamani in the end.

Cast

Production

Sundarrajan wrote the story of ''Amman Kovil Kizhakale'' with

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in mind. However, following the release of ''

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'' (1984), he wanted to cast its lead actor

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and

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, to no avail. After the success of ''

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'' (1984), he finalised Vijayakanth and Radha. The title was derived from a song from '' Sakalakala Vallavan'' (1982). Shooting took place in

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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. All lyrics were written by

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. The song "Chinnamani Kuyile" is set to

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raga, "Poova Eduthu" is set to

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, "Kaalai Nera" is set to

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, and "Un Paarvayil" is set to

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Release and reception

''Amman Kovil Kizhakale'' was released on 24 April 1986. Jayamanmadhan of ''

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'' opined that although the film was dragging frequently, it could be watched to know what happens in the plot. Vijayakanth won the

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil film lead actors. The Filmfare Awards South Awards were extended to "Best Actor" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of t ...

, the

Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil The Cinema Express Best Actor Award is given as a part of its annual Cinema Express Awards for Tamil (Kollywood Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main sp ...

, and the Pesum Padam Award for Best Actor.

References

Bibliography

External links

* * {{R. Sundarrajan 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1986 films 1986 romantic drama films Films directed by R. Sundarrajan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romantic drama films Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language romantic drama films