Puthiya Vaarpugal
| Puthiya Vaarpugal | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | P. Bharathiraja[1] |
| Produced by | P. Bharathiraja |
| Written by | K. Bhagyaraj |
| Screenplay by | P. Bharathiraja |
| Story by | R. Selvaraj |
| Starring |
K. Bhagyaraj Rati Agnihotri Goundamani |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | P. S. Nivas |
| Edited by | R. Bhaskaran |
Production company |
Manoj Creations |
| Distributed by | Manoj Creations |
Release dates | 14 April 1979 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Puthiya Vaarpugal is a 1979 Tamil language feature film directed by P. Bharathiraja. K. Bhagyaraj and Rati Agnihotri played the lead roles in this film along with Goundamani and G.Srinivasan. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja[2][3]
The film marked the debut of Bhagyaraj as a lead actor. The film was remade in Telugu as Kotha Jeevithalu. The movie was shot in picturesque locations in the Theni area of Tamil Nadu.
Plot
Shanmugakani (K. Bhagyaraj) arrives in the village of Thaayamangalam as the new school teacher and soon falls in love with a local damsel Jothi (Rati Agnihotri). The village head called as "Periyavar" (played by G.Srinivasan) is a lecherous and sinister man who has a lustful eye on Jothi. Amavasai(Goundamani) is Periyavar's stooge who also has a long-standing desire to marry Jothi. Periyavar frames Shanmugakani for the rape and murder of a woman social activist and gets him evicted from the village and gets Jothi married by deceit to Amavasai. He asks Amavasai and Jothi to stay with him in order to satiate his lust with Jothi. What happens afterwards forms the rest of the story.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Idhayam Poguthey | Jency | Gangai Amaran | 4:24 |
| 2 | Namthana Namthana | Jency, B. Vasantha | Muthulingam | 4:12 |
| 3 | Thiruvizha Koothu | Ilaiyaraaja, Gangai Amaran, P. Bharathiraja | Gangai Amaran | 5:37 |
| 4 | Vaan Meghangale | Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki | Kannadasan | 4:34 |
References
- ↑ "Puthiya Vaarpugal". cinesouth. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ↑ "Film List Of Director Barathiraja". Lakshman Shruthi. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ↑ "Bharathiraja Profile". Jointscene. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ↑ "Puthiya Vaarpugal songs". raaga. Retrieved 2013-10-01.