Idaya Kovil
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Idaya Kovil (1985
1985 in film
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) is an Indian Tamil language film directed by Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...
starring Mohan
Mohan (actor)
Mohan is a popular Kollywood actor. He hails from the Udupi district of Karnataka. He derived his name Kokila Mohan after debuting in a film called Kokila, which starred Kamal Haasan in the lead role. He considers Balu Mahendra as his mentor...
, Radha
Radha (actress)
Udaya Chandrika, better known by her screen name Radha is an Indian actress popular in the 80s and early 90s. She has acted in numerous movies with top actors of the South Indian cinema such as Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan , Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Vijayakanth, Chiranjeevi, Karthik, Suresh, Mohan,...
, Ambika
Ambika (actress)
Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....
and Goundamani
Goundamani
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. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
. Mani Ratnam delivered this fourth film of his, which was moderately successful.
Plot
Suriya (RadhaRadha
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), a student wishes to get a very popular singer, Sankar (Mohan
Mohan (actor)
Mohan is a popular Kollywood actor. He hails from the Udupi district of Karnataka. He derived his name Kokila Mohan after debuting in a film called Kokila, which starred Kamal Haasan in the lead role. He considers Balu Mahendra as his mentor...
) to sing in her college festival. Initial attempts to meet Sankar prove futile as he is a recluse. Nonetheless, she breaks into his home to meet him but is shocked to discover him in an inebriated state. She makes efforts to make him sober and come to the festival. It works as Sankar performs at the festival.
Over time, as they become friends, Sankar stops drinking and Suriya falls in love with him but he has a dark past which is then revealed.
Before becoming famous, Sankar grew up in a village where he used to sing in the festivals there. He and Gauri (Ambika
Ambika (actress)
Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....
) love each other and Sankar, with encouragement from Gauri, wishes to become a famous singer and leaves for Madras. He soon gets an opportunity to sing for a radio program but unbeknownst to him, Gauri arrived at Madras on the same day. Without Sankar to receive her at the bus stop, she gets lost in the city when trying to find Sankar and is chased by a group of thugs and finds refuge in a temple, where she commits suicide. At the same time Sankar sings for the program and later finds her body in the temple. This incident drives Sankar into an alcoholic recluse.
Meanwhile, Suriya’s parents arrange for her to be wedded to her friend. Although Suriya wants to wed Sankar, he refuses stating that his only true love is Gauri even though he cares about her. On the day of the wedding, just before the ceremony, Suriya collapses and dies, having consumed poison prior to the wedding.
The movie ends as a sad Sankar looks over the graves of both Gauri and Suriya.
Crew
- Director - Maniratnam
- Producer - Kovai Thambi
- Dialogue - M.G.Vallabhan
- Screenplay - M.G.Vallabhan
- Story - R.Selvaraj
- Music - Ilaiyaraja
- Cinematography - Rajaraajan
- Editing - B.Lenin - V.T.Vijayan
- Art - C.Devadas
- Lyrics - Pavalar Varadharasan
Ilaiyaraja
Vaali
Muthulingham
Na.Kamarasan
Vairamuthu
Mu.Mehta
- Stills - K.V.Mani
- Choreography - Sundaram
- Thrills - Kiruba
Soundtrack
The lyrics were written by Pavalar Varadharasan (Vaanuyarntha Solayile), Ilaiyaraja (Idhayam Oru Kovil), VaaliVaali
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, Muthulingham, Na.Kamarasan, Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu
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, Mu.Mehta.
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, S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
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, K. S. Chitra
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