Rajakali Amman | |
Director: | Rama Narayanan |
Story: | Rama Narayanan |
Producer: | Pushpa Kandaswamy |
Starring: | Karan Ramya Krishnan Kausalya |
Cinematography: | N. K. Viswanathan |
Editing: | Raajgeerthi |
Music: | S. A. Rajkumar |
Studio: | Kavithalayaa Productions |
Distributor: | Aadhi Bhagavan Films |
Runtime: | 119 minutes |
Country: | India |
Language: | Tamil |
Rajakali Amman is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by Rama Narayanan, starring Karan, Ramya Krishnan and Kausalya.
The lives of a simple-minded woman named Meena, her brother Gopal, and their pet snake will soon be changed when they look out for the village goddess who is forced out of her temple in a nearby village. They all flourish because of the blessings of the Maa, but these days will be over when Meena weds an evil man named Seemadorai, who is not who he says he is and without the goddess's blessings. Ramesh and her sister kill Gopal. Maa enters Ramesh's house as a Gayatri who returns from the USA. Meena learns about the fact of Maa. And Maa will end up with all the sufferings of Meena.
Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[1]
Song | Singers | Lyrics |
---|---|---|
"Kalyanam Thevayillai" | Vairamuthu | |
"Puthukottai Bhuvaneswari" | Kalidasan | |
"Santhana Malligaiyil" I | Palani Bharathi | |
"Santhana Malligaiyil" II | S. A. Rajkumar, Swarnalatha | |
"Thangachi En" | Krishnaraj | Kalaikumar |
"Dhanam Tharum" | Chorus | Kalidasan |
"Amman Dance" | Instrumental | |
The Hindu wrote "The story is old, the way the characters enact their roles is ancient, and melodrama is predominant, especially in Vadivelu's expressions."[2] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "This film with its snakes, good and evil, and the Goddess all seem to be in the director’s favourite genre. Not a very intelligent audience in mind when he made this film! What is surprising is that such a film could come from the production house of a K. Balachander!".[3] Lavanya of Deccan Herald wrote, "Like other Thyagaraja Bhagavathar movies, Raja Kaliamman is a melodramtic but lacks subtle narration".[4]