Gayathri (1977 film)

Gaayathri
Directed by	R. Pattabhiraman
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam
Story by	Sujatha
Produced by	Vijaya-Meena
Starring	Rajinikanth Jaishankar Sridevi Rajasulochana Tiger Prabhakar
Cinematography	Vinayagam
Edited by	B. Kandhasamy
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Vijaya Meena Films
Release date	7 October 1977
Running time	122 Minutes
Language	Tamil

Gaayathri is a Tamil film directed by R. Pattabhiraman. It stars Rajinikanth and Sridevi in the lead roles. Once again, Rajini plays a cruel husband of Sridevi. Jaishankar plays a guest role in this movie. Singer Sujatha Mohan made her debut as a singer through this film at the age of 12. The movie was based on the story "Gayathri", written by Sujatha Rangarajan. According to Panchu Arunachalam, this was the movie that turned Rajini's fortunes as seeing the audience's favorable response to Rajini (Villain) over Jaishankar (hero), he decided to cast him in a positive role in Bhuvana Oru Kelvikuri.

Plot

Rajarathnam (Rajinikanth) is a rich man who lives with his sister Sarasu (Rajasulochana) and a young house maid in Chennai. Her sister arranges a marriage for him with Gaayathri (Sridevi), who lives in Trichy. Soon after they marry, Gaayathri moves to Rajarathnam's house and gets shocked to find that things are not what they actually seem, but there is something fishy with the family. Rajarathnam is a blue-film producer who records the bedroom scenes of himself with his wife (Sridevi), without her knowledge and sells it on the black market. Gaayathri initially believes Rajarathnam, but later discovers that he was already married to a woman who has become mad now. Ganesh Jaishankar comes to know about this and tries to free Gaayathri from the hands of Rajarathnam. But, unfortunately Gaayathri dies in the end.

Cast

• Rajinikanth as Rajarathnam
• Sridevi as Gaayathri
• Jaishankar as Ganesh (Guest Appearance)
• Rajasulochana as Sarasu, Rajarathnam's Elder Sister
• S. A. Ashokan as Iyer
• Venniradai Moorthy as Chellappa, Ganesh's Friend
• M. N. Rajam as Gaayathri's Mother
• Delhi Kumar as Gaayathri's Father
• Tiger Prabhakar

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Panchu Arunachalam and composed by Ilaiyaraaja {{Tracklist | all_music = Ilaiyaraaja | all_lyrics = Panchu Arunachalam | extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Kaalai Paniyil Aadum | extra1 = Sujatha Mohan | length1 = 4:00

| title2 =Vaazhve Mayama | extra2 = B. S. Sasirekha | length2 = 3:57

| title3 =Aattam Kondattam | extra3 = P. Susheela | length3 = 4:06

| title4 = Unnai Thaan | extra4 = A. L. Raghavan, S. Janaki | length4 = 3:40 |}

External links

• Gaayathri at IMDb