''Unnai Vaazhthi Paadukiren'' () is a 1992 Indian

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-language

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directed by Shridev. The film stars

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and

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. The film, produced by T. P. Kovai Thampi, had musical score by

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and was released on 7 February 1992.

Plot

Ravi (

), a poor mechanic who works in the garage of and lives with his mother. He is deeply in love with Priya (

), a rich girl. Priya hates him and flashback reveals that Ravi and Priya are married and had marital breakdown because he lied to her that his mother is dead. Priya stays with her parents who resent that she is staying with them instead of taking responsibility of her

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. In the meantime, Asha (

), another rich girl, falls in love with Ravi and she proposes to him. Ravi tells her that he is, in fact, Priya's husband and is working to convince Priya to live with him. The rest of the story is what happens to Ravi, Priya and Asha.

Cast

as Ravi *

as Priya *

as Asha * V. K. Ramasamy *

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as Asha's father *J. V. Ramana Murthy as Priya's father * Manorama as Ravi's mother * Sangeeta as Priya's mother *

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* MRK *

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(special appearance)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

, with lyrics written by Vaali,

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, Na. Kamarasan, Muthulingam,

Piraisoodan Piraisoodan (6 February 1956 – 8 October 2021) was a Tamil poet and lyricist. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his songs in movies like ''Thayagam'', '' En Rasavin Manasile'' and ''Neeyum Naanum'' in 1996, 1991 and ...

and

Mu. Metha Muhammed Metha (born 5 September 1945) is a Tamil poet and songwriter. He was born in Theni in 1945. He popularised modern poetry (''Pudukavithai'') in the 1970s and has written more than 30 books, including novels, short stories and essays. ...

. The song "Oh Oh Oh Kaalai" uses the anupallavi of the

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song "Khoya Khoya Chand Khula Aasman" from ''

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'' (1960).

Reception

S. Chidambaram of ''

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'' wrote, "Debutant director Shridev, who has also penned the story, screenplay and dialogue, is able to keep your interest intact till the interval through a suspense .So you feel bored when the second part drags on" and called Ilayaraja's music "redeeming feature of this movie".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0318791 1990s romance films 1990s Tamil-language films 1992 directorial debut films 1992 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films set in Bangalore Films shot in Bangalore Indian romance films