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Taxi Driver (1978 film)
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Taxi Driver<br />
| image = Taxi Driver 1978.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = N. S. Manian<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Jaishankar]]<br />[[Sridevi]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Charu Chitra Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|1978|8|18|df=y}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Taxi Driver (1978) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1978/taxi-driver |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/7GPni |archive-date=15 September 2020 |access-date=15 September 2020 |website=Screen4screen}}</ref><br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
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}}<br />
'''''Taxi Driver''''' is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by N. S. Manian,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |page=649 |orig-year=1994}}</ref> and produced by Charu Chitra Films. The film stars [[Jaishankar]], [[S. A. Ashokan]], [[M. R. Radha]] and [[Sridevi]].<ref name="akkampakkam">{{Cite web |title=Taxi Driver Movie 1978 |url=http://www.akkampakkam.com/movies/taxi-driver-2342.html |access-date=18 November 2017 |website=Akkam Pakkam}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Jaishankar]]<br />
* [[S. A. Ashokan]]<br />
* [[M. R. Radha]]<br />
* [[Sridevi]]<br />
*[[Praveena Bhagyaraj]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Taxi Driver'' is Jaishankar's 150th film as an actor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2019 |title=78ல் ஜெய்சங்கர் 13 படங்கள்; வெள்ளிக்கிழமை ஹீரோவின் சாதனை |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/523020-jai-shankar.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 September 2020 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music of the film was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. The song "Santhi My Holy Angel" sung by [[Vani Jairam]] and [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] attained popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saravanan |title=Vani Jayaram&nbsp;— Tamil Film Songs Chronology |url=http://www.vanijairam.com/Pages/Vani1978.html |access-date=18 November 2017 |website=Vanijairam.com}}</ref> The song "Idhu Raja Gopura Deepam Alla" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] known as [[Revati (raga)|Revati]],{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=132}} and "Sugamana Sindhanyil" is set in Ragam Bowli.{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=159}}<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Tracklist<ref>https://www.discogs.com/M-S-Viswanathan-Taxi-Driver/release/12008593</ref><br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length =<br />
| title1 = Sugamana Sindhanaiyil<br />
| note1 = <br />
| writer1 = <br />
| lyrics1 = <br />
| music1 = <br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]]<br />
| length1 =<br />
| title2 = Santhi My Holy Angel<br />
| note2 = <br />
| writer2 = <br />
| lyrics2 = <br />
| music2 = <br />
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Vani Jairam]]<br />
| length2 =<br />
| title3 = Ragasiyasurangathil<br />
| note3 = <br />
| writer3 = <br />
| lyrics3 = <br />
| music3 = <br />
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[L. R. Eswari]]<br />
| length3 =<br />
| title4 = Edhu Raaja Gopura Deepam<br />
| note4 = <br />
| writer4 = <br />
| lyrics4 = <br />
| music4 = <br />
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| length4 = <br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |location=Chennai |oclc=295034757 |orig-year=2005}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|3400182}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
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