Kasi Yathirai
| Kasi Yathirai காசியாத்திரை | |
|---|---|
| File:Kasi Yathirai film .jpg DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | S. P. Muthuraman |
| Written by | V. C. Guhanathan |
| Story by | V. C. Guhanathan |
| Produced by | S. S. Sethuraman |
| Starring | V. K. Ramasamy Manorama Sreekanth Cho Suruli Rajan Jaya |
| Cinematography | Babu S. I. C. A |
| Edited by | R. Vittal |
| Music by | Shankar Ganesh |
Production company | Sri Devi Cine Arts |
| Distributed by | Sri Devi Cine Arts |
Release date | 25 May 1973 |
Running time | 128 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kasi Yathirai (தமிழ்: காசியாத்திரை, English: Pilgrimage to Kasi (Or)Journey to Kasi) is a 1973 Tamil language comedy film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by S. S. Sethuraman under Sri Devi Cine Tone. The film's script was written by V. C. Guhanathan. Soundtrack was composed by Sankar Ganesh. The film stars V. K. Ramasamy, Sreekanth, Suruli Rajan in lead roles with Kumari Padmini, Jaya, Manorama (played dual role in the film One is Stage-drama actress Andal and another is Dr. Dhamodran daughter lalitha), M. R. R. Vasu and Cho Ramaswamy portraying supporting role.[1][2] Kamal Haasan worked under Thangappan as his dance assistant in this movie.[3]
Cast
- V. K. Ramasamy as Paramasivam Pillai
- Manorama as Andal (Stage-actress)/Lalitha(chokkalingam lover)
- Cho Ramaswamy as Chokkalingam (Seetha's Uncle)
- Sreekanth as Ramu
- Suruli Rajan as Shankar (Ramu house maid/Uma's lover)
- Jaya as Seetha (Ramu's lover)
- Kumari Padmini as Uma (Ramu's Sister)
- Thengai Srinivasan as Kanthasamy (drama contractor)
- M. R. R. Vasu as Mayandi
- Gandhimathi as Parvathi
- Appalachari as Markandeyan Shastri
- ISR as Munniyappan (paramasivam pillai Assistant)
- Typist Gopu as Kattakula Swamyji (Paramasivam pillai Guruji)
Crew
- Director : S. P. Muthuraman
- Producer : S. S. Sethuraman
- Script : V. C. Guhanathan
- Music : Sankar Ganesh
- Lyrics : Vaali and Panchu Arunachalam
- Studio : Barani Pictures and Karpagam
- Production : Devi Cine Arts
- Art : Radha
- setting : T. V. Kumar and C. Chandran
- Design : Uppault
- Processing : R. Paramasivam (AVM Film Lab)
- Stills : S. P. Azhagappan
- Publicity : Sathyam Advertisement
- Audiography(song) : Kodieswara Rao (Gemini) and T. S. Rangasamy (saradha)
- Audiography(dialog) : S. Rama Rao(Barani), P. V. Nathan and G. Kanthasamy (Karpagam)
- Outdoor : A. P. R. Units
- Choreography : Thangappan and Madurai Ramu
- Properties : Neo Filmo Grafts.[4]
Soundtrack
| Kasi Yathirai | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1973 |
| Recorded | 1973 |
| Genre | Sareegama |
| Language | Tamil |
| Producer | Sankar Ganesh |
Music composed by Sankar Ganesh and Lyrics written by Vaali and Panchu Arunachalam
| N0 | Songs | Singer | Length(m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anjaneya Amunanthaiah | Rajendra Krishna, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 'Kovai' Sundarrajan, B. S. Sasirekha | 6:18 |
| 2 | Amaravathy Nenjame | S. V. Ponnusamy, Manorama | 8:36 |
| 3 | Azhagin Avatharam | L. R. Eswari | 3:00 |
| 4 | Ammadio Chithappa | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 'Kovai' Sundarrajan, L. R. Eswari, B. S. Sasirekha | 3:31 |
References
- ^ "kasi yathirai". In.com India. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Kasi Yathirai (1973) TAMIL". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Kasi Yathirai (1973) TAMIL". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "kasi yathirai movie". gomolo. Retrieved 17 November 2015.