''Rettai Vaal Kuruvi'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language

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film directed, written and photographed by Balu Mahendra, starring Mohan, Radhika and Archana. It is based on the 1984 American film '' Micki & Maude''. The film was released on 27 February 1987.

Plot

The story sets back to the vintage Madras Presidency. Gopi works in the National TV Station under his handler Margabandhu, a confidant and good friend. Though Gopi has already been married to Thulasi, the rightful daughter of his aunt, he finds love in Radha, who is a reputed singer. Gopi swaps between the two consorts, and the film sets in a mood of hilarious, romantic journey. This goes on until it ends up in admitting both of the wives at a same hospital due to different reasons. He manages to cover up his secret love to be known from each other, which fails in the end. Finally, the film ends on a happy note sharing the lives between the trio and two beautiful little kids.

Cast

Soundtrack

The 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 "Kannan Vanthu" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Natabhairavi, while "Raja Raja Chozhan" is set in Keeravani. This song involves a "switch from 12/8 to shuffle". For the dubbed Telugu version ''Rendu Thokala Pitta'', all songs were written by Rajasri.

Release and reception

''Rettai Vaal Kuruvi'' was released on 27 February 1987. N. Krishnaswamy of ''

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'' wrote, "Mohan, Archana and Radhika carry themselves with ease. Balu's photography, as usual, is marked by chiaroscuro, play of light and shade." Jayamanmadhan 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 ...

'' were surprised to see Balu Mahendra directing an A rated film while praising the performances of Mohan, Archana and Radhika while also praising Mahendra's cinematography and Ilaiyaraaja's music and concluded saying latter half of the film should be watched again by the censor board.

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* {{Balu Mahendra 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1987 films 1987 romantic comedy films Fiction about polygamy Films directed by Balu Mahendra Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian remakes of American films Indian romantic comedy films Tamil-language Indian films