''Kudumbam Oru Kovil'' () is a 1987 Indian

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-language film, directed by

A. C. Tirulokchandar A. C. Thirulokachandar (11 June 1930 – 15 June 2016), also known as A. C. Tirulokchandar, was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked mainly in Tamil films from the 1960s to 1988. He also directed a few films in Hindi and Telugu. ...

and produced by Anandavalli Balaji. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

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, Murali and Ranjini. The movie is a remake of 1985 Hindi film ''

Ghar Dwaar ''Ghar Dwaar'' is a 1985 Hindi family drama film starring Tanuja and Sachin Pilgaonkar in the lead roles. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Aadi Dampatulu'', in Kannada as ''Maneye Manthralaya'' and in Tamil as '' Kudumbam Oru Kovil''. Plot Dha ...

''. The film had musical score by

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who had also scored the music for the Kannada version ''

Maneye Manthralaya ''Maneye Manthralaya'' (Kannada: ಮನೆಯೇ ಮಂತ್ರಾಲಯ) is a 1986 Indian Kannada film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Anuradha Singh, Dushyanth Singh and Amritha Singh. The film stars Anant Nag, Bharathi, Jai Jag ...

'' (1986).

Cast

as Parvathy * Murali * Ranjini * V. K. Ramasamy *

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Raja Sulochana Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was an Indian classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life She w ...

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

and lyrics were written by Pulamaipithan. *"Kudumbam Oru Koil" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,

K. S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...

*"Manmadhan Koil" – SPB, K. S. Chithra *"Dilruba Raja" –

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*"Kudu Kudu" – SPB, Vani Jairam

Release and reception

''Kudumbam Oru Koyil'' was released on 26 January 1987, India's Republic Day. N. Krishnaswamy of ''

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'' wrote, "For a major part of the film, Tirulokchander curiously keeps the teartaps closed or just dribbling but in the end there is a patch that is meant to trigger a flood of tears."

References

External links

* {{A. C. Tirulokchandar 1980s Tamil-language films 1987 films Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar Films scored by M. Ranga Rao Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Hindi films