''Annai Vayal'' is a 1992 Indian

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written and directed by

Ponvannan Ponvannan (born Shanmugam; 23 September 1964) is an Indian actor and director who has worked in Tamil cinema and television. After beginning his career as an artist (painter), Ponvannan apprenticed as a director and writer under Bharathiraja. H ...

in his directorial debut. The film stars Vignesh, Raj Murali,

Vinodhini Vinodhini, also known by her stage name, Shweta is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and Tamil serials. Beginning her acting career as a child artist, she went on to become one of the popular actress of ...

and Rayalsri. It was released on 25 September 1992 and failed at the box office.

Plot

Cast

Production

''Annai Vayal'' is the directorial debut of Ponvannan. Raj Murali, son of the producer Guruji, made his acting debut with this film. Vinodhini's voice was dubbed by

Savitha Radhakrishnan Savitha Radhakrishnan is an Indian voice actor. Career Radhakrishnan made her debut as a child voice actor in a film for Sujitha and continued for many movies as a voice actor in both Tamil and Telugu movies. She later as a teen dubbed for f ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Sirpy R. Narayanan Sirpy, known by his stage name Sirpy, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languag ...

. Despite the film's lacklustre box office performance,

Palani Bharathi Palani Bharathi or Pazhani Bharathi ( or ) is an Indian writer and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. Early life Palani Bharathi was born in Karaikudi to Sami Palaniappan, a poet, and Kamala. He has a brother and four sisters. Palaniappan w ...

, who wrote the lyrics of two songs, got more film offers.

Release and reception

''Annai Vayal'' was released on 25 September 1992. Malini Mannath of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review, primarily for Ponvannan's dialogues, the cinematography, editing and music. She also appreciated Vignesh and Vinodhini's performances, but felt Raj Murali "has to work more on his expressions". According to Ponvannan, the film did not come out the way he expected due to creative differences with the producer, hence the film failed at the box-office.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1992 directorial debut films 1992 drama films 1992 films Films directed by Ponvannan Films scored by Sirpy Indian drama films Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films