''Senthamizh Paattu'' () is a 1992 Indian

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-language film, written and directed by

P. Vasu Vasudevan Peethambharan, known professionally as P Vasu, is an Indian director, writer and actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam language films. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 64 films.

. The film stars

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and

Sukanya Sukanya ( sa, सुकन्या, lit=wonderful virgin, translit=Sukanyā) is a princess In Hindu mythology. She is the daughter of Sharyati, the son of Vaivasvata Manu, and the wife of the sage Chyavana. Legend Marriage According to ...

while

Salim Ghouse Salim Ahmad Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films. Early life Salim Ghouse was born ...

plays a supporting role. It was released on 25 October 1992 on the eve of

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. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Amma Koduku'', and in Kannada as ''

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'' in 1994.

Plot

Cast

as Balasubramaniyan/Bala *

as Durgadevi/Durga * Kasthuri as Shanmathi * Sujatha as Kalaivani *

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as Ravi * Vijayakumar as Rangasamy *

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as Meenakshi *

as Rajarathnam * Kavitha as Rajeswari *

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as Boopathy *

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as Murugesan * V. Gopalakrishnan as Ravi Father *

LIC Narasimhan LIC Narasimhan was an Indian character actor who appeared in Tamil-language films. He has appeared in over 300 films and was also seen on the small screen and in ads. He was working for LIC as an officer, quit his job to take up a career in ...

as College Professor * Ponnambalam as Fighter * Sakthi as Young Bala *

Mayilsamy Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. Career He is a popular ...

as Konavayen

Production

The success of

's family drama ''

En Thangachi Padichava ''En Thangachi Padichava'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu, Rupini and Chithra. The film, produced by Mohan Natarajan and Tharangai V. Shanmugam, had musical score by Gangai Amaran and wa ...

'' (1988) starring Prabhu prompted further collaborations in the same genre between the pair with ''

Chinna Thambi ''Chinna Thambi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu as the titular character, an uneducated village simpleton and Khushbu as Nandini, a homeschooled wealthy girl. Man ...

'' (1991) and ''Senthamizh Paattu'' (1992) being released soon after.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

and

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 by Vaali. The song "Solli Solli" gave a break to its singer Sunanda.

Release and reception

''Senthamizh Paattu'' was released on 25 October 1992,

day. Malini Mannath of ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' called it "rather a crude imitation" of ''Chinna Thambi''. Supraja Sridharan of ''

Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...

'' wrote that if one could tolerate vulgar comedy, they could enjoy the film for the naïve Sukanya, playful Kasthuri, natural Prabhu and beautiful music.

References

External links

* {{P. Vasu 1990s Tamil-language films 1992 films Films directed by P. Vasu Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian drama films Tamil films remade in other languages