Villu Pattukaran
Title card
Directed byGangai Amaran
Written byGangai Amaran
Produced byKarumari Kandasamy
J. Durai
Starring
CinematographyA. Sabapathy
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Vijaya Movies
Release date
  • 27 November 1992 (1992-11-27)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Villu Pattukaran (pronounced [ʋillu paːʈʈukaːɾan] transl. The Villu Paatu singer) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan, Rani and Chandrasekhar. It was released on 27 November 1992.[1][2]

Plot

Kalimuthu is the lead singer of a group performing Villu Paatu. The village head decides to reconstruct the tumbledown village temple and gives Kalimuthu responsibility for funding money. Finally, the music composer Ilaiyaraaja helps them financially. Then, Kalimuthu approaches a reputed sculptor from another village. The sculptor and his daughter Abhirami come to their village. Later, Kalimuthu and Abhirami fall in love with each other. Abhirami's father wants to marry Abhirami to his nephew Rajasekharan while the village head's son Chelladurai (Vikas Rishi), a womaniser, has an eye for Abhirami. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[3] The song "Ponnil Vaanam" is set to the raga Khamas.[4]

SongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
"Kalaivaniyo Raniyo"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamGangai Amaran5:04
"Ponnil Vaanam"S. Janaki4:29
"Sakthi Bhagavati"Mano, 'Kuladeivam' Rajagopal2:31
"Solai Malai Ooram"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:52
"Thandhen Thandhen"Malaysia VasudevanVaali4:33
"Vaanam Ennum"K. S. ChithraGangai Amaran4:57

Reception

Ayyappa Prasad of The Indian Express stated "the film has a very weak storyline" but praised the film's songs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "வில்லு பாட்டுக்காரன் / Villu Pattukaran (1992)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "villu pattukkaran ( 1992 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Villu Pattukaran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 153. OCLC 295034757.
  5. ↑ Prasad, Ayyappa (4 December 1992). "Another patu". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
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