Dravidan (film)

Dravidan
Poster
Directed by	R. Krishnamoorthy
Written by	A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Story by	T. Damodaran
Produced by	Suresh Balaje
Starring	Sathyaraj Vidhyashree Suparna Anand
Cinematography	Babu
Edited by	Bhaskaran
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Suresh Arts
Release date	28 October 1989 (1989-10-28)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dravidan is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Sathyaraj, Vidhyashree and Suparna Anand. ^[1] It is a remake of the 1988 Malayalam film Aryan . ^[2] The film was released on 28 October 1989, Diwali day.

Cast

• Sathyaraj
• Vidhyashree
• Suparna Anand
• Jaishankar
• Sharat Saxena
• Jai Ganesh
• Goga Kapoor
• Nalinikanth
• Hareesh
• Monisha Unni
• Nizhalgal Ravi
• S. S. Chandran
• Somayajulu
• Vijayakumar
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• Rajyalakshmi
• Devilalitha
• Srividya

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Pulamaipithan. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yen Endra Kelvi"	T. M. Soundararajan	5:03
2.	"Anbe Vaa"	Mano, Suja Radhakrishnan	4:45
3.	"Adi Dhool Kelappudhu"	Vani Jairam	4:45
4.	"Netriyil Pottu Ittu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. S. Sasirekha, Sunandha	4:37
Total length:			19:10

Release and reception

Dravidan was released on 28 October 1989, Diwali day, alongside another Sathyaraj film Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai . ^[5] P. S. S. of Kalki praised the performances of the cast. ^[6]

References

1. "Dhravidan ( 1989 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
2. "மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்..." [Mohanlal films and their remakes...]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
3. "Dravidan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
4. "Dravidan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music . Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
5. வருண்.நா (22 January 2020). "சந்தானம் மட்டுமில்ல... ரஜினி, கமல், விஜயகாந்த் முதல் பரத் வரை இந்த லிஸ்ட்ல இருக்காங்க!" . Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
6. பி. எஸ். எஸ். (3 December 1989). "திராவிடன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 16. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via Internet Archive.

External links

• Dravidan at IMDb