Thirisoolam

Thirisoolam
Thirisoolam
Directed by	K. Vijayan
Written by	A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Story by	M. D. Sundar
Based on	Shankar Guru (1978); by V. Somashekhar
Produced by	Santhi Narayansamy,; T. Manohar
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan; K. R. Vijaya; Sripriya; Reena;
Cinematography	K. S. Prasad; T. S. Vinayagam
Edited by	B. Kanthasamy
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Sivaji Productions
Release date	27 January 1979;
Running time	167 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thirisoolam (transl. Trident) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Vijayan. It had Sivaji Ganesan playing triple roles and was promoted as his 200th film in a lead role.^[1] The film completed a 200-day run at the box office. It is a remake of the Kannada film Shankar Guru (1978).^[2]^[3]

Plot[]

Rajasekaran is an upright businessman whose associates are involved in shady deals. During an argument over such a deal, a scuffle ensues and Rajasekharan accidentally shoots one of his associates dead. Fleeing from the police, he loses contact with his pregnant wife Sumathi.

Many years later, Sumathi is now living with her son Shankar (also Sivaji Ganesan) in Delhi, while Rajasekaran is a rich estate owner in Kashmir. Rajasekaran's niece encounters Shankar in Delhi and recommends him to manage her uncle's estate in Kashmir. Also arriving in Kashmir for a romantic quest with a rich girl Sripriya is Guru (Sivaji Ganesan's third role), a look-alike of Shankar, who is later also found to be his twin brother. Through Shankar, Rajasekaran finally manages to establish contact with his long-lost wife Sumathi and is overwhelmed with joy.

However, before he can meet Sumathi, trouble arrives in the form of Rajasekaran's erstwhile crooked partners headed by M. N. Nambiar, who are after a valuable necklace stolen from a temple in Delhi, which they believe is now in Rajasekaran's possession. The partners kidnap Sumathi and imprison and torture Rajasekaran, and it is up to Shankar and Guru to rescue and re-unite their father and mother.

Cast[]

Sivaji Ganesan as Rajashekharan/Shankar/Guru
K. R. Vijaya as Sumathi
Sripriya as Malathy
Reena as Nalini
M. N. Nambiar as Chakravarthi
Major Sundarrajan as Guru's foster father
Thengai Srinivasan as Ganesh
V. K. Ramasamy as Malathy's Grandfather
S. V. Ramadas as Premkumar
Jaiganesh as Divakar, Chakravarthi's son
Pushpalatha as Dr. Prema
premanand

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[4]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Malar Kodutthen"	T. M. Soundararajan	Kannadasan	04:10
2	"Kadhal Rani Katti Kidakae"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam		05:02
3	"En Raajathi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam		04:27
4	"Irandu Kaigal"	K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam		04:07
5	"Thirumaalin Thirumaarbil"	K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam		05:10

Reception[]

B. S. M. of Kalki praised Ganesan's performance, but not the film itself.^[5] It ran in more than 20 theatres for 100 days and crossed silver jubilee in 8 theatres.It broke all the records till that day crossed 3 crore mark. First film to cross 900 housefull shows in chennai and 375 housefull shows in Madurai.

References[]

^ "'வசந்தமாளிகை'யில் ஜெயலலிதா - சிவாஜி நினைவுநாள் இன்று!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Top ten Kannada films to have been remade". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
^ "191-200". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ "Thirisoolam Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/feb/11-02-1979/p33.jpg

External links[]

Thirisoolam at IMDb

[1] "'வசந்தமாளிகை'யில் ஜெயலலிதா - சிவாஜி நினைவுநாள் இன்று!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[2] "Top ten Kannada films to have been remade". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

[3] "191-200". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[4] "Thirisoolam Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[5] ttps://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/feb/11-02-1979/p33.jpg

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