Vakkuruthi

1973 Indian film

7 September 1973 (1973-09-07)

Running time

130 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Vakkuruthi (/vɑːkkuruði/ transl. Pledge) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film starring Jaishankar, Vennira Aadai Nirmala and Major Sundarrajan, with Cho Ramaswamy, Thengai Srinivasan and Anjali Devi appearing in supporting roles. It was released on 7 September 1973.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Male cast

Jaishankar as Narendran
Major Sundarrajan as Nagarajan
Cho Ramaswamy as Mani
Thengai Srinivasan as Jambu
V. S. Raghavan as Moorthy
S. A. Ashokan ( guest role)

Female cast

Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Radha
Anjali Devi as Lakshmi
Manorama as Ponni
Tambaram Lalitha as Narendran's adopted mother
Vijayarani as Jalaja
R. C. Priya as Dhanabakyam

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^{[citation needed]}

Song	Singers	Length
"Kanne Thedivanthathu Yugam"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	04:30
"Paadangalai Chollida Vaa Paarvaiyile"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	04:13
" Nallavar vazhku "	T. M. Soundararajan	04:13

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki praised the performances of star cast, cinematography, direction and dialogues but felt the there were too many songs and none of them were good and concluded it would have been a good film if there were no songs, no glamour, no artificial events.^[2]

References

^ "வாக்குறுதி / Vakkuruthi (1973)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ காந்தன் (23 September 1973). "வாக்குறுதி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 49. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.