Suryakanthi
| Suryakanthi | |
|---|---|
 Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Muktha Srinivasan |
| Produced by | M. Venu Gopal |
| Written by | A. S. Prakasam |
| Screenplay by | A. S. Prakasam |
| Story by | Basumani |
| Starring |
Muthuraman Jayalalitha Major Sundarrajan Manorama Cho Ramaswamy M. R. R. Vaasu Kanthimathi T. S. B. K. Moulee |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
| Cinematography | V. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | L. Balu |
Production company |
Vidhya Movies |
| Distributed by | Vidhya Movies |
Release dates | 21 July 1973 |
Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Surykanthi (English: Sunflower) is a Tamil language film released in 1973. It starred Muthuraman, Jayalalitha, Savithri and Manorama in the lead roles.
Plot
Mohan (Muthuraman) is the eldest son in a middle-class family, having superior complex that he should be first in every thing. He and Radha (Jayalalitha) fall in love. They get married. Mohan works in a low wage job which is insufficient for the family. So, Radha decides to join as sales officer and start working in a company. Her hard work earns her good name and promotion in job. So, her respect in family rises as it improves the economic status of the family and she is able to fulfill the needs and wants of the family. Mohan is intolerable seeing Radha's respect growing, he starts hating her. Then, Radha decides on Mohan's sister Suseela's wedding. Mohan decides to earn a lot of money by hook or by crook to take revenge on Radha. He earns money by modelling and then makes Radha step out of their home. Suseela's marriage is about to stop. Whether Radha succeeded in conducting her marriage or not reveals the crux of the story.
Cast
- R. Muthuraman as mohan
- Jayalalitha as Radha
- Cho Ramaswamy
- Manorama
- Major Sundararajan
Crew
- Director = Muktha Srinivasan
- Producer = M. Venu Gopal
- Writer = A. S. Prakasam
- Screenplay = A. S. Prakasam
- Story = Pasumani
- Music = M. S. Viswanathan
- Cinematography = V. Selvaraj
- Editor = L. Balu
- Art = A. Ramaswamy
- Production Company = Vidhya Movies
- Distributor = Vidhya Movies
- Processing = P. Venkatraman(Vijaya laboratory)
- Stills = B. Ranganathan
- Lyrics = Kannadasan and Vaali
- Re-Recording = J. J. Mannikkam(AVM)
- Choreography = Thangappan
- Studios = Newton , Prasad, Vasu and AVM
- Released date = 21 July 1973
- Running time = 156 minutes
Soundtrack
The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[1]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Naan Endral Adhu Avalum | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jayalalitha | Vaali | 04:34 |
| 2 | Paramasivan Kazhuthil | T. M. Soundararajan | Kannadasan | 04:23 |
| 3 | O Meri Dilruba | T. M. Soundararajan, Jayalalitha | 04:39 | |
| 4 | Theriyotha Nokku | Manorama | 04:22 |
References
- ↑ "Suryakanthi Songs". raaga. Retrieved 2014-07-08.