Aayiram Kannudayaal

Aayiram Kannudayaal (transl. Goddess with thousand eyes) is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by K. Shankar. The film stars Padmini, Jeevitha, Prabha and Baby Shalini. It was released on 21 November 1986.^[1][2]

Aayiram Kannudayaal
Directed by	K. Shankar
Screenplay by	K. Shankar
Story by	Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Produced by	R. Jambunaathan
Starring	Padmini Jeevitha Prabha Baby Shalini
Cinematography	M. C. Sekar
Edited by	K. Shankar V. Devan
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Sasivarnam Films
Release date	21 November 1986 (1986-11-21)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Padmini
• Jeevitha
• Prabha
• Baby Shalini
• Rajeev
• M. N. Nambiar
• V. K. Ramasamy
• Senthil
• Loose Mohan
• Heran Ramasamy
• Manorama
• Gandhimathi
• Ennatha Kannaiya
• LIC Narasimhan
• Shankar–Ganesh in special appearance

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aayiram Kunnudaiyaal"	Vani Jairam, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
2.	"Maatharin Kungumam"	Vani Jairam
3.	"Sirikkatthaane"	K. S. Chithra
4.	"Amma Thaaye"	P. Susheela, Vani Jairam
5.	"Vaigai Karai Meenakshi"	Vani Jairam
6.	"Oru Kodi"	K. J. Yesudas

Critical reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki felt that Rajeev's acting of keeping straight face till the end was a new lesson he taught to the audience and also added Padmini, Nambiar, Manorama did not have proper roles and concluded that since it is directed by legendary director K. Shankar so only old glory can be told now otherwise nothing special.^[4] Balumani of Anna praised the acting, humour, music, dialogues, cinematography and direction but felt the length of the first story could have been reduced.^[5]