Kanni Theevu

1981 Tamil Film

  • 10 April 1981 (1981-04-10)
Running time
111 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Kanni Theevu (transl. Virgo Island) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by Sri Ayvar Arts films. The film stars Jaishankar, Radhika , C. L. Anandan, Seema. It was released on 10 April 1981.[1]

Plot

Cast

  • Jaishankar as Pandiyan
  • Radhika as Selvi
  • Seema as Rani
  • C. L. Anandan as Albert
  • Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Kannan
  • Ranjeet as Kali
  • Kumar Raja as Simon
  • R. N. Sudarshan as Scientist Arun
  • Ennatha Kannaiya as Rajarathnam
  • Isari Velan as Rathnavel
  • Vijayachandrika
  • M.B. Shetty
  • Jayshree T. as Dancer

Soundtrack

The songs were written by Panchu Arunachalam and music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[2]

Title Singer(s) Duration
"Hey Onna Rendaa" Malaysia Vasudevan, Saibaba, S. P. Sailaja 4:32
"Ithu Oru Pudhu Vitha" S. Janaki 4:23
"Kandane Kandane Kaatil" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja 4:22
"Ponnana Neram Raja" S. Janaki 4:05

Reception

Nalini Sastry of Kalki called the film an unhealthy child with a mixture of Vitthalacharya style and Hollywood science fiction.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Kanni Theevu (1981)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Kannitheevu". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ சாஸ்திரி, நளினி (7 June 1981). "கன்னித்தீவு". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 61. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

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