''Koyil Puraa'' () is a 1981 Indian

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-language film directed by

K. Vijayan K. Vijayan was an Indian film director. He predominantly worked in Tamil cinema. He mainly worked with Sivaji Ganesan. He directed many Malayalam films as well. Career K. Vijayan was an employee of the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchi ...

for R. M. C. Creations. The film stars

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and

Saritha Saritha is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. She was one of the popular and critically acclaimed lead actresses during the 1980s. She also appeared in a television serial, ' ...

. It was released on 30 July 1981.

Plot

Cast

*P. U. C. Raja Bahadur *

Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or i ...

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja while the lyrics were written by Pulamaipithan. The song "Vedham Nee" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Gaula.

Charulatha Mani Charulatha Mani (born 21 January 1981) is an Indian-born Australian Carnatic and playback singer. She has been performing Carnatic concerts since 1999. She has also sung for movies. Charulatha has appeared in numerous TV shows and radio progra ...

identifies "Amuthe Tamizhe" as being set in Poorvikalyani, although Carnatic musicologist Sundararaman claims it is set in Rasika Ranjani, a raga he identifies "Sangeethame" as being set in, although Charulatha Mani says it is in

Rasikapriya Rasikapriya is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the last (72nd) ''melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Rasamanjari in Muthuswami Dikshitar scho ...

. This was the final film where the ''

nadaswaram The Nagaswaram (nādḥasvaram) is a double reed wind instrument from South India. It is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala. This instrument is "among the world's loudes ...

''-playing brothers M. P. N. Sethuraman and Ponnuswamy performed.

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* {{IMDb title, 0279182 1980s Tamil-language films 1981 films Films directed by K. Vijayan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja