Vellai Roja
| Vellai Roja | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | A. Jagannathan |
| Screenplay by | A. L. Narayanan |
| Story by | Dr Pavithran |
| Produced by | V. Viswanathan |
| Starring | Sivaji Ganesan Ambika Prabhu Radha |
| Cinematography | P. Ganesapandiyan |
| Edited by | R. Devarajan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Filmco |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Vellai Roja (English: White Rose) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. Jagannathan and produced by V. Viswanathan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika, Prabhu and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.[1][2][3][4] It is a remake of the Malayalam film Post Mortem. It was remade in Kannada as Dharmathma in 1988 with Tiger Prabhakar reprising the role of Sivaji Ganesan and Shankar Nag reprising the role of Prabhu]. This film was later made in Hindi as Tahqiqaat in 1993 with Jeetendra in the lead.
Plot
Father James (Sivaji Ganesan) is a well-respected Catholic Priest by the entire town. Parisutham (Calcutta Viswanathan) is a multimillionaire and head of the town, Peter (Prabhu) an angry young man, who always fights for justice and anti to rich people, who is a son of a coffin maker Savaerimuthu(G. Srinivasan). Peter's sister Mary (Radha) and Parisutham's son Johnny (Suresh) are in love. Mary becomes pregnant and at that time Johnny has to leave the country for few days on business, so she asks the Father James' help to arrange her marriage with Johnny because both Parisutham and Peter respect his words. But Peter's girlfriend Lakshmi (Ambika), overhears part of a conversation between Father James and Mary on her pregnancy and misunderstands that the Father and Mary were involved in a taboo relationship, and she tells Peter. Next Day Mary is found hanging dead from a tree. Peter, in a fit of rage assaults Father James and gets arrested, but he escapes. Everyone thinks that Mary has committed suicide and she is buried without a postmortem. But Father James has a doubt about Mary's death, so he asks his twin brother Arul (again Sivaji Ganesan), Superintendent of Police, to have the body exhumed in order to perform a postmortem. The next day when S.P. Arul exhumes Mary's coffin he finds Father James murdered and his dead body in it, with Mary's corpse missing. Everyone suspects Peter was the culprit, S.P. Arul immediately begins an investigation to solve the mystery behind Mary's missing dead body and Father James' death. Who is the culprit for Father James' murder, the motive, was Mary killed or did she commit suicide, why was her body missing, where is Johnny, forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Father James/S. P. Arul, (Twin brothers)
- Ambika as Lakshmi, School Teacher
- Prabhu as Peter Savari Muthu, Merry's brother
- Radha as Merry Savari Muthu, Peter's Sister
- Suresh as Johnny, Parisutham's step son
- Y. G. Mahendra as Constable Perumal Naidu
- Calcutta Viswanathan as Parisutham
- Sivachandran as Chinna Durai
- Thengai Srinivasan as Rahvuthoor, Mumtaz's father
- Pandari Bai as Peter & Merry's Mother
- Silk Smitha as Guest Appearance
- Manorama as Arpudhamani Rosappoo
- Indra as Mumtaz
- Vani as Kamakshi, Lakshmi's Mother
- G. Srinivasan as Savari Muthu, Peter & Merry's father
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Police Inspector
- Oru Viral Krishnarao as Dhairiyam, Church Bell boy
Crew
- Art = Mohan - Rajendran
- Stills = Thiruchi K. Arunachalam
- Design = Deenadhayal
- Publicity = Elegant
- Processing = Gemini Colour Lab
- Audiography (dialogue) = M. G. Rajan by Prasad Dubbing Center
- Recording = N. Pandurangan
- Re - Recording = N. Pandurangan
- Choreography = Raghu and Thara
- Stunt = A. D. Venkatesh
- Production Manager = M. Gabhar Khan
- Outdoor = Filmco and Sujatha International
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[5]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Solai Poovil Malai Thenral | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Janaki | Muthulingam | 04:38 |
| 2 | Oh Maanae Maana | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Janaki | N. Kama Rajan | 04:20 |
| 3 | Devanin Kovil | Malaysia Vasudevan | Vaali | 04:15 |
| 4 | Naagoor Pakkathile | Ilaiyaraaja, Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja | Gangai Amaran | 04:43 |
| 5 | Vaadi Enn | Gangai Amaran, Janaki | Gangai Amaran | 04:25 |
References
- ^ "Vellai Roja". OneIndia. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Vellai Roja". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Vellai Roja". gomolo.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Vellai Roja". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Vellai Roja Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
External links
- Vellai Roja at IMDb