Saranam Ayyappa

Saranam Ayyappa
DVD cover
Directed by	Dasarathan
Produced by	Dasarathan Tha. Kittu
Starring	Bhoopathi Radha Ravi Vijayan Jayabharathi Suruli Rajan Manorama
Cinematography	S. M. Gaanam
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	Chandrabose
Production company	Amutheswari Films
Release date	28 November 1980 (1980-11-28)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Saranam Ayyappa is 1980 Indian Tamil-language devotional film, directed and produced by Dasarathan. The film stars Jayabharathi in the lead role. It was released on 28 November 1980. ^[1]

Cast

• Boopathi
• Raviraj
• Aboo Backer as Inspector
• Rajakrishna
• Jayabharathi as Saraswathi
• Vijayan as Vijay
• Radha Ravi
• M. R. Radha
• Manorama
• Suruli Rajan
• Sarath Babu
• Poornima
• Kamal Haasan (guest appearance) ^[2]
• V.K.Ramasamy as Gurusamy
• Goundamani as 'Jailer' Jagadep
• Jaishankar as CID Shankar
• K. J. Yesudas Guest appearance

Production

The filming was completed within three months. To seek blessings from Ayyappan to make the film successful, the director Dasarathan and his crew undertook a pilgrimage from Chennai to Sabarimala. ^[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chandrabose. ^{[4] [5]} The song "Poiyindri Meiyyodu" became hugely popular. ^{[6] [7]} Kamal Haasan recorded a song "Anna Vaada" for this film. ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Poiyindri Meiyodu"	K. J. Yesudas
2.	"Malai Meethu"	K. Veeramani
3.	"Sonnal Inikkuthu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rajee
4.	"Saami Thinthakathom"	Seerkazhi Govindarajan
5.	"Anna Vaada"	Kamal Haasan

Critical reception

Naagai Dharuman of Anna praised director Dasarathan for portraying Sabarimala beautifully in depth while also praising music and cinematography. ^[8]

References

1. "saranam iyyappa ( 1980 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
2. ராம்ஜி, வி. (7 November 2017). "பிறந்த நாளில்... புதிதாய்ப் பிறக்கிறார்! கமலவதாரம்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
3. "520 கிலோமீட்டர், 32 நாட்கள் ஒரு பாத யாத்திரை". Kalki (in Tamil). 16 February 1981. pp. 54–55. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023– via Internet Archive.
4. "Saranam Ayyappa Tamil devotional Film EP Vinyl Record". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
5. "Saranam Ayyapa". JioSaavn . Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
6. "இசையமைப்பாளர் சந்திரபோஸ் 10ம் ஆண்டு நினைவுதினம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
7. "Music director Chandrabose dead". The Times of India . 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
8. தருமன், நாகை (30 November 1980). "சரணம் ஐயப்பா". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025– via Endangered Archives Programme.

External links

• Saranam Ayyappa at IMDb