Aasai Alaigal

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Aasai Alaigal
ஆசை அலைகள்
File:Aasai Alaigal Film .jpg
Film Poster
Directed byA. S. A. Sami
Produced byJ. D. Farnando
Arockiya Raj
Written byA. S. A. Sami
StarringS. S. Rajendran C. R. Vijayakumari
M. R. Radha
Sowcar Janaki
Nagesh
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyR. M. Pillai
Edited byP. V. Karunakaran
Production
company
Anbu Films
Distributed byVelankanni Cine Arts
Release date
  • 15 November 1963 (1963-11-15) (India)
[1]
Running time
135 Mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aasai Alaigal (English: Desire Tides) is a 1963 Indian Tamil language Family Drama film directed by A. S. A. Samy and produced by J. D. Fernando.[1] The film featured S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari, M. R. Radha and Sowcar Janaki in the lead roles.[2][3]

Plot[edit]

Amudha, a girl from a rich family, loves and marries Durai who is from a middle-class family. They beget two children. Amudha wants to live a lavish life whereas Durai thinks love is God. Amudha's brother Manickam spends all his share of father's wealth and comes to live with Amudha. He soon finds the difference of opinion between Amudha and her husband and tries to blow it up. In the meantime, Naganathan, a friend of Durai meets with an accident and dies. Before dying he requests Durai to take care of his wife Thangam and children. Durai works overtime to help Thangam. Manickam tells Amudha that Durai is having an affair with Thangam. As a result, Durai and Amudha had a fight and gets separated. How the family gets together forms the rest of the story.[4]

Cast[edit]

Crew[edit]

  • Director: A. S. A. Samy
  • Script: A. S. A. Samy
  • Music: K. V. Mahadevan
  • Art: Chittadal Varadhan
  • Stills: M. S. Gnanam
  • Publicity: Eligant
  • Processing: P. M. Raghavalu (Vijaya Lab)
  • Audiography (song): T. S. Rangasamy
  • Audiography (dialogue): V. Sivaram
  • Choreography: Chinni - Sambath.[5]

Soundtrack[edit]

Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Panju Arunachalam. Playback singers are Sirkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari, K. Jamuna Rani, T. M. Soundararajan and S. V. Ponnusamy.[6]

No Song Singer Length(m:ss) Lyrics
1 "Anbu Enbathu" Sirkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari & K. Jamuna Rani 4:06 Kannadasan
2 "Anbu Enbathu" - 2 1:48
3 "ChinnanChiru Magalai" K. Jamuna Rani 03:51
4 "Antha Mayakkam Vendum" L. R. Eswari & K. Jamuna Rani 4:20
5 "Sollap Pona... Yaarai Enge Vaipathu" S. V. Ponnusamy 2:51 Panju Arunachalam
6 "Nadanthu Vantha" T. M. Soundararajan 4:26

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "asai alaigal". spicyonion. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. "aasai alaigal". In.com India. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. Asai Alaigal Song Book. Kalaimagal, Madurai.
  5. "asai alaigal movie cast crew". gomolo. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  6. G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 2 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition November 2016. pp. 100–101.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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