Oorkavalan

Oorkavalan (transl.Village Guard) is a 1987 Tamil language action drama film. It was directed by Manobala, with music directed by Shankar Ganesh. It was dubbed in Telugu as Kanchukotaku Monagadu.[1]

Oorkavalan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byManobala
Produced byG. Thyagarajan
V. Thamilazhagan
Written byA. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Screenplay byRama Veerappan
Story byRama Veerappan
StarringRajinikanth
Raadhika
Music byShankar Ganesh
CinematographyB. S. Lokanath
Edited byK. R. Krishnan
Production
company
Sathya Movies
Release date
4 September 1987
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The story describes the struggle of a young villager Kangeyan to receive justice for his brother's murder. Manickam falls in love with Mallika, the daughter of Pannaiar. Mallika's marriage is arranged with Dorai, but she refuses and declares her love for Mannikam. Kangeyan gets them married in the village. The priest pretends to have divine powers and uses the superstitious beliefs of the villagers to kill Manickam. Kangeyan, not wanting to see Mallika as a widow, decides to get her married again to Pandian, a cart driver who was her childhood friend. Dorai intervenes again proceeding to use superstition again and Kangeyan learns about truth behind his brother's death exposing the priest and Dorai losing his lover in the process.

Cast

Soundtrack


All tracks are written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Muthulingam, Vairamuthu and Na. Kamarasan.[2].

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Maasi Maasam Than"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra5:10
2."Muthamma"Malaysia Vasudevan4:32
3."Malligai Poovukku"Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam4:47
4."Melam Kotti Aadu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:30
5."Pattu Chattaikaran"S. Janaki3:54
6."Edutha Sabadam"K. J. Yesudas4:00
Total length:26:53

Release and reception

Oorkavalan was released on 4 September 1987.[3] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "Some of the characters get a lifelike quality because of good performances and a helpful screenplay."[4]

The film was did well in box office.

References

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