Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu

Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu
Directed by R. Sundarrajan
Produced by M. Saravanan
M. Balasubramaniam
Written by R. Sundarrajan
Starring Mohan
Radha
Amala
Visu
M. N. Nambiar
Senthil
Gundu Kalyanam
Charlie
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Ilayaraja
Cinematography Raja Rajan
Edited by R. Bhaskaran
Production
company
Distributed by AVM Productions
Release dates
  • 12 September 1986
Country India
Language Tamil

Mella Thirandhadhu Kadhavu (English: The door opened slowly) is a 1986 Indian Tamil language film directed by R. Sundarajan starring Mohan, Radha, Amala and Senthil .This movie is a box office hit.[1]

The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja and M. S. Viswanathan. Later they worked together in 4 more films, Senthamizh Paattu, Senthamizh Selvan, En Iniya Ponnilave and Vishwa Thulasi. Entire BG Score including the songs' BG Music for all the songs was done by Ilaiyaraaja while 5 Songs were Composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

Plot

Tulasi (Radha) is a village girl. One day she gets a letter from her cousin Subramani(Mohan). She gets excited as they were close friends in childhood but Mohan left with his family to city. Subramani visits the village for his college thesis about folk songs. Tulasi is in love with Subramani but she is confused whether Subramani also loves her. Tulasi's father passes away due to heart attack. When Subramani's mother arranges a marriage for Subramani with Tulsi he refuses. Because of this, her mother died in frustration. Then Tulasi comes to her Uncle's house. Later a flashback comes in which Subramani is in love with Noorjahan (Amala). Since Noorjahan used to come to the music college with veil, Subramani has not seen her face. On a day when they plan to meet, Noorjahan dies after she steps into quick sand. Finally whether Tulasi marries her beloved cousin Subramani is the story.

Cast

Music

All the songs are composed by M. S. Viswanathan except 'Sakkara Kattikku' 'Kuzhaloodum Kannanukku', which were composed by Ilayaraja. The song "Vaa Vennila" is inspired from one of the old composition of M. S. Viswanathan from the movie Chandirani.

Tracklist[2]
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Vaa Vennila"  VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4.39
2. "Thedum Kan Paarvai"  VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4.43
3. "Dil Dil Dil Manadhil"  VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 4.41
4. "Kuzhaloodum Kannanukku"  VaaliK. S. Chithra 4.38
5. "Ooru Sanam"  Gangai AmaranS. Janaki 4.38
6. "Sakkara Kattikku"  Gangai AmaranK. S. Chithra, S. P. Sailaja, B. S. Sasirekha 5.18
7. "Vaa vennila"  VaaliS. Janaki 2.8

References

  1. "cinesouth". Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  2. "Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu songs". Retrieved March 21, 2012.

External links

Mella thiranthathu kadhavu at the Internet Movie Database