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Meendum Savithri
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| Meendum Savithri | |
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| File:Meendum Savithri DVD cover.jpg DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Visu |
| Produced by | B. Nagi Reddy |
| Written by | Visu |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Devendran |
| Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
| Edited by | Ganesh Kumar |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Meendum Savithri (transl. Again Savithri) is a 1996 Tamil drama film directed by Visu. The film features Revathi, Saranya Ponvannan, Nizhalgal Ravi and Raja in lead roles, with Ramesh Aravind, Visu, Nagesh, Jaiganesh, Annapoorna, Seetha and Pandu playing supporting roles. The film, produced by B. Nagi Reddy, had musical score by Devendran and was released on 9 February 1996. Despite positive reviews, the film bombed at the box-office.[1][2][3][4][5] The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Neti Savithri with Gollapudi Maruthi Rao replacing Visu.[6]
Plot[edit]
Manju (Revathi) is an outspoken woman and she works in a small company. She lives with her father Narayana Moorthy (Visu) who tries to reform the people as much as possible. Belonging to a middle-class family, she cannot provide a dowry for the potential grooms. One day, Manju comes across an innovative advertisement : a groom is looking for a bride without any dowries. The groom is Vasudevan (Raja) who seems to be the perfect future husband. When Manju and Narayana Moorthy meet his family, Narayana Moorthy is very shocked. Vasudevan's father Ramamoorthy (Nagesh) became mentally ill when his business failed, his sister Gayathri (Seetha) became mentally ill when someone raped her, his brother Bhaskar (Ramesh Aravind) is a drunkard and his mother (Annapoorna) is an asthma patient. Finally, Manju and Vasudevan get married. During the first night, Vasudevan beats her and falls down unconscious.
Vasudevan's family was, in fact, acting, they are perfectly all right but they are scared of something. The truth is that Vasudevan was already married to Uma (Saranya Ponvannan). Uma was initially in love with Narasimman (Nizhalgal Ravi), a do-gooder however she later rejects him after coming to know that he is a con man, she marries Vasudevan. Narasimman in order to extract money from her creates photographs showing him and Uma being married which leads to Vasudevan assume that Uma had cheated him. Vasudevan gets affected psychologically due to her absence in order to make him normal his whole family pretends to be suffering from problems.
Manju then comes up with a plan to expose Narasimman's cruel ways. She and Vasudevan's family disguises themselves as a rich family from Mumbai with Bhaskar disguising himself as broker Ananthakrishnan. Narayana Moorthy who comes to know about the plan also joins the act as her rich father. Narayana Moorthy though not happy with the developments has to go along with the act after Manju threatens to commit suicide. During the engagement between Manju and Narasimman, Narasimman's evil ways are exposed and he gets arrested by the cops.
In the end, Manju unites Vasu and Uma by throwing her thali inside the temple hundi and gets back to her daily routine.
Cast[edit]
- Revathi as Manju
- Saranya Ponvannan as Uma
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Narasimman
- Raja as Vasudevan
- Ramesh Aravind as Bhaskar
- Visu as Narayana Moorthy
- Nagesh as Ramamoorthy
- Jaiganesh as Chandramouli
- Annapoorna as Vasudevan's mother
- Seetha as Gayathri
- Pandu as Gajendran
- Kumarimuthu
- Jamuna Srinivasan as Meenatchi
- Ganga
- Suryakanth
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- Telugu cast
- Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Minor Babu
- Rallapalli as Gajendra
- Chitti Babu
- K. K. Sarma
- Juttu Narasimham as Pullaih
Soundtrack[edit]
| Meendum Savithri | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:57 | |||
| Producer | Devendran | |||
| Devendran chronology | ||||
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Devendran. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Piraisoodan.[7]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Naatukulla Romba" | Mano, Chorus | 4:31 |
| 2 | "Pethava Unnai" | K. J. Yesudas | 4:19 |
| 3 | "Avaravar Thalai" | K. S. Chithra | 3:58 |
| 4 | "Indha Naal" | Mano | 4:58 |
| 5 | "Vel Murugan" | Mano | 3:48 |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Meendum Savithri (1996) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Filmography of meendum savithri". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Find Tamil Movie Meendum Savithri". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Immortal Visu". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Tamil cinema "Meendum Savithri"". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9xlm45RVw
- ↑ "Meendum Savithri — Saavn". saavn.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.