Shankar Guru (1987 film)
Sankar Guru is a 1987 Indian Tamil action film, directed by L. Raja and produced by M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian and M. S. Guhan. The film was shot simulatenouly in Tamil and Telugu with the Telugu version titled Chinnari Devatha. The film stars Arjun, Seetha, Sasikala and Baby Shalini in lead roles. The film had musical score by Chandra Bose. The film was released on 19 March 1987. The film was commercially successful upon release and was known for action sequences.[1]
| Sankar Guru | |
|---|---|
 Tamil poster | |
| Directed by | L. Raja |
| Produced by | M. Saravanan M. Balasubramanian M. S. Guhan |
| Written by | V. C. Guhanathan (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | V. C. Guhanathan |
| Story by | M. Sivachandran |
| Starring | Arjun Seetha Sasikala Baby Shalini |
| Music by | Chandrabose |
| Cinematography | Viswam Natraj |
| Edited by | R. Vittal C. Lancy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | AVM Productions |
Release date | 19 March 1987 |
Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil Telugu |
Plot
Sankar Guru, an honest man, fights for the rights of poor people. When Rekha falls in love with him, a few gangsters try to attack her to teach Sankar a lesson.
Cast
- Arjun as Sankar Guru "Sankar" (Tamil) / Babu (Telugu)
- Seetha as Seetha
- Sasikala as Rekha
- Baby Shalini as Devi
- Sarath Babu as Devi's father
- Senthil as Karuvayan
- Senthamari as Kanagaraj
- Y. G. Mahendran as Dharmaraj
- V. Gopalakrishnan as a police commissioner
- Jeeva as Ethiraj
- Rallapalli as police constable
- Balaji as Nagaraj
- Manorama as Seetha's mother
- Rajya Lakshmi as Devi's mother
- Mohanapriya
- Chitralekha
- Chandrakala
- Chakravarthy as a police inspector
- Pasi Narayanan as a police constable
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao as a police constable
- K. K. Soundar as a school master
- Anumanthu as Seetha's father
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as Kanagaraj's assistant
- Omakuchi Narasimhan as Kanagaraj's assistant
- Visu in a special appearance as a doctor
Crew
- Direction: L. Raja
- Production: M. Saravanan, M. Balasubramanian & M. S. Guhan
- Music: Chandrabose
- Cinematography: Viswam Natraj
- Editing: R. Vittal & C. Lancy
- Art: B. Nagarajan
- Lyrics: Vairamuthu
- Fights: Judo. K. K. Rathnam
- Choreography: Puliyur Saroja
- Costumes: G. Aasirvatham, S. Masanam, Koteeswara Rao & Mohan
- Story: Sivachandran
- Screenplay & Dialogues: V. C. Guhanathan
- Production Company: AVM Productions
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Chandrabose and all songs were chartbusters during the time of release.[2]
| Shankar Guru | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Chandrabose | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | AVM Audio Kosmik | |||
| Producer | AVM Productions | |||
| Chandrabose chronology | ||||
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| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | "Maadi Veettu Mynar" | Malaysia Vasudevan | Vairamuthu | 04.20 |
| 2 | "Enna Pathti Nee" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 04.21 | |
| 3 | "Kakki Sattai Potta Machan" | Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja | 04.33 | |
| 4 | "Chinna Chinna Poove" (Male) | K. J. Yesudas | 04.24 | |
| 5 | "Chinna Chinna Poove" | Janaki | 04.26 | |
| 6 | "Kumbakonamey Konam" | S. P. Sailaja | 05.11 |
Reception
The Indian Express called it "absolutely unpretentious entertainer".[3]
References
- "Shankar Guru". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Sankar Guru Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Action - Indian Express - p. 14