Gopura Vasalile

Gopura Vasalile
Official DVD cover
Tamil கோபுர வாசலிலே
Directed by Priyadarshan
Produced by M. K. Thamizharasu
Screenplay by Priyadarshan
Gokula Krishnan (Dialogues)
Story by Sreenivasan
Starring Karthik
Bhanupriya
Suchitra
Nassar
Janagaraj
Charle
Junior Balaiah
Mohanlal
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography P. C. Sreeram
Edited by N. Gopalakrishnan
Production
company
Arul Nithi Films
Distributed by Arul Nithi Films
Release date
 22 March 1991
Country India
Language Tamil

Gopura Vasalile (English: In the door of the gopuram) is a 1991 Indian Tamil black comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan in his directional debut in Tamil cinema, produced by M. K. Thamizharasu. The film features Karthik, Bhanupriya, Suchitra, Nassar, Janagaraj, Charle, Junior Balaiah, V. K. Ramasamy, Sukumari and Poornam Vishwanathan. Mohanlal appears in a cameo role in a song. Music was composed by Ilaiyaraja, while cinematography was by P. C. Sreeram.

The story of the film borrows some subplots from the Malayalam film Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran (1990). The film is one of the earliest examples of black humour in Tamil cinema. Gopura Vasalile was well received at the box office and ran for more than 100 days at many theatres in Tamil Nadu.

Plot

Manohar (Karthik) is a schoolteacher in a local town. He is a bachelor living along with his friends (Nassar, Junior Balaiah and Charle). Manohar has had a troubled love life, having lost his lover Kasthuri (Suchitra) in a car accident. His friends are wastrels who roam about the town, flirting with local girls. During one such dalliance with an army officer's (V. K. Ramasamy) daughter Kalyani (Bhanupriya), they are put behind bars for a few days. Manohar also gets peeved with their behavior and reprimands them for their uncouth behavior.

Humiliated, the friends decide to wreak their revenge on Manohar. They collude with a clerk (Janagaraj) in a local bank, and attempt to trick Manohar into believing Kalyani is in love with him. A few anonymous letters later, the plan comes out successful.

In the meantime, during the course of a few accidental events, Manohar comes across to Kalyani as a brave and resourceful hero. Impressed, she seeks his hand in marriage through the help of her father. This sudden development takes his scheming friends aback. They cook up evidences to convince Manohar that Kalyani is a whore. The gullible hero believes the subterfuge and cancels the plans of marriage.

Despondent after the twin love failures in his life, Manohar attempts suicide in a hotel. Thinking he is dead, the friends flee the town to avoid police confrontations. It is finally revealed to the viewers that Manohar was rescued by the police later and had reunited with Kalyani, after the foul play was decoded. Manohar pardons the friends as they had played some role in developing a love with his wife and invites them to a banquet at his new house atop a hill.

Cast

Production

Malayalam director Priyadarshan was to have made his Tamil debut with the film Chinnamanikkuyile, which never saw a theatrical release. As a result, Gopura Vasalile became his Tamil debut.[1]

Soundtrack

Gopura Vasalile
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraja
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 26:32
Label Echo

The original score and six original songs for the movie were composed by maestro Ilayaraja and the lyrics by Vaali and Piraisoodan.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.virakesari.lk/article/11624
  2. ↑ http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=194
  3. ↑ http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Gopura-Vasalilae-songs-T0000054
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