Pournami Alaigal

Pournami Alaigal (transl. Full moon waves) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film produced, written and directed by M. Bhaskar. The film stars Sivakumar, Ambika and Revathi, with Major Sundarrajan, Sivachandran and A. R. S. in supporting roles. It was released on 12 January 1985 and emerged a commercial success. The film was remade into Telugu as Sravana Sandhya and in Hindi as Majaal.[1]

Pournami Alaigal
Poster
Directed byM. Bhaskar
Written byM. Bhaskar
Produced byM. Bhaskar
StarringSivakumar
Ambika
Revathi
CinematographyViswam Nataraj
Edited byM. Vellaichami
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Oscar Movies
Release date
  • 12 January 1985 (1985-01-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Rajesh, his wife Radha, and Radha's father Ethiraj are advocates. However, Rajesh is frequently not cared for by his father-in-law and wife. Unlike Rajesh, Radha and Ethiraj are famous and rich lawyers in the town; Rajesh just assists them for their respective cases, by preparing their case documents. The public are hardly recognising Rajesh. Rajesh who desired for own recognition and fame for self, sees Gnanaraj, a wealthy businessman for some petty cases. However, Gnanaraj a close friend of Ethiraj despises him and suggests finding a big case himself for good recognition.

One day, Deepa comes from Trichy, murders Gnanaraj with her husband Inspector Lawrence's revolver, in a daylight public event, and surrenders herself to the police station, Inspector Mahendra. Church Father Michael seeks help from Ethiraj to defend Deepa. However, Ethiraj refuses to take over the case. Michael reveals that he knows Gnanaraj was unable to reveal Gnanaraj's true colours better than anyone else and requests to defend Deepa. Rajesh takes this opportunity to take the case and defend Radha. Rajesh argues with his wife Radha and Ethiraj and leaves the house. He further moves to Michael and continues his case in court.

During the case proceedings, Rajesh proves that Deepa is mentally disturbed due to her childhood incident. Lawrence further reveals in court, that Deepa, behaves violently every time during their intimacy, throughout their four years of marriage. Due to this, Lawrence announces in court, that he is going to divorce his wife Deepa. The rest of the plot goes on the case proceedings, Deepa, Radha, and Rajesh's relationship.

Cast

Production

Pournami Alaigal was produced, written and directed by M. Bhaskar under Oscar Movies. Cinematography was handled by Viswam Nataraj, and editing by M. Vellaichami.[4] The court scenes were shot on a set created at Vijaya Vauhini Studios.[2] A dialogue written by Bhaskar, "Aalamarathukku keezhe edhuvum varaladhu" (Nothing grows under a banyan tree) is a South Indian proverb.[5]

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[6][7] The song "Thein Paayum" was originally written for Thandikkappatta Nyayangal (1983).[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Saranam Saranam Thalaiva"PulamaipithanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:19
2."Thein Paayum"MuthulingamVani Jairam, P. Jayachandran4:39
3."Nizhal Thedi"PulamaipithanS. Janaki, K. J. Yesudas5:09
Total length:14:07

Release and reception

Pournami Alaigal was released on 12 January 1985.[9] The film was a commercial success,[10] running for over 100 days in theatres.[2] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote it is the waxing moon, the full moon needs a little more thought and concluded that director should show his talent in the next picture.[11]

References
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  3. Venkatramanan, Geetha (29 March 2012). "Drama with dignity". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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  5. ரிஷி (23 July 2020). "கரோனா கால சினிமா: சட்டம் பேசிய பாஸ்கர் படங்கள்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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  7. "Thandikkapatta Niyayangal ,Povrnami Allaigal Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. "இப்படியும் நடக்கும்...- கவிஞர் முத்துலிங்கம்". Dinamani (in Tamil). 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  9. "Powrnami Alaigal (1985)". Screen4Screen. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. Parameswaran, Prathibha (12 February 2005). "Portrait of an actor". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. ஜெயமன்மதன் (10 February 1985). "பௌர்ணமி அலைகள்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 14–15. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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