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Archanai Pookal

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Archanai Pookal
Directed byGokula Krishnan
Written byGokula Krishnan
Produced byK. Gopinathan
StarringChandrasekhar
Mohan
Rajyalakshmi
Subhathra
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byT. Sekar
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Bagavathy Creations
Release date
  • 15 October 1982 (1982-10-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Archanai Pookal (transl. Sacred flowers) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Gokula Krishnan, starring Chandrasekhar, Mohan, Rajyalakshmi and Subathra. The film was released on 15 October 1982,[1] and failed at the box office.[2]

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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Archanai Pookkal marked the directorial debut of Gokula Krishnan who earlier assisted K. Bhagyaraj.[3]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4][5]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Aavaram Kaatukul" Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan Kannadasan 04:16
"Kaveriye" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki Gangai Amaran 04:17
"Naduchamam Poyachu" Malaysia Vasudevan, R. Bhaskar Vaali 04:43
"Vazhimel Vizhiyaal" S. Janaki 04:23
"Paappa Pacha" Malaysia Vasudevan, P. Susheela Gangai Amaran 04:25

Reception

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Sindhu-Jeeva of Kalki praised the film for pleasant visuals, beautiful music but panned the editing and unnecessary symbolic shots.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Archanai Pookal ( 1982 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ Umashanker, Sudha (17 October 1987). "Poornam: 'Acting is a commitment'". The Indian Express. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ a b சிந்து-ஜீவா (7 February 1982). "அர்ச்சனை பூக்கள்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 62–63. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Archanai Pookkal (1982)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Archanai Pookal Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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