Karpoora Mullai
| Karpoora Mullai | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Fazil |
| Written by | Fazil |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | T.R.Sekhar |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Ilayaraja Creations |
Release date | 11 April 1991 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Karpoora Mullai is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Fazil, starring Amala, Raja and Srividya.[1] The bilingual film was simultaneously shot in Malayalam as Ente Sooryaputhrikku.[2]
Plot[]
Maya (Amala) was a spoiled child of a rich man as she always creates issues in her hostel as well as in college. One day along with her friends, she decides to make fun of a Dr. Srinivas (Raja), but the doctor in turn insults her saying that she is a fatherless child. Shocked Maya understands her childish behavior and attempts suicide, but the doctor saves her and she gets back to normal, but starts loving the doctor and she also decide to find out who her father is and finally she discovers that her father had adopted her when she was baby and her biological mother was K. S Vasundhara Devi (Srividya), famous singer. She tries her every bit to make her mom accept her. Finally her mother accepts Maya, but before she make this news to public, Vasundhara Devi is murdered by her administration employees for her wealth. Maya kills her mother's killer's and she is sentenced to lifetime imprisonment. Srinivas marries Maya while she serves her sentence.
Cast[]
- Amala as Maya Vinodini
- Srividya as Vasundhara Devi K. S
- Sumithra as Dr. Srinivas's mother
- Raja as Dr. Srinivas
- TS. Raghavendra
- Prathapachandran as Shiva Prasad
- Vijayakumar as Vinod Shankar
- Bheeman Raghu as Ravi
- Suma Jayaram
- Kalady Omana
- Fazil as guest appearance
- Suresh Gopi as guest appearance
- Kanya Bharathi
Soundtrack[]
The highly successful soundtrack was composed by Illayaraja and sung by Chitra, P. Susheela and K. J. Yesudas.[3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Karpoora Mullai" | Ilaiyaraaja | K. S. Chithra | 5.00 |
| 2. | "Poonkaaviyam I" | Vaali | P. Susheela | 4.43 |
| 3. | "Vaama Vaa" | Ilaiyaraaja | K. S. Chithra | 4.37 |
| 4. | "Poonkaaviyam II" | Vaali | K. J. Yesudas, P. Susheela, K. S. Chithra | 4.43 |
| 5. | "Shree Siva" | P. Leela | 4.40 |
Reception[]
The Indian Express called it "Alternatively vibrant and serious [..] built up well by director Fazil [..]".[4]
References[]
- ^ "Vinyl LP Record-Karpoora Mullai". meditations. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "The Remake of Ente Sooryaputhrikku was shot simultaneously!". The Times of India. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Karpoora Mullai". hummaa.com. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19910426&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
External links[]
- Tamil-language films
- Indian films
- 1991 films
- Films about adoption
- Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
- Films directed by Fazil
- Indian multilingual films
- 1990s Tamil-language films
- 1990s multilingual films