Thaai Mookaambikai
| Thaai Mookaambikai | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | K. Shankar |
| Screenplay by | K. Shankar |
| Produced by | Sivaprasad |
| Starring | K. R. Vijaya Jaishankar Sivakumar Sujatha |
| Cinematography | Kanchi Meenakshisundaram |
| Edited by | K. Shankar K. R. Krishnan V. Jayabal |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sivashankar Creations |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Thaai Mookaambikai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by K. Shankar, starring K. R. Vijaya, Jaishankar, Sivakumar, Sujatha and other leading actors. The film was released on 9 July 1982.[1]
Plot[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- K. R. Vijaya as Raakayi / Mookayi / Thaai Mookambigai
- Thengai Srinivasan as Village President
- Major Sundarrajan as Bhattar
- Sujatha as Poorani
- Sivakumar as Senthil, Raakayi elder son
- Poornima Bhagyaraj as Durga
- M. N. Nambiar as Durga's Father
- Saritha as Vellayamma, Raakayi daughter
- Manorama as Ranjani
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Kaambothi
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Sarangan
- Karthik as Muthu, Raakayi second son
- Jai Shankar as Kannappan
- Jai Ganesh as Mani, Bhattar's Son
- Gundu Kalyanam
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Inspector Gopi
- M. Balamuralikrishna as Singer
- M. S. Viswanathan as Singer
- Sirkazhi Govindarajan as Singer
Soundtrack[edit]
Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali.[2] The song "Janani Janani" from this film remains one of the famous devotional songs in Tamil. The song is set in Kalyani raga.[3] The song Isai Arasi (Isaiyarasi), one of the most complex compositions in Film Music, is based on a rare Carnatic raga, Surya.
Ilayaraja said he "was running out of time while composing the tune for the song. I was under hectic pressure from the film producer, who had planned to perform the ‘puja’ for the film the next day with the song" Initial tune which he had composed did not suit the character Sri Adi Sankarar. He said with a chance to have a glimpse of the portrait of Adi Sankarar, he was inspired to compose the tune which was similar to Bhaja Govindam.[4]
| Song | Singers |
| Isai Arasi Ennalum | P. Susheela, S. Janaki, M. S. Rajeswari |
| Janani Janani | Ilaiyaraaja, Deepan Chakravarthy |
| Malai Naadu | S. P. Sailaja |
| Pasikk Sorum Illai | P. Jayachandran |
| Seenathu Pattumeni | P. Susheela, Malaysia Vasudevan |
| Thaaye Moogambikaiye | M. Balamuralikrishna, M. S. Viswanathan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, S. Janaki |
References[edit]
- ^ "தாய் மூகாம்பிகை / Thaai Mookaambikai (1982)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Thai Mookambikai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Mani, Charulatha (14 October 2011). "A Raga's Journey: Kinetic Kalyani". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Paramacharya directed me to work on Tiruvasagam symphony: Ilayaraja". The Hindu. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
