''Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film, 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.

. It stars

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

and

Shobana Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu and Tamil films with few Hindi, Kannada and English films. She has won two National Fil ...

. This was Sathyaraj's 100th film as an actor. ''Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai'' was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Sathyaraj film '' Dravidan''. It was commercially unsuccessful.

Plot

Cast

as Thangaraj *

as Geeta * Raasi as Gowri *

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as Gowri's father *

Goundamani Subramaniyan Karuppaiya (born 25 May 1939), known by his stage name Goundamani, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. The pair dominated t ...

as Chinna Muthu *

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as Gowri's husband *

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), also known as Sreevidya, was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, ...

as Gowri's mother * Beeman Raghu * Mohan Natarajan * Chandranath * Annapoorna

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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 ...

Release and reception

''Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai'' was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Sathyaraj film '' Dravidan''. P. S. S. of ''

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'' lamented the fact that Sathyaraj's 100th film was underwhelming. The film was a box office failure.

References

External links

* {{P. Vasu 1980s Tamil-language films 1989 films Films directed by P. Vasu Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Tamil remakes of Kannada films