''Puthukavithai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth, Jyothi and Saritha. It is a remake of the 1976

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

film '' Naa Ninna Mareyalare''. The film was released on 11 June 1982.

Plot

Anand is a motorcycle contest champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship introduces him to Uma, who is the daughter of a haughty, rich woman called Thilakavathy. Initially, Uma thinks Anand has too dark a complexion; but soon her feelings turn into love. Thilakavathy deceives Anand and Uma into thinking that she had agreed to their wedding; while secretly planning to get Uma married to someone else named Prem Anand. On the day of the wedding, she gets Anand locked up. Anand escapes, but not soon enough to stop the wedding. The next time they meet, Uma sees Anand seemingly happily married to Kalyani and with a child studying in the second standard. Uma mentions that she is happily married too, and has two children. Meanwhile, Kalyani invites Uma to her house for Diwali festival celebrations, where she reveals a secret: Kalyani is not actually married to Anand, but to someone else. Furthermore, Kalyani and her husband had actually saved Anand who was lying drunk on a road, so Anand stayed with them and their child, who happens to also be named Uma. Meanwhile, Anand discovers that Uma is a widow now and that she had lied to him about having kids and being happily married. Anand promises to marry Uma and finally they reunite.

Cast

Production

''Puthukavithai'' was a remake of Kannada film ''Naa Ninna Mareyalare''. While scouting locations to shoot the song "Vellai Pura Ondru" in scenic places like Coutralam and Munnar, Muthuraman witnessed a blanket of fog on the water during 4:30 in the morning, he decided to shoot the song at this time for this frame thus it was shot.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

. The song "Vellai Pura Onru" is set in Kalyani raga, "Vaarey Vaa" in Pahadi and "Vaa Vaa Vasanthamey" is set in Mohanam.

Release and reception

''Puthukavithai'' was released on 11 June 1982. Playing on the film's title, Thiraignani of ''

Kalki Kalki (), also called Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages i ...

'' called it "Burr Burr Kavithai" (whoosh whoosh story).

References

External links

* {{Kavithalaya Productions 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 films 1982 romantic drama films Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films with screenplays by Visu Indian romantic drama films Tamil remakes of Kannada films Tamil-language Indian films