Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996 film)

Kaalam Maari Pochu
Directed by V. Sekhar
Produced by C. Kannappan
S. S. Durairaju
S. Tamilselvi
S. Jeyalakshmi
Written by V. Sekhar
Starring
Music by Deva
Cinematography G. Rajendran
Edited by A. P. Manivannan
Production
company
Thiruvalluvar Kalaikkoodam
Distributed by Thiruvalluvar Kalaikkoodam
Release date
  • 13 April 1996 (1996-04-13)
Running time
 155 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Kaalam Maari Pochu (English:Times have changed) is a 1996 Tamil family comedy film directed by V. Sekhar. The film features Pandiarajan, Sangita, Vadivelu, Kovai Sarala, R. Sundarrajan and Rekha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 13 April 1996 and emerged as one of the blockbusters of 1996. The film was remade in Malayalam as Arjunan Pillayum Anchu Makkalum and in Kannada as Ellara Mane Dosenu and in Telugu as Family.[1]

Plot

Sadagopan (Vinu Chakravarthy) and Meenakshi (Vadivukkarasi) have four daughters and a son (Raj Chander). Sadagopan always thinks that the son is the asset to him and the daughters are a burden on his head. Sadagopan then searches grooms for his educated three elder daughters and with the help of Iyer (Venniradai Moorthy), they eventually find them. His three daughters Indra (Sangita), Sundari (Kovai Sarala) and Lakshmi (Rekha) finally get married to the auto-rickshaw driver Muthupandi (Pandiarajan), the Corporation worker Sekar (Vadivelu) and the cook Murugesan (R. Sundarrajan) respectively. Three of them wayward husbands want to rely on their wive's property. The three wives did not like their husbands and the quarrel between them become recurrent. Unable to bear her daughters' sufferings, Meenakshi then dies. As the years go by and their situation becomes worst. With children now, the three wives decide to work in a garment factory to support their families. Sadagopan's son then gets married and opens a factory with Sadagopan's savings, his son turns out to be a greedy person who only thinks about himself. The whole story revolves around three families, who the three wives teach a lesson to their husbands and make their father and their brother realize their mistakes.

Cast

Awards

The film has won the following award since its release:[2]

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1996

Soundtrack

Kaalam Maari Pochu
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 23:19
Label Lucky Audio
Producer Deva

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and Vairamuthu.[3]

TrackSongSinger(s)Duration
1'Achcham Ennadi'K. S. Chithra4:29
2'Punnagai Raniye' (duet)Mano, K. S. Chithra5:01
3'Punnagai Raniye' (solo)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam5:01
4'Thavil Adida'S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:30
5'Vaadi Pottapulle Veliye'Vadivelu4:18

Remakes

Characters in Kaalam Maari Pochu and its adaptations
Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996) Arjunan Pillayum Anchu Makkalum (1997) Ellara Mane Dosenu (2001)
Tamil
Malayalam
Kannada
Muthupandi
(Pandiarajan)		 Uthaman
(Jagadish)
(Ramkumar)
Indra
(Sangita)		 Jayasree
(Charmila)
(Shruti)
Sekar
(Vadivelu)		 Thangakuttan
(Harisree Ashokan)
(Kashi)
Sundari
(Kovai Sarala)		 Jayaprabha
Kalpana
(Suhasini)
Murugesan
(R. Sundarrajan)		 Sudhakaran
(Jagathy Sreekumar)
(Mohan Shankar)
Lakshmi
(Rekha)		 Jayalakshmi
(Bindu Panicker)
(Bhavana)

(Raj Chander)		 Ajayan
(Baiju)
(Darshan)
Sadagopan
(Vinu Chakravarthy)		 Arjunan Pillai
(Innocent)
(Srinivasa Murthy)

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010406082905/http://www.chitraloka.com/english/knock_out/dosenu.html
  2. ↑ "Vadivel". cinematoday2.itgo.com. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Download Kaalam Maari Pochu by Deva on Nokia Music". music.ovi.com. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
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