Sakkarai Devan

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Sakkarai Devan
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Directed byJ. Panneer
Screenplay by Liaquat Ali Khan
Story by R. Selvaraj
Produced by A. S. Ibrahim Rawuthar
Starring Vijayakanth
Sukanya
Kanaka
M. N. Nambiar
CinematographyRajarajan
Edited byG. Jayachandran
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
I. V. Cini Productions
Release date
  • 10 July 1993 (1993-07-10)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sakkarai Devan is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by J. Panneer and produced by A. S. Ibrahim Rowther. The film stars Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Kanaka and M. N. Nambiar. It was released on 10 July 1993. [1]

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Plot

Sakkarai Devan makes and sells jaggery. On a visit to a neighbouring village, he falls in love with Sarasu, on whom the village landlord Vaiga Perumal had already cust his eye. Sarasu widowed brother Vaiyapuri is arrested following an altercation with the landlord over his sister. Dhanam, an orphan, given refuge by Sakkarai, realising her love is one-sided, marries Vaiyapuri. Sakkarai popularity with the villagers and his attempts to unite them against the landlord invite the evil man's ire.

Cast

Production

The story of Sakkarai Devan was written by R. Selvaraj. He revealed when he visited sugarcane plants in Alanganallur, it reminded him of sugarcane plants owned by his grandfather which prompted him to write a screenplay based on this backdrop. [4] R. V. Udayakumar was supposed to direct this film but due to some reasons he left the film and he was replaced by J. Panneer, who earlier assisted Aabavanan, making his directorial debut. [4] [3] Selvaraj felt the film felt short of the taste they created after Udayakumar left the film. [4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali. [5] [6]

SongSingersLength
"L.o.v.e Love Love" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki 04:50
"Manjal Poosum"Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki04:58
"Nalla Velli" Ilaiyaraaja 04:54
"Pattathu Yaanai"T. S. Raghavendra, Krishnamoorthy05:54
"Thanner Kudam" S. Janaki 04:43
"Thanner Kudam – short version" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki 02:19

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "Despite the story being an oft-repeated one, Panneer's narration is fairly neat and his handling of the subject confident". [2] K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote "Sakkarai Devan should go down well with Vijayakanth's fans". [3]

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