''Rusi Kanda Poonai'' is a Tamil-language drama film directed by G. N. Rangarajan. The film stars Saritha, Sudhakar and

M. R. R. Vasu Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Vasudevan was an Indian actor who was active in Tamil cinema and theatre during the latter half of the 20th century. He was known for playing negative roles, but he was also a successful character actor. He acted ...

. It was released on 25 December 1980.

Plot

''Rusi Kanda Poonai'' is a gripping emotional story of Savithri and Ramesh, played by Saritha and Sudhakar respectively. Saritha and Sudhakar love each other and Ramesh promises her that he will marry Saritha. but later it is revealed that Sudhakar has already married and dejected, Saritha leaves the hostel run by Manorama and her Siddha expert husband Suruli Rajan, for her hometown. In fact, Sudhakar's marital life was a disaster as they often have quarrels. Eager to meet Saritha, Sudhakar comes to the hostel, but she has already left. Saritha becomes pregnant and delivers a baby girl and meanwhile, Sudhakar's wife, Y. Vijaya dies in an accident. Saritha was never informed about the delivery of her baby girl and her mother gives the child to the greedy couple M. R. R. Vasu and Ganthimathi and both always torture the girl, also blackmail Saritha's mother for money to hide the truth of Saritha's daughter's birth. Saritha gets married and have a happy life blessed with a daughter. Meanwhile, Sudhakar is in search of Saritha and one day meets her at beach as her daughter gets almost drowned, but saved by him. Saritha avoids speaking with Sudhakar. Meanwhile, M. R. Radha blackmails Saritha's mother for money and unable to handle the pressure, she dies revealing the truth to Saritha's daughter. What will happen to Sudhakar, will Saritha's husband finds out the truth and what happens to M. R. Radha gets revealed in the climax.

Cast

* Saritha * Sudhakar * Vijay Babu *

* Ganthimathi * Y. Vijaya * Manorama * Suruli Rajan

Soundtrack

The highly successful soundtrack 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 o ...

and sung by

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

and

himself. Lyrics written by

Panchu Arunachalam Panchanathan Arunachalam (22 March 1941 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist who worked in Tamil cinema. He was mentored by poet Kannadasan who was his uncle. He also worked as a lyricist in the Tamil ci ...

Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ra ...

and S. Janaki.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0279385 1980 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films directed by G. N. Rangarajan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam Indian drama films