Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai

1989 Indian film

28 October 1989 (1989-10-28)

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Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai (transl. Son from Teacher's house) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Vasu. It stars Sathyaraj and Shobana. This was Sathyaraj's 100th film as an actor. Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Sathyaraj film Dravidan. It was commercially unsuccessful. The film was a remake of Kannada film Nammoora Raja for which Vasu written the story.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

A corrupt landlord's plan of constructing a chemical factory is foiled by Thangaraj. Things take a turn when Thangaraj falls in love with the landlord's daughter. Thangaraj's family gets affected by the landlord. The rest of the film revolves how Thangaraj thwarts the plans of the landlord and saves his family.

Cast

Sathyaraj as Thangaraj
Shobana as Geeta
Raasi as Gowri
Rajesh as Gowri's father
Goundamani as Chinna Muthu
Nassar as Gowri's husband
Srividya as Gowri's mother
Bheeman Raghu
Mohan Natarajan
Chandranath
Annapoorna

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[1]^[2]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Annana Vittu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Vaali	04:31
"Chikkunnu Irukku"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	Piraisoodan	04:27
"Manamaalaiyum Manjalum"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Pulamaipithan	04:32
"Oru Pooncholai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	Muthulingam	05:12
"Thaiyarae Thaiyarae"	Malaysia Vasudevan	Gangai Amaran	04:28
"Vaathiyaru Veetu"	Ilaiyaraaja	Ilaiyaraaja	04:00
"Vazhkayilae Kashtapattu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Ilaiyaraaja	04:42

Release and reception

Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai was released on 28 October 1989, alongside another Sathyaraj film Dravidan.^[3]^[4] P. S. S. of Kalki lamented the fact that Sathyaraj's 100th film was underwhelming.^[5] The film was a box office failure.^[6]

References

^ "Vaathiyar Veetu Pillai (1989)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "Vathiyar Veetu Pillai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ Pandian, Avinash (10 October 2015). "When superstars had two releases on the same day | Sathyaraj". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ ராம்ஜி, வி. (28 October 2022). "சத்யராஜின் 100-வது படம் வெளியாகி 33 ஆண்டுகள்!". Kamadenu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ பி. எஸ். எஸ். (12 November 1989). "வாத்தியார் வீட்டுப் பிள்ளை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 19. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ Kesavan, N. (14 May 2016). "100th film jinx grips the mighty sans 'Captain'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2021.