Veedu is a 1988 Tamil

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 drama film

Drama film

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 written and directed by Balu Mahendra

Balu Mahendra

Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema...

, starring Archana

Archana (actress)

Archana is a Tamil and Telugu movie actress from the 1980s.-Career:Archana has won the National Award twice for Veedu in Tamizh and Daasi in Teluguwhich reflects as much on her talent as her versatility in all South Indian Languages.The only other actresses who have won the National Award more...

, which depicts the difficulties of a middle class family in building a house. Mahendra, besides directing, worked as the script writer, cinematographer and editor as well. Featuring musical score 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...

, the film earned high critical acclaim, securing two National Film Awards

National Film Awards

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. It is widely considered as one of Mahendra's finest films.

Cast

• Archana
  Archana (actress)
  Archana is a Tamil and Telugu movie actress from the 1980s.-Career:Archana has won the National Award twice for Veedu in Tamizh and Daasi in Teluguwhich reflects as much on her talent as her versatility in all South Indian Languages.The only other actresses who have won the National Award more...
  
   as Sudha
• Bhanu Chander
  Bhanu Chander
  Bhanuchander or Bhanu Chander is a South Indian actor who acted in many Telugu/Tamil movies as hero and character artist. He is the son of composer Master Venu.-Filmography:*Manasaara *Rechipo *Dubai Seenu...
  
   as Gopi
• Chokkalinga Bhagavathar as Murugesan
• Sathya
• Indhu
• Senthamarai
• Veera Raghavan
• Ralapalli
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Chandra Mohan
  Chandra Mohan
  Chandramohan or Chandra Mohan is an Indian name:* Chandra Mohan , is a popular Telugu film actor.* Chandra Mohan was a popular Hindi film actor....
  
  
• Nair Raman

Production

Balu Mahendra

Balu Mahendra

Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema...

 stated that Veedu was a tribute to his mother. He recalls that her mother started builing a house when he was eight years old, which affected her and her family. Mahendra cites: "She was not the same after that. She became temperamental. She forgot to laugh. She had no time to teach us or play with us. The changes confused me. Years later, Veedu brought this transformation to life." Mahendra several year later named Veedu as one of the only two directorials he was satisfied with (the other being Sandhya Raagam), since he made "the least number of mistakes in these films." The entire film score

Film score

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 notably consists of Ilaiyaraaja's composition from his How To Name It?

How To Name It?

How to Name It? is an instrumental Indian-Western fusion album by Ilaiyaraaja. This was Ilayaraaja's first fusion music album. The album has musical movements that are dedicated to Tyagaraja, a religious musician and composer of South India and the Western Classical music composer, J. S...

album. The film doesn't feature any songs.

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
  National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
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• National Film Award for Best Actress
  National Film Award for Best Actress
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  - Archana