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Jallikattu Kaalai
Directed byManivasagam
Written byManivasagam
K. C. Thangam (dialogues)
Produced byK. Balu
Starring
CinematographyRaghunatha Reddy
Edited byL. Kesavan
Music byDeva
Production
company
K. B. Films
Distributed byK. B. Films
Release date
  • 2 November 1994 (1994-11-02)
Running time
161 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Jallikattu Kaalai is a 1994 Indian Tamil film, directed by Manivasagam, starring Prabhu and Kanaka in lead roles. The film, produced by K. Balu, had musical score by Deva, and was among 1994 Deepavali releases.[1][2][3]

Plot

Gopalakrishnan (Prabhu) works in a mill owned by Sundara Gounder (Malaysia Vasudevan). Radha (Kanaka), Sundara Gounder's daughter, back to the village after her study, falls in love with Gopalakrishnan. Otherwise, Loose Gounder (Anandaraj) is a vicious man who raped women and killed them afterward.

Knowing his daughter's love, Sundara Gounder arranges a marriage to Radha with a fraud. Her fiancé accepts to let Radha for one night with Loose Gounder. Gopalakrishnan cancels the marriage and the fraud is arrested by the police. Sundara Gounder apologizes Gopalakrishnan and Radha gets married with her lover.

Loose Gounder kills Gopalakrishnan's calf and the wedding night is cancelled therefore. Their wedding night is postponed.

Radha misunderstands a conversation between Gopalakrishnan and a woman, the woman lies that she had a sexual relationship with her husband.

At the wedding night, Gopalakrishnan says that the women lied but Radha doesn't believe him. In fact, the woman was forced to lie because Loose Gounder raped her before and he promised to marry her. Loose Gounder kills her and Gopalakrishnan goes to her house, Radha thinks that Gopalakrishnan killed the woman.

Gopalakrishnan finds the culprit, Loose Gounder kidnaps him and his wife. Loose Gounder is killed by Gopalakrishnan's cow, the mother of the killed calf.

Cast

Soundtrack

Untitled

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks, lyrics written by Kalidasan.[4]

Track Song Singer(s) Duration
1 "Aanakili" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha 6:14
2 "Nadaya Ithu Nadaya" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:13
3 "Nimmathi Enna Vilai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:08
4 "Sirumalli Poove" Mano, K. S. Chithra 5:04
5 "Thookanakuruvi" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 4:57

Critical reception

K. Vijayan of New Strait Times wrote claiming that "it did not live up to the expectations".[5]

References

  1. ^ "filmography of jallikattu kaalai". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Find Tamil Movie Jallikattu Kaalai". jointscene.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Jallikattu Kaalai". popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Find Tamil Movie Jallikattu Kaalai". jointscene.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  5. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19941119&printsec=frontpage&hl=en