''Paattu Vaathiyar'' ( Music teacher) is a 1995

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directed by T. P. Gajendran. The film stars

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and

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, with

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, Ravikanth, Vetri Vigneshwar,

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and Raghavi playing supporting roles. The film, produced by K. Nalluswamy, had musical score by

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and was released on 10 February 1995.

Plot

Pandian is a wealthy man in his village and the village chief, he built a school in the past. His daughter Deivanai is a joyful woman, she has more power than the school headmaster and all the teachers work under her command. The villagers follow very orthodox customs: only those from the village can get married together and the village women are not allowed to leave the village. Ramesh is a music teacher, he comes from the city to teach music lessons at Pandian's school. At first, when taking classes, the students tease Ramesh and they don't respect him. Ramesh slowly makes them like music. Ramesh gets into a fight with Deivanai, which leads to an ego clash between the pair. The hatred turns into love, they both fall in love secretly. In the meantime, Pechimuthu, Pandian's nephew, is back from jail after an honour killing. In the past, the village girl Karpagam and Vetri who was from another village fell in love with each other. When their relationship had come into the limelight, Pandian punished Karpagam: being stripped in front of the villagers. But her lover tried to save her from this humiliation, and Pechimuthu brutally killed him. Afterwards, Karpagam became mentally ill and Pechimuthu was sent to jail. Maarappan, Karpagam's brother, wants to take revenge on Pandian and Pechimuthu and he waits for the right opportunity. One day, Maarappan learns of Ramesh and Deivanai's love. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Ramesh *

as Deivanai *

as Pandian *

as Maarappan * Ravikanth as Pechimuthu *Vetri Vigneshwar as Vetri *

as Pulipandi's wife *Raghavi as Karpagam *

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as washerman * Kula Deivam V. R. Rajagopal as Headmaster *Gajendra Kumar * M. R. Krishnamurthy as Tamil Teacher * Pasi Narayanan as Science Teacher *

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as Swamy *Marthandan *Thavakalai as Ice Cream Seller *K. B. Kumar *N. Ramadurai *Malliswari *Uma Maheswari *Maami Jayalakshmi *Sumathi *Baby Thejesh Kumar Gourabathini *Baboos * T. P. Gajendran in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1995, features 8 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Na. Kamarasan,

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and Ilaiyaraaja.

References

{{reflist 1995 films 1990s Tamil-language films 1990s romantic musical films Indian romantic musical films Indian romantic drama films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films directed by T. P. Gajendran 1995 romantic drama films