Thaai Mookaambikai

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Thaai Mookaambikai
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Directed by K. Shankar
Screenplay byK. Shankar
Story byS. Jegadeesan
Produced bySivaprasad
Starring K. R. Vijaya
Jaishankar
Sivakumar
Sujatha
CinematographyKanchi Meenakshisundaram
Edited byK. Shankar
K. R. Krishnan
V. Jayabal
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Sivashankar Creations
Release date
  • 9 July 1982 (1982-07-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Thaai Mookaambikai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by K. Shankar, starring K. R. Vijaya, Jaishankar, Sivakumar, Sujatha and other leading actors. The film was released on 9 July 1982.

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Plot

A devotional story revolves around a musician who dedicates his life to singing praises of Thai Moogambigai at her temple.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali. [1] [2] The song "Janani Janani" is set in Kalyani raga, [3] [4] "Isai Arasi" is set in Sallabam, also known as Surya, [5] [6] and the title track is set in Vasantha Sri. [7] Ilaiyaraaja mentioned that he "was running out of time" while composing the tune for "Janani Janani". He explained that he was "under hectic pressure from the film producer, who had planned to perform the ‘puja’ for the film the next day with the song". The initial tune that Ilaiyaraaja composed did not suit the character Adi Shankara. He said with a chance to have a glimpse of the portrait of Shankara, he was inspired to compose the tune which was similar to Bhaja Govindam. [8] "Janani Janani" was initially to be sung by K. J. Yesudas, but Ilaiyaraaja sang the album version due to Yesudas' other commitments; his version was also selected to be used as the film version. [9]

SongSingers
Isai Arasi Ennalum P. Susheela, S. Janaki, M. S. Rajeswari
Janani Janani Ilaiyaraaja, Deepan Chakravarthy
Malai Naadu S. P. Sailaja
Pasikk Sorum Illai P. Jayachandran
Seenathu Pattumeni P. Susheela, Malaysia Vasudevan
Thaaye Moogambikaiye M. Balamuralikrishna, M. S. Viswanathan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, S. Janaki

Release and reception

Thaai Mookaambikai was released on 9 July 1982. [10] Thiraignani of Kalki felt the audience who expected to watch the history of goddess Mookambika and the stories of their devotees will feel disappointed panning certain subplots. He however praised Jagadeesan's dialogues and Karthik's performance and concluded the film's director K. Shankar is responsible for the crime of not seeing completion in Darshan. [11]

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