Taxi Driver (1978 film) explained

Director:	N. S. Manian
Screenplay:	N. S. Manian
Producer:	T. R. Seenivasan
Starring:	Jaishankar Sridevi
Cinematography:	N. Balakrishnan
Editing:	G. Radha Krishnan
Music:	M. S. Viswanathan
Studio:	Charu Chitra Films
Country:	India
Language:	Tamil

Taxi Driver is a 1978 Indian 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]

Cast

• Jaishankar
• S. A. Ashokan
• M. R. Radha
• Sridevi
• Praveena Bhagyaraj

Production

Taxi Driver is Jaishankar's 150th film as an actor.^[4]

Soundtrack

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] The song "Idhu Raja Gopura Deepam Alla" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Revati, and "Sugamana Sindhanyil" is set in Bowli.

Reception

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Bibliography

• Book: Nayak, Satyarth . Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess . Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess . . 2019 . 9789353056780 . India . Satyarth Nayak.
• Book: Sundararaman . Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music . Pichhamal Chintamani . 2007 . 2nd . Chennai . 295034757 . 2005.

Notes and References

1. News: 17 August 1978 . டாக்ஸி டிரைவர் . 4 June 2024 . Anna . 4 . ta . Endangered Archives Programme.
2. Web site: Taxi Driver (1978) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040830204942/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=123 . 30 August 2004 . 7 September 2022 . Cinesouth.
3. Piousji . 29 July 1979 . Khaas Baat . live . https://archive.today/20230220063613/https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99456/page/n595/mode/2up . 20 February 2023 . 22 February 2023 . Sunday . 45 . . 7.
4. Web site: 1 November 2019 . 78ல் ஜெய்சங்கர் 13 படங்கள்; வெள்ளிக்கிழமை ஹீரோவின் சாதனை . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201013105813/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/523020-jai-shankar.html . 13 October 2020 . 15 September 2020 . . ta.
5. Web site: Taxi Driver Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220728084441/https://mossymart.com/product/taxi-driver-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ . 28 July 2022 . 28 July 2022 . Mossymart.
6. Web site: Saravanan . Vani Jayaram — Tamil Film Songs Chronology . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171119100745/http://www.vanijairam.com/Pages/Vani1978.html . 19 November 2017 . 18 November 2017 . Vanijairam.com.
7. News: 27 August 1978 . டாக்சி டிரைவர் . 4 June 2024 . Anna . 4 . ta . Endangered Archives Programme.