Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1964
Vazhkai Vazhvatharke
Buy Vazhkai Vazhvatharke now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Vazhkai Vazhvatharke' is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by KrishnanPanju. Produced by Kamaludheen under the banner Kamal Brothers, the film stars Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi. It was released on 7 February 1964.
Plot
Cousins Kandan and Valli have been lovers since childhood. As a boy, Kandan leaves the home of Valli after being insulted and ridiculed by her mother as good-for-nothing and as the offspring of mother whose fidelity has been questioned by her husband. Picked up by a race horse owner, Kandan grows up into a jockey and when he becomes rich, he goes to Valli's home to claim her in marriage. He is again rebuffed and, after several moments of anguish, he clears up the stigma attached to his mother and, when all doubts and misunderstandings are cleared, he re-unites with Valli. With the re-union of the family members, his sister also finds a solution to the problem of her marriage with her lover, a zamindar.
Cast
* Gemini Ganesan as Kandan
* B. Saroja Devi as Valli
*K. A. Thangavelu as the robber and the zamindar
*M.V. Rajamma
*Sharada
*M. S. Sundari Bai
*S. A. Ashokan
*T. S. Muthaiah
*G. Sakunthala
*K.Malathi
*Kutty Padmini
Production
'Vazhkai Vazhvatharke' was directed by KrishnanPanju (a duo consisting of R. Krishnan and S. Panju) and produced by Kamaludheen under the banner Kamal Brothers. The story was written by Kothamangalam Subbu and the dialogue by Murasoli Maran. Cinematography was handled by S. Maruti Rao, and the art direction by A. K. Sekhar. The length of the film was .
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by ViswanathanRamamoorthy (a duo consisting of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy) while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.
Release and reception
'Vazhkai Vazhvatharke' was released on 7 February 1964. On the same day, 'The Indian Express' described the story as lacking "life" and the direction as "amateurish", concluding, "The producers, perhaps, want us to believe that this is life and it is worth living." On 21 March 1964, T. M. Ramachandran of 'Sport and Pastime' dismissed the film as a potboiler, but praised the performances of Ganesan and Saroja Devi, while describing Thangavelu, in his dual role performance, as "the real life and soul of the picture". Kanthan of 'Kalki' panned the film, criticising virtually every aspect including the story, songs, characters and the confusing screenplay.
References
Buy Vazhkai Vazhvatharke now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1964