Pagalil Oru Iravu

Pagalil Oru Iravu
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Directed by I. V. Sasi
Produced by Ramachandran
Screenplay by J. Mahendran
Story by Sheriff
Starring Vijayakumar
Sridevi
Ravikumar
Seema
Major Sundarrajan
Music by Ilayaraja
Cinematography N. A. Thara
Edited by K. Narayanan
Production
company
Murali Movies
Release date
  • 15 August 1979 (1979-08-15)
[1]
Country India
Language Tamil

Pagalil Oru Iravu (lit. A night in the day; also spelt Pakalil Oru Iravu) is a 1979 Tamil-language Indian film directed by I. V. Sasi and starring Vijayakumar, Sridevi, Seema, Ravikumar and Major Sundarrajan

Plot

Seema, a doctor has a love interest on her cousin Vijayakumar. But Vijayakumar loves Sridevi, a shy and down to earth girl. So Seema sacrifices her love and so Vijayakumar gets married to Sridevi. Sridevi's mother (Pushpalatha) hides some truth about Sridevi to others. Everything goes well for Sridevi and she gets conceived, until she trips and falls from the stairs and gets aborted. Following this she gets weird and fearful dreams and memories and she is diagnosed to be suffering from retrograde hysteria. Ravikumar, brother of Seema, who returns from abroad is shocked to see Sridevi and he recollects the past.Once during the adolescent days, Sridevi encounters Ravikumar while targeting mangoes. Injured, unconscious Ravikumar is given first aid by Sridevi by tearing a piece of her short gown. Ravikumar gets attracted by her sexy appeal and unknowingly Sridevi loses her virginity to Ravikumar. Not knowing whom he was, she gets pregnant. Her mother takes her to a hill-side village to abort her baby by native treatment, due to which she loses memory of her adolescent age.

Sri Devi, who is being treated for hysteria,frequently returns to hysteric state more often.In a verge to know about her past, Major Sundarrajan compels her mother to reveal the truth. He informs Seema about her past and she cures Sridevi. A few days later, Vijayakumar takes Sridevi to a Hill resort to bring a change in her. There Sridevi witnesses the women who aborted her and gets hysteric and becomes unconscious. Vijayakumar comes to know the truth and he disowns her. After she recovers, she returns, but Vijayakumar isn't ready to accept her as he feels that she has cheated him by hiding the truth. But Ravikumar admits that he was the culprit behind her condition and commits suicide. Finally Vijayakumar understands the truth and accepts Sridevi as his wife.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for this film was composed by Illayaraja, and the lyrics for the following songs were composed by Kannadasan.[3] The song "llamai Enum Poongaatru" is set in the carnatic raga known as Sindhu Bhairavi.[4] Vipin Nair of The Hindu said the film "had a fine soundtrack from Ilaiyaraja penned by Kannadasan", and was particularly appreciative of "llamai Enum Poongaatru".[5] The song was later re-used in Pagadi Aattam (2017).[6]

#SongSingers Lyrics Duration
1 Kalaiyo Silaiyo Ithu Ponmaan Nila Jayachandran Kannadasan 4:02
2 Thaamtha Theemtha Aadum S Janaki 5:13
3 Ponnaram Poovaram S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:15
4 llamai Enum Poongaatru S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:27
5 Thottam Konda Rasave Ilaiyaraaja, Jency 5:13

References

  1. ↑ Mahendran, J. (2013) [2004]. Cinemavum Naanum [Cinema and Me] (in Tamil). Karpagam Publications. p. 344.
  2. ↑ "Sridevi : A Dreamgirl to a Dream that ended soon!". APHerald. February 26, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  3. ↑ Raaga.com
  4. ↑ Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 132.
  5. ↑ Nair, Vipin (26 February 2018). "The song-n-dance about her". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (18 February 2017). "Pagadi Aattam movie review: A one time watch for Rahman's cop act". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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