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directed by

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plays the lead role as goddess

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, while

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, and Vivek play supporting roles.

Plot

The film starts with a saint in a

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announcing to his students that

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's birth to kill the evil shall come soon. The

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kills the saint, but Devi's birth is not stopped. It grows up as a child for Shekar and Savithri. The child gets all kinds of harms from the Satan, but the Goddess Palayathu Amman saves it every time. At the same time, Savithri thinks Palayathu Amman wants to take away her child, so she tries to save it from her. At last, the child is kidnapped and about to be killed when Palayathu Amman kills the Satan and returns the child to her parents.

Cast

as Shekar *

as Palayathu Amman *

as Savithri *

as Asureswaran * Vivek as Kalyanaraman *

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as Businessman seeking services of

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* Akshya Jayram as Sathya

Production

The film completed its shoot with the working title of ''Devatha'', before the director chose to title the film ''Palayathu Amman''.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.

Reception

Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "As the title suggests it is once again a good-versus-evil and a Goddess-testing-devotee kind of a film. There is nothing new by way of subject or treatment" but appreciated the CG towards the climax.

Legacy

The comedy subplot, including a scene where Vivek parodies the climax of '' Parasakthi'' (1952) gained immense popularity.

References

External links

* {{Rama Narayanan 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2002 films Films directed by Rama Narayanan Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar Films shot in Madurai Hindu devotional films Tamil-language Indian films