Guruvamma Explained

Guruvamma
Director:Thamarai Sendhoorpandi
Producer:Ernavoor A. Narayanan
A.S. Kandhan
Starring:Livingston
Devayani
Music:Sagithya
Cinematography:Raja Rajan
Editing:M.P. Ravichandran
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Guruvamma is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thamarai Sendhoorapandi. The film stars Livingston and Devayani, with Manivannan, Senthil, Vadivukkarasi and Pasi Sathya in supporting roles. It was released on 19 July 2002,[1] and won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light.

Soundtrack

Lyrics were written by Arivumathi and composed by Sahitya.

Production

Livingston and Devayani worked with each other four times in quick succession in the early 2000s, after appearances together in Parthasarathy's Unakkum Enakkum Kalyanam, Benjamin's Senthalam Poove and S. P. Rajkumar's En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri (2001) though the former two did not release despite having audio launches.[2] [3] [4] Scriptwriter Yosi was also a part of the project.[5] It became one of Devayani's first films that she had dubbed for in her original voice.[6]

Critical reception

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "It was meant to depict the life of pavement dwellers, and of the trials and tribulations of one woman in particular. But the way it has turned out, it is like this group of artistes are sitting by the wayside in isolation, pretending to be pavement dwellers, putting on an accent and speaking the lingo. All very put-on and laughable".[7] The film won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light for 2002.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kuruvamma (2002) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117181721/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kuruvamma . 17 November 2023 . 17 November 2023 . Screen 4 Screen.
  2. Web site: A-Z Continues... . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/19991003015404/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm . 3 October 1999 . 12 January 2022 . Indolink.
  3. Web site: 6 April 1998 . "Unakkum Enakkum Kalyaanam" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20031005153742/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/06-04-98/unakku.htm . 5 October 2003 . 12 January 2022 . Dinakaran.
  4. Web site: 16 January 1999 . And the Pongal windfall... . . 2 June 2019 . 8 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004235/http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/16ss.htm . live .
  5. Web site: 27 January 2010 . J K Ritheesh clears the air . IndiaGlitz.com . 2 June 2019 . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602233239/https://www.indiaglitz.com/kumaran-hopes-for-the-best-tamil-news-53874 . live .
  6. Web site: Pillai . Sreedhar . 9 October 2002 . Accolades all her way... . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030313003643/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/09/stories/2002100900110200.htm . 13 March 2003 . 2 June 2019 . The Hindu.
  7. Web site: Mannath . Malini . 29 July 2002 . Kuruvamma . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030819035723/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov202.asp . 19 August 2003 . 12 January 2022 . Chennai Online.
  8. News: 30 September 2004 . Six film artistes win awards . . live . 17 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121313/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Delhi-Metro-confident-of-meeting-deadline/article14836060.ece . 3 June 2023.

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