''Gramathu Athiyayam'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by

C. Rudraiah Rudraiah Chockalingam ( – 18 November 2014) was an Indian film director most known for directing the film, '' Aval Appadithan'' (1978) which starred Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Sripriya. Career He graduated with a bachelor's degree in eco ...

. The film stars Nandakumar, Sundar and Swarnalatha. It was released on 19 September 1980.

Plot

Cast

* Chandrahasan *Nandakumar *Krishnakumari *

Sundar Sundar (Devanagari: सुन्दर) is an adjective signifying attractive, beautiful, good, handsome or nice. It has its origin in Sanskrit language. The word is also used as names of people by speakers of languages branching off of Indo-Aryan l ...

*Swarnalatha

Production

''Gramathu Athiyayam'' was the second and final film to be directed by

after '' Aval Appadithan'' (1978). Jayabharathi who went on to direct films like '' Kudisai'' and ''

Uchi Veyil ''Uchi Veyil'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Jayabharathi. Cast * Kuppuswamy as Duraiswamy * Vijay as Shankar * Srividya * Delhi Ganesh as Sabhapathy Production Shot in 13 days, ''Uchi Veyil'' was directed by ...

'' was initially selected as lead actor even

Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...

was also speculated for lead role; since he was in London for a month for a film by

K. Balachander Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un ...

, he was replaced by a newcomer Nandakumar. Saritha was also initially chosen as lead actress before she also got replaced.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...

, with lyrics written by

Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ram ...

Release and reception

''Gramathu Athiyayam'' was released on 19 September 1980. Nalini Sastry of '' Kalki'' praised the cinematography, music and crisp dialogues and also praised that the director's talent shows in not only portraying a girl's story but also her emotions and concluded calling it an emotionally affecting film.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0275380 1980 films 1980s Indian films 1980s romance films 1980s Tamil-language films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romance films