Villu Pattukaran

Villu Pattukaran
File:Villu Pattukaran DVD cover.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Gangai Amaran
Produced by	Karumari Kandasamy J. Durai
Written by	Gangai Amaran
Starring	Ramarajan Rani Chandrasekhar M. N. Nambiar Rishi Goundamani Senthil Kuladeivam Rajagopal Shanmugasundaram
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	A. Sabapathi
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Vijaya Movies
Release dates	27 November 1992 (1992-11-27)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Villu Pattukaran is a 1992 Tamil drama film directed by Gangai Amaran. The film features Ramarajan, Rani and Chandrasekhar in lead roles. The film, produced by Karumari Kandasamy and J. Durai, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 27 November 1992.

Plot

Kalimuthu (Ramarajan) is the lead singer of a group performing Villu Paatu. The village head (Shanmugasundaram) decides to reconstruct the tumbledown village temple and gives Kalimuthu responsibility for funding money. Finally, the music director Ilaiyaraaja helps them financially. Then, Kalimuthu approaches a reputed sculptor (M. N. Nambiar) from another village. The sculptor and his daughter Abhirami (Rani) come to their village. Later, Kalimuthu and Abhirami fall in love with each other. Abhirami's father wants to marry Abhirami to his nephew Rajasekharan (Chandrasekhar) while the village head's son Chelladurai (Vikas Rishi), a womanizer, has an eye for Abhirami. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Ramarajan as Kalimuthu
• Rani as Abhirami
• Chandrasekhar as Inspector Rajasekharan
• M. N. Nambiar
• Vikas Rishi as Chelladurai
• Goundamani as Appakannu
• Senthil as Thangappan
• Kuladeivam Rajagopal
• Shanmugasundaram
• S. N. Lakshmi as Kalimuthu's mother
• Vaani as Kamachi
• Vijayadurga
• Karuppu Subaiah
• Thirupur Ramasamy
• Kullamani
• R. K. as Inspector
• Ilaiyaraaja in a cameo appearance
• Gangai Amaran in a cameo appearance
• Rajkiran in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Villu Pattukaran
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released	1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:26
Producer	Ilaiyaraaja

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	'Kalaivaniyo Raniyo'	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:04
2	'Ponnil Vaanam'	S. Janaki	4:29
3	'Sakthi Bhagavati'	Mano, Rajagopal	2:31
4	'Solai Malai Ooram'	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:52
5	'Thandhen Thandhen'	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:33
6	'Vaanam Ennum'	K. S. Chithra	4:57

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. Ayyappa Prasad of The New Indian Express stated "the film has a very weak storyline" but praised the film's songs.