''Gnanapazham'' ( ) is a 1996 Indian

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-language film directed R. P. Viswam and written by

K. Bhagyaraj Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, film producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi films and TV serials. As an actor, he has ...

who also composed the music. The film stars Bhagyaraj,

Sukanya Sukanya () is a princess In Hindu mythology. She is the daughter of Sharyati, the son of Vaivasvata Manu, and the wife of the sage Chyavana. Legend Marriage According to the narrative found in the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata, Sage Chya ...

Vineetha Vineetha is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil films and Malayalam films. She has also acted in some Kannada, Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi films. She made her debut through the Tamil film ''Chinna ...

and

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. It was released on 15 November 1996.

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by K. Bhagyaraj.

Pa. Vijay Pa. Vijay is an Indian lyricist, poet, writer, director, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in India for his song '' Ovvoru Pookalume'' in Cheran's ''Autograph'' (2004). C ...

made his debut as lyricist with this film.

Reception

R. P. R. of ''

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'' praised Sukanya's performance and technical elements which previous films of Bhagyaraj lacked in but felt the film lacked trademark humour of Bhagyaraj and the film's climax suffers from artificiality and concluded calling it a mutual disappointment for Bhagyaraj and his fans.

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* {{Bhagyaraj 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1996 films Films about journalists Films scored by K. Bhagyaraj Films with screenplays by K. Bhagyaraj Tamil-language Indian films