Kalyana Galatta

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Kalyana Galatta
File:Kalyana galatta cd cover.jpg
Directed byRajkapoor
Produced byK. Balu
Written byRajkapoor
Starring
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
CinematographyRajarathinam
Edited by
Production
company
Malar Films
Release date
  • 31 July 1998 (1998-07-31)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kalyana Galatta is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Rajkapoor, starring Sathyaraj, Mantra and Khushboo. The film, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, filmed by Rajarathinam and edited by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan, released on 1 August 1998.

Plot[edit]

Satyaraj is an orphan and he adopts a local Christian family, and becomes the guardian of the family. He comes to Ooty  searching for a job in a cinema theatre run by manivannan, where Xatyaraj's friend, S Ve Shekar also works. Due to some clever planning, Satyaraj convinces maNi and gets the job. But maNivaNNan wants only a married man to be his manager. Because Satyaraj is desperate, he lies that he is married and that his wife works as a post-women in Madras. He runs into petty fights with Manivannan's daughter Manthra, who plans underground tricks to sack Satyaraj from his job. Anandaraj is the "muRai paiyan " for Manthra, who wants to mzffy her for property. Due to one such prank from Manthra, Manivannan asks Satyaraj to ask his wife to come and collect his salary. Satyaraj then lies, that he is a widower and shows a photo of unknown figure Kushboo (supposed to have died), got from one of the local studios, as his wife.  While Satyaraj and S Ve shakhar do cleverly mastermind this plan, R Sundararajan a local interior designer(?) brings back Kushboo alive but mentally retarded to Satyaraj's place. Meanwhile, some astrologer predicts that Manthra should be married as a second wife, or else her "thaali" wouldn't last long and Manivannan, wants Satyaraj to marry her. Having a big fish in hand, Satyaraj tries to conceal Kushboo and marry Manthra. The second half goes in Kushboo's pranks and the duo's attempts in hiding her, who also turns out to be pregnant and making a fool of Manivannan. Finally, Satyraj is caught red-handed, and then he traces Kushboo's origin and discovers that she is the eldest daughter of his adopted family (so his sister!) and Anandaraj is the culprit who is her husband who deserted her, which made her insane. He doesn't have any evidence to prove this fact and finally director Raj Kapoor uses "ladies-sentiment" of pregnancy and pain to make Anandraj confess and the movie ends with wedding knots for Anandaraj-Kushboo and Satyaraj-Mantra.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Kalyana Galatta
Soundtrack album by
Released
1998 (India)
Recorded1998
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:12
LabelFive Star Audio
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Velai
(1998)
Kalyana Galatta
(1998)
Poovellam Kettuppar
(1999)

The music, including soundtrack, was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.[1] The soundtrack, featuring 6 tracks with lyrics written by Pazhani Bharathi and Ravi Bharathi, was released by 5 Star in 1998.[2]

Track Song Singer(s) Lyricist Duration Notes
1 "Adiye Kuruvamma" Mano, Anuradha Sriram Pazhani Bharathi 4:11
2 "Adhaam Yevaal" Venkat Prabhu, Bhavatharini 5:13
3 "Velli Malai" Arunmozhi, K. S. Chitra 5:14
4 "Vazhkkaiyil" Bhavatharini, Yuvan Shankar Raja 4:36
5 "Kummaalam" Mano, Arun Mozhi, Sujatha Mohan Ravi Bharathi 3:50
6 "Madona Paattu" Pop Shalini, Mano Pazhani Bharathi 5:08

Reception[edit]

Indolink wrote "It reminds us of a dozen movies on the same lines produced earlier, and mentioning the names of those movies in the dialogues is a clever patch from the director".[3]

References[edit]

  1. https://gaana.com/album/kalyana-galatta-tamil
  2. https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/kalyana-galatta-songs-T0000883
  3. "KalyaaNa Galaattaa: Movie Review".

External links[edit]

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