Valli (film)

Last updated

Valli
Valli film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by K. Natraj
Written by Rajinikanth
Produced byRajinikanth
Latha Rajinikanth
StarringRajinikanth
Priya Raman
Hariraj
Sanjay
Cinematography Ajayan Vincent
Edited byGanesh Kumar
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Rajini Arts
Release date
  • 20 August 1993 (1993-08-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Valli is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Natraj, written and produced by Latha Rajinikanth and Rajinikanth, who also stars in extended guest lead role. It stars Priya Raman and Hariraj as the main leads and newcomer Sanjay as the main antagonist. The film's music was scored by Ilaiyaraaja. Rajinikanth scripted the film, wrote the dialogues and appeared in an extended guest role. The film was a box office disaster. [1]

Contents

Plot

Valli returns to her village after studying for 15 years in Madras. Her cousin Velu (Hariraj) celebrates her arrival back to the village. He was in love with Valli since childhood days, but she has changed after she went to study in the city. She is no more in love with him. She falls in love with a city man called Shekar, who comes to the village with his friends for hunting. Shekar has slept with Valli promising to marry her, but cheats her and he escapes to the city. It is then found out that he is the only son of the chief minister of the state. Later, after widespread protests, Shekar is brought back by Velu. Instead of marrying Shekar, she kills him for cheating her. She is put in jail for 10 years. Finally when she returns home, she finds her wedding hall ready with pomp and fun for her marriage with Velu . Her marriage is arranged by Veeraiyan and Shiva, who know her terrible past. She thanks them for wholeheartedly helping her.

Cast

Production

Development

K. Natraj, Rajinikanth's friend from university, who earlier directed Anbulla Rajinikanth , was approached by Rajinikanth to take part as an assistant director in Annaamalai , to which Natraj gladly accepted. Then Rajinikanth approached his friends and announced that he would like to make a film for them. The script of Valli was written by Rajinikanth himself. Rajinikanth revealed that the first thing came to his mind while scripting the film was the climax. He imagined that the girl should kill the boy who destroyed her life, as opposed to the typical cliche of Tamil films where the rape victim is made to marry the rapist, he also revealed that he had completed writing the screenplay within seven days. [4]

Casting and filming

Priya Raman made her debut as heroine, while Hariraj and Sanjay were introduced in this film. Rajinikanth was not interested in making a cameo appearance, but with insistence of his friends, he accepted and finished his portions within five days. [2] Principal photography began in April 1993 and ended around June-July that year. [5] The film marked the acting debut of magician Alex as actor. The filming was held at Chalakudy, Pollachi and Red Hills. Hari was one of the assistant directors in the film. [2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. [6] The song "Ennulle Ennulle" remains one of the popular songs from this film. [7]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ding Dong" Vaali Mano, Latha Rajinikanth 5:03
2."Enna Enna Kanavu"Vaali Ilaiyaraaja 5:05
3."Ennulle Ennulle"Vaali Swarnalatha 6:54
4."Ku Ku Koo" Pulamaipithan Latha Rajinikanth5:09
5."Santhanam Javathu...Valli Vara"Vaali S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. N. Surendar 5:03
Total length:27:14

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "The story has shades of 16 Vayathinile but has a freshness in its neatly etched screenplay". [8] The profits of Valli were shared by Rajinikanth's friends including director Ravindranath and Kannada film actor Ashok, who received 10 lakh rupees each. [9]

Related Research Articles

<i>Magudam</i> 1992 Indian film

Magudam (transl. Crown) is a 1992 Indian Tamil language film, written and directed by Pratap Pothen. The film stars Sathyaraj, Bhanupriya and Gautami. It was released on 24 July 1992.

<i>Veera</i> (1994 film) 1994 film by Suresh Krissna

Veera (transl. Valour) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Suresh Krissna and written by Panchu Arunachalam. It is a remake of the Telugu film Allari Mogudu (1992) and stars Rajinikanth, Meena and Roja with Janagaraj, Senthil, Vadivukkarasi, J. Livingston, Mahesh Anand, Vinu Chakravarthy, Ajay Rathnam, Vivek and Charuhasan in supporting roles. The film is about a man who marries twice because of circumstances beyond his control and is forced to live a double life to cover his tracks.

<i>Uzhaippali</i> 1993 film by P. Vasu

Uzhaippali is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Rajinikanth and Roja. It was released on 24 June 1993 and became a box office success.

<i>Yajaman</i> 1993 film by R. V. Udayakumar

Yajaman is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by R. V. Udayakumar. The film stars Rajinikanth, Meena and Aishwarya, with M. N. Nambiar, Manorama, Vijayakumar and Napoleon in supporting roles. It was produced by M. Saravanan, M. S. Guhan and M. Subrahmaniam of AVM Productions. The film was released on 18 February 1993 and became commercially successful, with a 175-day theatrical run.

<i>Pandian</i> (film) 1992 film by S. P. Muthuraman

Pandian is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action film produced and directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Rajinikanth, Khushbu, Janagaraj and Prabhakar. It is a remake of the 1991 Kannada film Bombay Dada which starred Prabhakar, who portrayed the antagonist of this film. The film was released on 25 October 1992 during Diwali and performed averagely at the box office.

<i>Anbulla Rajinikanth</i> 1984 film by K. Natraj

Anbulla Rajinikanth is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language children's drama film directed by K. Natraj in his debut. The film stars Rajinikanth as himself, Meena, and Ambika. It was released on 2 August 1984, and received positive reviews, with praise for Meena's performance and Rajinikanth's acting. Despite this, the film was a box-office bomb.

<i>Mullum Malarum</i> 1978 film by J. Mahendran

Mullum Malarum is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Mahendran. Produced by Venu Chettiar and V. Mohan, the film stars Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Jayalaxmi and Shoba. It marks Mahendran's directorial debut and is partly based on Uma Chandran's novel of the same name, which was serialised in the Tamil magazine Kalki in 1966. Mullum Malarum tells the story of Kali (Rajinikanth), a winch operator of a cable trolley who dotes on his sister Valli (Shoba) since they were orphaned, and clashes with his boss Kumaran.

<i>Priya</i> (1978 film) 1978 Indian film

Priya is an Indian thriller film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth in the title role along with Sridevi, Ambareesh, and Aznah Hamid. It was simultaneously made in Tamil and Kannada languages. The film shares the same name as a novel by Sujatha, but actually adapts from multiple works by the writer including the aforementioned novel. The Tamil version was released on 22 December 1978, and the Kannada version on 12 January 1979. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as Ajeyudu which released on 10 March 1979 and was also dubbed in Hindi as Love in Singapore in 1983. The soundtrack of this film is recorded using Stereophonic sound technology for the first time in Tamil cinema. It was Sridevi's first and only Kannada film as a lead actress.

<i>Sakalakala Vallavan</i> (1982 film) 1982 film by S. P. Muthuraman

Sakalakala Vallavan is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Raveendran and Tulasi. Produced by AVM Productions, it revolves around a villager whose sister is raped by the village head's son when the former refuses to abide by his dictatorship. The villager vows to seek revenge and get his sister married to her rapist.

<i>Five Star</i> (film) 2002 Indian film

5 Star is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age film directed by Susi Ganesan in his debut, starring Prasanna, Kanika, Krishna, Sandhya, Mangai, and Karthik.

<i>Deiva Vaakku</i> 1992 Indian film

Deiva Vaakku is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. S. Madhu and produced by T. Siva, starring Karthik and Revathi. It is a partial remake of the Telugu film Sankeertana (1987). The film was released on 11 September 1992.

<i>Thirunelveli</i> (film) 2000 Indian Tamil-language film

Thirunelveli is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Bharathi Kannan. The film stars Prabhu and Roja while Karan, Udhaya and Sithara among others form an ensemble cast. Music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the film was released on 15 January 2000.

K. Natraj is an Indian actor and director who primarily worked in Tamil-language films and serials.

<i>Thirumathi Palanisamy</i> 1992 Tamil comedy-drama film

Thirumathi Palanisamy is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Sathyaraj and Sukanya. It was released on 25 October 1992.

<i>Cooliekkaran</i> 1987 Indian film

Cooliekkaran is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Rajasekhar and produced by S. Thanu. The film stars Vijayakanth and Rupini, in her Tamil cinema debut. It is a remake of the Hindi film Kaalia (1981). The film was released on 4 June 1987. Through this film Vijayakanth got the title "Puratchi Kalaignar", bestowed upon him by Thanu.

<i>Valli</i> (TV series) 2012 Indian TV series or programme

Valli is a 2012-2019 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that premiered on Sun TV on 17 December 2012 and ended on 14 September 2019 for 1,961 episodes. The show starred Vidhya Mohan and Rani.

<i>Subramaniya Swamy</i> 1994 Indian film

Subramaniya Swamy is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars himself, Urvashi and Priya Raman. A remake of the Malayalam film Mazhavilkavadi, it was released on 12 February 1994.

<i>Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda</i> 1993 Indian film

Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by V. Sekhar. The film stars Sivakumar and Bhanupriya, with Vadivukkarasi, Goundamani, Kovai Sarala, Senthil, S. S. Chandran and Charle in supporting roles. It was released on 21 May 1993. The film was remade in Telugu as Puttinilla Mettinilla (1994).

Kalakalappu is a 2001 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by Vishwa and produced by A. L. Azhagappan. The film stars Napoleon, with Udhaya, Jaya Seal and Vijayalakshmi in supporting roles. It was released on 27 July 2001.

Hariraj is a former Indian actor who worked in Tamil-language films.

References

  1. ↑ "Rajinikanth's 10 Biggest FLOPS". Rediff.com . 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "நண்பர்களுக்கு உதவ ரஜினி எடுத்த படம் வள்ளி: பிரியாராமன் அறிமுகம்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Vijayasarathy, R. J. (13 June 2007). "Meet the bus driver Rajni worked with". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "புரட்சிதான் ஒரே வழி!". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 12 September 1993. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014– via Rajinifans.com.
  5. ↑ "சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு" (PDF). Canada Uthayan (in Tamil). 31 December 2015. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Valli". JioSaavn . 7 October 2017. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Prasad, Arun (29 November 2022). ""வள்ளி" படத்துக்கு மியூசிக் போட்டது கார்த்திக் ராஜாவா? இளையராஜாவா? குழப்பத்தை தீர்த்து வைத்த பிரபல தயாரிப்பாளர்…". CineReporters (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Mannath, Malini (27 August 1993). "Rajni arrives with a bang". The Indian Express . p. 6. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2023– via Google News Archive.
  9. ↑ "Rajnikanth does more than flex his muscles". The Indian Express . 9 November 1998. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.