Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai

Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai
Poster
Directed byP. Vasu
Written byP. Vasu
Produced byM. Ramanathan
StarringSathyaraj
Shobana
CinematographyA. Sabapathy
Edited byP. Mohanraj
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Raaj Films International
Release date
  • 28 October 1989 (1989-10-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai (transl. Son from Teacher's house) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Vasu. It stars Sathyaraj and Shobana. This was Sathyaraj's 100th film as an actor. Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Sathyaraj film Dravidan. It was commercially unsuccessful. The film was a remake of Kannada film Nammoora Raja for which Vasu written the story.[citation needed]

Plot

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A corrupt landlord's plan of constructing a chemical factory is foiled by Thangaraj. Things take a turn when Thangaraj falls in love with the landlord's daughter. Thangaraj's family gets affected by the landlord. The rest of the film revolves how Thangaraj thwarts the plans of the landlord and saves his family.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[1][2]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Annana Vittu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Vaali 04:31
"Chikkunnu Irukku" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra Piraisoodan 04:27
"Manamaalaiyum Manjalum" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Pulamaipithan 04:32
"Oru Pooncholai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra Muthulingam 05:12
"Thaiyarae Thaiyarae" Malaysia Vasudevan Gangai Amaran 04:28
"Vaathiyaru Veetu" Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja 04:00
"Vazhkayilae Kashtapattu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 04:42

Release and reception

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Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Sathyaraj film Dravidan.[3][4] P. S. S. of Kalki lamented the fact that Sathyaraj's 100th film was underwhelming.[5] The film was a box office failure.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Vaathiyar Veetu Pillai (1989)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Vathiyar Veetu Pillai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Pandian, Avinash (10 October 2015). "When superstars had two releases on the same day | Sathyaraj". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ ராம்ஜி, வி. (28 October 2022). "சத்யராஜின் 100-வது படம் வெளியாகி 33 ஆண்டுகள்!". Kamadenu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ^ பி. எஸ். எஸ். (12 November 1989). "வாத்தியார் வீட்டுப் பிள்ளை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 19. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. ^ Kesavan, N. (14 May 2016). "100th film jinx grips the mighty sans 'Captain'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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