Sri Kanchi Kamakshi
| Sri Kanchi Kamakshi | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | K. S. Gopalakrishnan |
| Starring | Major Sundarrajan Gemini Ganesan R. Muthuraman Thengai Srinivasan S. A. Ashokan Sujatha Srikanth P. R. Varalakshmi Rajasulochana Srividya Vanisri Prameela Y. Vijaya |
| Music by | K. S. Raghunathan |
Release date |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Sri Kanchi Kamakshi is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language devotional film on the goddess Kamakshi. The film is told in a narrative style by the characters played by Major Sundarrajan. Lead roles in the film are played by S. A. Ashokan, Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, P. R. Varalakshmi, Rajasulochana, Thengai Srinivasan,kanthimathi, Srividya, Sujatha, Vanisri and K. R. Vijaya. The film was released on 30 October 1978.[1]
Plot
The story follows the birth of Meenakshimyndan and then narrates the exploits of Goddess Kamakshi with Meenakshimyndan as the narrator.
Cast
- A. V. M. Rajan as Shiva
- Major Sundarrajan as Meenakshimyndan
- Ennathe Kannaiah as Villager
- Gemini Ganesan as Meenakshimyndan's father
- R. Muthuraman as Adi Shankara
- Thengai Srinivasan as An ardent devotee
- S. A. Ashokan as Kabaligan
- Sujatha as Meenakshimyndan's mother
- Srikanth
- P. R. Varalakshmi
- Rajasulochana
- Srividya
- Gandhimathi
- Vanisri
- Sripriya as Meenakshi
- Prameela
- Y. Vijaya
- J. Lalitha as Maragadham Mother / Arupa Lakshmi
- Vadivukkarasi
- K. Kannan as Bhandasura
- Tambaram Lalitha as Kali
Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. S. Raghunathan.
| Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vedhatthin Ucchi.... Unnai Kaana Vendum | T. M. Soundararajan | A. Maruthakasi | 04:33 |
| Om Sakthi Om | Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan & T. L. Maharajan | A. Maruthakasi | 04:19 |
| Manmathan Kai Karumbin | Seerkazhi Govindarajan | 04:24 | |
| Ana Kana Ngana | Vani Jairam | 02:06 |
Reception
References
- ^ "ஸ்ரீ காஞ்சி காமாக்ஷி". Anna (in Tamil). 29 October 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 3 June 2024 – via Endangered Archives Programme.
- ^ பி. எஸ். எம். (3 December 1978). "ஸ்ரீ காஞ்சி காமாக்ஷி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 17. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "விகடன் பொக்கிஷம்: ஒரு தீபாவளி... 11 படங்கள்!". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "காஞ்சி காமாட்சி". Anna (in Tamil). 19 November 1978. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via Endangered Archives Programme.