''Velum Mayilum Thunai'' ( ) is a 1979 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

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directed and written by

Ra. Sankaran Ramarathnam Sankaran (12 June 1931 – 14 December 2023) was an Indian actor and director. He acted in supporting roles in many Tamil films and a few Telugu films. Life and career Ramarathnam Sankaran was born on 12 June 1931. He was a cousin ...

with dialogue by Rajasekhar. The film stars

M. R. Radha Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan (14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979), better known as M. R. Radha, was an Indian actor and politician active in Tamil plays and films. He was given the title "Nadigavel" (King of Acting) by Pattukkottai ...

in dual roles and Baby Sudha. It was released on 23 March 1979.

Plot

Velayudham is a non-believer in god while his own son Saravanan opposes him in topic on divine power.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu movies for around 50 years. They also directed one movie '' Jagathalaprathapan'' in 1990 Personal life Shankar was the younger brother of ...

and the lyrics were written by

Kannadasan Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important l ...

and Vaali.

Reception

P. S. M. 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 ...

'' praised Ra. Sankaran for providing devotional offering for devotees.

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*{{IMDb title 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1979 films Films directed by Ra. Sankaran Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Films shot in Madurai Hindu devotional films Tamil-language Indian films