Velum Mayilum Thunai

Velum Mayilum Thunai (/veɪlum/ transl. Succour of Spear and Peacock) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed and written by Ra. Sankaran with dialogue by S. Rajasekar.^[1] The film stars M. R. Radha in dual roles and Baby Sudha. It was released on 23 March 1979.^[2]

Velum Mayilum Thunai
DVD cover
Directed by	Ra. Sankaran
Screenplay by	Ra. Sankaran
Story by	Ra. Narayanan
Produced by	Rama Narayanan Vijayalakshmi Subramaniyam
Starring	M. R. Radha
Cinematography	N. K. Viswanathan
Edited by	M. Vellaisamy
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Sri Devi Priya Films
Release date	23 March 1979 (1979-03-23)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Velayudham is a non-believer in god while his own son Saravanan opposes him in case of the topic divine power.

Cast

• M. R. Radha as Velayudham and Thanikachalam
• Baby Sudha as Saravanan
• Kannadasan as Kannadasan (Guest appearance)
• Major Sundarrajan as Prohit
• M. N. Rajam as Prohit's Wife
• Neelu as Advocate Appalachari^[3]
• Sachu as Poongkodi
• Vijaya Chandrika as Panchali
• I. S. R. as Arjunan
• Jai Ganesh as Kali, Thief
• Radhika as Valli
• S. V. Ramadas as Elephant driver
• Sripriya as Meenakshi, The dumb girl
• Vijayakumar as Sundaresan, Biscope
• Manorama as Manohari
• Typist Gopu as Ekambaram
• Cho as Manohari's husband

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aathoram Neeyee Ganapathy"	Kannadasan	Sirkazhi Govindarajan Bangalore Ramani Ammal
2.	"Kanthane Varuga"	Kannadasan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:30
3.	"Pandia Mannanin Rajakumari"	Vaali	Vani Jairam	4:36
4.	"Velum Mayilum Thunai"		K. Veeramani	4:06

Reception

P. S. M. of Kalki praised Ra. Sankaran for providing devotional offering for devotees.^[5]

References

1. "Vijay TV's 'Saravanan Meenatchi' fame Rajasekar passes away". The New Indian Express. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
2. "Velum Mayilum Thunai (1979)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
3. Kolappan, B. (11 May 2018). "Comedian Neelu is no more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
4. "Velum Mayilum thunai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
5. பி. எஸ். எம். (22 April 1979). "வேலும் மயிலும் துணை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 29. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links

• Velum Mayilum Thunai at IMDb