Dharma Yuddham

Dharma Yuddam
Poster
Directed by R. C. Sakthi
Produced by T. R. Srinivasan
Story by Peter Selvakumar
Starring Rajinikanth
Sridevi
Thengai Srinivasan
Music by Ilayaraja
Cinematography N. Balakrishnan
Edited by G. Radhakrishnan
Production
company
Charusuchithra films
Release date
 29 June 1979
Country India
Language Tamil

Dharma Yuddam is a 1979 Tamil film directed by R. C. Sakthi, a close associate of Kamal Hassan. It stars Rajinikanth and Sridevi in the lead roles. The film was dubbed in Telugu with the same title.[1]

Plot

Rajini's parents are killed by Thengai Srinivasan. He is adopted and brought up by a rich man. After many years Rajini finds out that Thengai Srinivasan has been stealing body parts, especially eyes. How Rajini takes revenge on him forms the crux of the story.

Cast

  • Rajinikanth as Vijay
  • Sridevi as Chitra
  • Thengai Srinivasan as Robert
  • Major Sundarrajan
  • Surulirajan
  • S. A. Asokan
  • V.Gopalakrishnan as Dr. Amarnath
  • Kumari Sachu
  • Pushpalatha
  • Chakkaravarthi
  • S. R. Veeraraghavan
  • Jaggu
  • Lakshmi Sree
  • Master Chandrasekar
  • Y. G. Mahendran

Soundtrack

Ilaiyaraaja's music was a major highlight of this film, especially the songs "Aagaya Gangai" (rendered by Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki) and "Oru Thanga Rathathil", rendered by Malaysia Vasudevan. The music has been given some impeccable background in the form of Western and Indian fusion.[2] Lyrics written by Kannadasan and M. G. Vallabhan.

  • "Oru Thanga" - Malaysia Vasudevan
  • "Aagaya Gangai" - Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki
  • "Ada Poya" - SP Shailaja
  • "Disco Sound" - Hariram, Ramola

Reception

Arunkumar Sekhar of The New Indian Express criticised the film for propagating the myth that "Humans are affected mentally during full moon day and new moon day".[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qUZ910jLYQ
  2. ↑ http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_listen_download.asp?MovieId=1315
  3. ↑ "Oh, the lunacy: Debunking myth in Dharma Yuddham". The New Indian Express. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-10.


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