Villu Pattukaran

Villu Pattukaran
DVD cover
Directed by	Gangai Amaran
Produced by	Karumari Kandasamy J. Durai
Written by	Gangai Amaran
Starring	Ramarajan Rani Chandrasekhar M. N. Nambiar Rishi Goundamani Senthil Kuladeivam Rajagopal Shanmugasundaram
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	A. Sabapathi
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Vijaya Movies
Release date	27 November 1992 (1992-11-27)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Villu Pattukaran is a 1992 Tamil drama film directed by Gangai Amaran. The film features Ramarajan, Rani and Chandrasekhar in lead roles. The film, produced by Karumari Kandasamy and J. Durai, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 27 November 1992.^[1][2]

Plot

Kalimuthu (Ramarajan) is the lead singer of a group performing Villu Paatu. The village head (Shanmugasundaram) decides to reconstruct the tumbledown village temple and gives Kalimuthu responsibility for funding money. Finally, the music director Ilaiyaraaja helps them financially. Then, Kalimuthu approaches a reputed sculptor (M. N. Nambiar) from another village. The sculptor and his daughter Abhirami (Rani) come to their village. Later, Kalimuthu and Abhirami fall in love with each other. Abhirami's father wants to marry Abhirami to his nephew Rajasekharan (Chandrasekhar) while the village head's son Chelladurai (Vikas Rishi), a womanizer, has an eye for Abhirami. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran and Vaali.^[3]

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. Ayyappa Prasad of The New Indian Express stated "the film has a very weak storyline" but praised the film's songs.^[4]

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