''Saranam Ayyappa'' is 1980 Indian

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-language film, directed and produced by ''Dasarathan''. The film stars

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the lead role.

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made a guest appearance and recorded a song in his voice in the film.

Cast

* Boopathi *Raviraj *Aboo backer as Inspector * Rajakrishna *

as Saraswathi * Vijayan as Vijay * Radha Ravi *

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* Manorama * Suruli Rajan *

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(guest appearance) * V.K.Ramasamy as Gurusamy * Goundamani as 'Jailer' Jagadep *

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as CID Shankar *

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Guest appearance

Production

The filming was completed within three months. To seek blessings from Lord Ayyappan to make the film successful, the director Dasarathan and his crew undertook a pilgrimage from Chennai to Sabarimala.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chandrabose. The song "Poiyindri Meiyyodu" became hugely popular.

recorded a song "Anna Vaada" for this film. *Poiyindri Meiyodu –

*Malai Meethu – K. Veeramani *Sonnal Inikkuthu – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rajee *Saami Thinthakathom – Seerkazhi Govindarajan *Anna Vaada –

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=9370232 1980s Tamil-language films 1980 films Films scored by Chandrabose (composer)