Vallal

Vallal (transl. Generous) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Sathyaraj, Meena, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil and Sangeetha. It was remade in Telugu as Raayudu.

Vallal
Poster
Directed byRaj Kapoor
Written byRaj Kapoor
Produced byRamanathan
StarringSathyaraj
Meena
Roja
CinematographyRamji
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byDeva
Production
company
Raaj Films International
Release date
18 April 1997
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Durairasu loves Madhavi but she doesn't reciprocate his love and marries her uncle. Once Virumandi and Madhavi's husband get into a fight. Unfortunately Madhavi & her husband passes away. So Durairasu does not marry anyone & devotes his life for Madhavi's daughter Chella kili. Because of this issue there was a break in the family, Thulasi who is Virumandi's wife and Durairasu's Sister and he were separated. This made Virumandi very angry so he always wants to avenge. Durairasu save a girl Annam from the sea, who doesn't want to divulge her past. As time passes, Annam gets closer into the family and Kamakshi Durairasu's mother asks Durairasu to marry Annam. And this creates a problem for Chella kili as she loses Durairasu's attention, she comes out of her family and stays in Virumandi's house. Later Thulasi explains the whole story to her and lets her go to her father. In the end Annam, Durairasu, Chella kili, Kamakshi, Chithapu live together happily.

Cast

Production

Shobana Vignesh was initially selected to play a role in the film alongside fellow actresses Meena and Roja. The first promotional campaign however featured Sangita's name instead of Shobana, prompting Meena to attempt to leave the project citing potential reduced prominence owing to a third lead actress. The director Raj Kapoor subsequently asked her to stay on, assuring importance. After the release of the film, Meena criticised Raj Kapoor for his false assurances.[1]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vaali.[2]

SongSingersLength
"Aagayam Rendaaga"Chorus00:30
"Aasai Vecha"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:56
"Kadharu Sattaiya"K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:47
"Kiliye Pachakiliye"Mano00:41
"Kulebagavali"Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Anuradha Sriram05:19
"Poove Poove"Mano00:44
"Puliyampatti"Manorama01:38
"Samba Samba"Deva, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram05:13
"Thala Thalakira"Mano, Harini04:21
"Thoppul Enna"Mano, Anuradha Sriram05:03
"Vethala Vethala"Febi Mani01:12
"Yetti Uthachathamma"Nagore E. M. Hanifa03:29

Release and reception

When the film was struggling with its release, it was Vijayakanth who helped the film in getting its release.[3] R. P. R. of Kalki praised the performance of Sangeetha who equally performed with Sathyaraj while also praising Deva's music and Meena's performance but felt the film's lengthy first half could have been reduced to avoid lagging.[4]

References
  1. "I want to be like Sridevi". Screen. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. "Vallal Tamil film audio cassette by Deva". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. "சத்யராஜ் படம் வெளிவர விஜயகாந்த் உதவி!". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. ஆர். பி. ஆர். (4 May 1997). "வள்ளல்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 80. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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