Raasaleela

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Rasaleela
Raasaleela poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by N. Sankaran Nair
Written by N. Sankaran Nair
Story by R. C. Sakthi
Kamal Haasan
Produced byCarmel Johny, Cartoonist Thomas, Rahman
Starring
Cinematography J. Williams
Edited byRavi
Music by Salil Choudhry
Production
company
R.J.T. Films
Release date
  • 12 December 1975 (1975-12-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Raasaleela is a 1975 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by N. Sankaran Nair and produced by Carmel Johny for RJD Films, starring Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in her Malayalam debut. [1] [2] It is a remake of the Tamil film Unarchigal , which also starred Kamal Haasan but got released before the original. Rasaleela was dubbed and released in both Tamil and Telugu, and ran for 100 days each in their respective language cities. [3]

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Cast

Production

Raasaleela was first filmed in Tamil as Unarchigal , [4] which also starred Kamal Haasan, but Raasaleela released first. The film directed by N. Sankaran Nair, story written by R. C. Sakthi and Kamal Haasan. [5] The final length of the film's prints were 3,547.10 metres (11,637.5 ft) long. [6]

Remake

In 2012, Majeed Marangery remade the film with the same title. However, it failed to repeat the success. [7]

Soundtrack

Rasaleela
Soundtrack album by
Released1975
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Malayalam
Producer Salil Choudhry
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The music was composed by Salil Chowdhary and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma.

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Aayilyam Paadathe Penne" K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam, Chorus Vayalar Ramavarma
2"Manakkale Thathe"K. J. YesudasVayalar Ramavarma
3"Neeyum Vidhavayo" P. Susheela Vayalar Ramavarma
4"Nishaasurabhikal" P. Jayachandran Vayalar Ramavarma

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