Gopura Vasalile
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan[1] |
| Written by | Priyadarshan[1] |
| Starring | Karthik Bhanupriya Suchitra Junior Balaiya Janagaraj Ramaswamy V. K. Nassar Charle |
| Music by | Illayaraja |
| Release date(s) | 1991 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Tamil |
Gopura Vasalile is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film starring Karthik, Bhanupriya, Suchitra, Junior Balaiya, Janagaraj, Suchitra, VK_Ramaswamy, and Nassar. The story of the film borrows some subplots from the Malayalam film Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran.[1] Mohanlal made a special appearance in a song along with Karthik and Suchitra. The film is one of the earliest examples of black humour in Tamil cinema.
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[edit] Plot
Karthik is a schoolteacher in a local town. He is a bachelor living along with his friends, Nassar, Junior Balaiya and Charlie. Karthik has had a troubled love-life, having lost his lover, Suchitra in a car accident. His friends are wastrels who roam about the town, flirting with the local girls. During one such dalliance with an army officer, VK Ramaswamy's daughter, Bhanupriya, they are put behind the bars for a few days. Karthik also gets peeved with their behaviour and reprimands them for their uncouth behaviour.
Humiliated, the friends decide to wreak their revenge on Karthik. They collude with Janagaraj, a clerk in a local bank and attempt to trick Karthik into believing that Bhanupriya is in love with him. A few anonymous letters later, the plan comes out successful.
In the meantime, during the course of a few accidental events, Karthik comes across to Bhanupriya as a brave and resourceful hero. Impressed, she seeks his hand in marriage through the help of her father. This sudden development takes his scheming friends aback. They cook up evidences to convince Karthik that Bhanupriya is a whore. The gullible hero believes the subterfuge and cancels the plans of marriage.
Despondent after the twin love failures in his life, Karthik attempts suicide in a hotel. Thinking he is dead, the friends flee the town to avoid police confrontations. It is finally revealed to the viewers that Karthik was rescued by the police later and had reunited with Bhanupriya, after the foul play was decoded. Karthik pardons the friends as they had played some role in developing a love with his wife and invites them to a banquet at his new house atop a hill.
[edit] Songs
The original score and six original songs for the movie were composed by maestro Ilayaraja.
- Kadhal Kavithaigal - S. P. Balasubramaniam, K. S. Chitra
- Kehladee En - S. P. Balasubramaniam
- Naatham - K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki
- Priyasagi - Mano, S. Janaki
- Thevadhai Pohl - Malaysia Vasudevan
- Thalattum Pongkaatru - S. Janaki
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Gopura Vasalile, IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255200/, retrieved 2008-11-17
[edit] External links
- Gopura Vasalile at the Internet Movie Database
- Soundtrack Ref I - Soundtrack Ref II - Soundtrack Ref III
- Listen to songs @ imayam.org
