Taxi Driver | |
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Directed by | N. S. Manian |
Screenplay by | N. S. Manian |
Produced by | T. R. Seenivasan |
Starring | Jaishankar Sridevi |
Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
Edited by | G. Radha Krishnan |
Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | Charu Chitra Films |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Taxi Driver is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed and written by N. S. Manian. The film stars Jaishankar, S. A. Ashokan, M. R. Radha and Sridevi. It was released on 18 August 1978, [1] [2] and emerged a success. [3]
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Taxi Driver is Jaishankar's 150th film as an actor. [4]
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. [5] The song "Santhi My Holy Angel" sung by Vani Jairam and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam attained popularity. [6] [7] The song "Idhu Raja Gopura Deepam Alla" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Revati, [8] and "Sugamana Sindhanyil" is set in Bowli. [9]
All lyrics are written by Kannadasan.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sugamana Sindhanaiyil" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | |
2. | "Santhi My Holy Angel" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam | |
3. | "Ragasiyasurangathil" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, L. R. Eswari | |
4. | "Edhu Raaja Gopura Deepam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, M. S. Viswanathan |
Anna wrote that, despite having a cliched plot and scenes, the direction and cinematography make it a watchable film. [10] The Indian Express felt the director's good intentions about taxi drivers was marred by stories and sub-plots and that he "often vacillates and seems to concentrate on a vague love story" while calling comedy insipid and music as disappointing but praised M. R. Radha for sustaining the film. [11]