Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996 film)

Kaalam Maari Pochu
Kaalam Maari Pochu
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:19
Label	Lucky Audio
Producer	Deva

Kaalam Maari Pochu
Kaalam Maari Pochu
	File:Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996).jpg Poster
Directed by	V. Sekhar
Produced by	C. Kannappan; S. S. Durairaju; S. Tamilselvi; S. Jeyalakshmi
Written by	V. Sekhar
Starring	Pandiarajan; Sangita; Vadivelu; Kovai Sarala; R. Sundarrajan; Rekha;
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	G. Rajendran
Edited by	A. P. Manivannan
Production; company	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikkoodam
Distributed by	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikkoodam
Release date	13 April 1996;
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kaalam Maari Pochu (transl. The times have changed) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language family comedy film directed by V. Sekhar. The film features Pandiarajan, Sangita, Vadivelu, Kovai Sarala, R. Sundarrajan and Rekha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 13 April 1996 and was a box office hit. The film was remade in Malayalam as Arjunan Pillayum Anchu Makkalum, in Kannada as Ellara Mane Dosenu and in Telugu as Family.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Sadagopan (Vinu Chakravarthy) and Meenakshi (Vadivukkarasi) have four daughters and a son (Raj Chander). Sadagopan always thinks that the son is an asset to him and the daughters are burden on his head. Sadagopan then searches grooms for his educated three elder daughters and with the help of Iyer (Venniradai Moorthy). Sadagoppan wants to get his daughters married to grooms who do not require any dowry. His three daughters Indra (Sangita), Sundari (Kovai Sarala) and Lakshmi (Rekha) marry an auto-rickshaw driver Muthupandi (Pandiarajan), a Corporation worker Sekar (Vadivelu) and a cook Murugesan (R. Sundarrajan), respectively. Although no dowry was paid, the three wayward husbands want to rely on their wives' property and asks for some money to start their own businesses for which the wives agree.

Raj Chander falls in love with a MLA's daughter and his wedding is arranged. At the wedding, Muthupandi, Sekar and Murugesan feels insulted and picks up quarrel which leads to trouble. Raj Chander asks them to leave the wedding hall and their wives also leave with them. Also, Raj Chander does not permit his father to give any money to his sisters' husbands. This brings up quarrels between the three couples.

Unable to bear her daughters' sufferings, Meenakshi falls ill and dies. The three wives decide to work in a garment factory against their husbands wish to support their families. Raj Chander wants to start a factory by selling Sadagopan's house for which Sadagopan's daughters disagree. Quarrels erupt between them and finally Sadagopan beats up his son which make him realize the mistake. Sadagopan also understands the importance of his daughters.

Cast[edit]

Pandiarajan as Muthupandi
Sangita as Indra
Vadivelu as Sekar
Kovai Sarala as Sundari
R. Sundarrajan as Murugesan
Rekha as Lakshmi
Raj Chander
Vinu Chakravarthy as Sadagopan
Venniradai Moorthy as Iyer
Vadivukkarasi as Meenakshi
Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Muthupandi's father
Shanmugasundari as Rangamma, Sekar's mother
Kalidoss as Politician
Idichapuli Selvaraj
Bonda Mani
Jayamani
LIC Narasimhan as Advocate
Kovai Senthil
Bayilvan Ranganathan
MLA Thangaraj as Police officer
Vijay Ganesh

Awards[edit]

The film has won the following award since its release:^[2]

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1996

Best Comedian - Vadivelu

Soundtrack[edit]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and Vairamuthu.^[3]

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
1	"Achcham Ennadi"	K. S. Chithra	Vaali	4:29
2	"Punnagai Raniye" (duet)	Mano, Krishnaraj, K. S. Chithra	Vairamuthu	5:01
3	"Punnagai Raniye" (solo)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sindhu	Vairamuthu	5:01
4	"Thavil Adida"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Vaali	4:30
5	"Vaadi Pottapulla Veliye"	Vadivelu	Vaali	4:18

Remakes[edit]

Characters in *Kaalam Maari Pochu* and its adaptations
Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996)	Arjunan Pillayum Anchu Makkalum (1997)	Ellara Mane Dosenu (2001)
Tamil	Malayalam	Kannada
Muthupandi (Pandiarajan)	Uthaman (Jagadish)	(Ramkumar)
Indra (Sangita)	Jayasree (Charmila)	(Shruti)
Sekar (Vadivelu)	Thangakuttan (Harisree Ashokan)	(Kashi)
Sundari (Kovai Sarala)	Jayaprabha Kalpana	(Suhasini)
Murugesan (R. Sundarrajan)	Sudhakaran (Jagathy Sreekumar)	(Mohan Shankar)
Lakshmi (Rekha)	Jayalakshmi (Bindu Panicker)	(Bhavana)
(Raj Chander)	Ajayan (Baiju)	(Darshan)
Sadagopan (Vinu Chakravarthy)	Arjunan Pillai (Innocent)	(Srinivasa Murthy)

References[edit]

↑ "Chitraloka.com". 6 April 2001. Archived from the original on 6 April 2001.
↑ "Vadivel". cinematoday2.itgo.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
↑ "Download Kaalam Maari Pochu by Deva on Nokia Music". music.ovi.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

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[1] "Chitraloka.com". 6 April 2001. Archived from the original on 6 April 2001.

[2] "Vadivel". cinematoday2.itgo.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[3] "Download Kaalam Maari Pochu by Deva on Nokia Music". music.ovi.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

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