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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Oorkavalan
| image = Oorkavalan poster.jpg
| image = Oorkavalan poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Manobala]]
| director = [[Manobala]]
| producer = [[G. Thyagarajan]]<br />V. Thamilazhagan
| writer = A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
| writer = A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
| screenplay = Rama Veerappan
| screenplay = Rama Veerappan
| story = Rama Veerappan
| story = Rama Veerappan
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Raadhika]]
| producer = [[G. Thyagarajan]]<br />V. Thamilazhagan
| music = [[Shankar Ganesh]]
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]]
| cinematography = [[B. S. Lokanath]]
| cinematography = [[B. S. Lokanath]]
| editing = K. R. Krishnan
| editing = K. R. Krishnan
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| studio = Sathya Movies
| studio = Sathya Movies
| released = 4 September 1987
| released = {{film date|1987|9|4|df=y}}
| runtime = 137 minutes
| runtime = 137 minutes
| country = India
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
}}
'''''Oorkavalan''''' ({{trans|The guard of the place}}) is a 1987 [[Tamil language]] [[action drama]] film. It was directed by [[Manobala]], with music directed by [[Shankar Ganesh]]. It was dubbed in Telugu as ''Kanchukotaku Monagadu''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUh5sNNXzy4</ref>
'''''Oorkavalan''''' ({{translation|Village Guard}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action drama]] film directed by [[Manobala]], starring [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]]. The film, released on 4 September <abbr>1987,</abbr> did average business at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boxoffice Database based on Number of Days |url=http://www.rajinifans.com/boxoffice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072231/http://www.rajinifans.com/boxoffice/ |archive-date=7 February 2019 |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=Rajinifans}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=October 2023}}
The story describes the struggle of a young villager Kangeyan to receive justice for his brother's murder. Manickam falls in love with Mallika, the daughter of Pannaiar. Mallika's marriage is arranged with Dorai, but she refuses and declares her love for Mannikam. Kangeyan gets them married in the village. The priest pretends to have divine powers and uses the superstitious beliefs of the villagers to kill Manickam. Kangeyan, not wanting to see Mallika as a widow, decides to get her married again to Pandian, a cart driver who was her childhood friend. Dorai intervenes again proceeding to use superstition again and Kangeyan learns about truth behind his brother's death exposing the priest and Dorai losing his lover in the process.
The story describes the struggle of a young villager Kangeyan to receive justice for his brother's murder. Manickam falls in love with Mallika, the daughter of Pannaiyar. Mallika's marriage is arranged with Durai, but she refuses and declares her love for Manickam. Kangeyan gets them married in the village. The priest pretends to have divine powers and uses the superstitious beliefs of the villagers to kill Manickam. Kangeyan, not wanting to see Mallika as a widow, decides to get her married again to Pandiyan, a cart driver who was her childhood friend. Durai intervenes again proceeding to use superstition again and Kangeyan learns about the truth behind his brother's death exposing the priest and Durai losing his lover in the process.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Kangeyan
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Kangeyan
*[[Raadhika]] as Vadivu
*[[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]] as Vadivu
*[[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] as Pandiyan
*[[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] as Pandiyan
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Rajadurai
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Rajadurai
*[[Sangili Murugan]] as Swami
*[[Sangili Murugan]] as Swami
*[[Malaysia Vasudevan]] as President
*[[Malaysia Vasudevan]] as President
*Manoj Krishna as Manickam
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Kannukku Pulla
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as Kanakku Pillai
*[[Y. G. Mahendran]] as Rajadurai's friend
*[[Y. G. Mahendran]] as Rajadurai's friend
*Cheran as Rajinikanth brother
*[[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]] as Mallika
*[[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]] as Mallika
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Kangeyan's friend
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Kangeyan's friend
*[[Sethu Vinayagam]]
*[[Sethu Vinayagam]]
*[[S. N. Parvathy]]
}}

== Production ==
After the success of ''[[Sirai Paravai]]'', Manobala was approached by Poompuhar Productions to direct a film for them (''[[Palaivana Rojakkal]]''), and separately by Rajinikanth for Sathya Movies for another film (''Oorkavalan''). This presented him with a dilemma of which film to choose, thus he spoke to [[Murasoli Selvam]] and [[M. Karunanidhi]] who advised him to direct the Rajinikanth film which would boost his career to which he agreed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2023 |title=Manobala: 'ரஜினியின் ஹேர் ஸ்டைலுக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் மனோபாலா' தெரியுமா இந்த ரகசியம்? |url=https://tamil.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/director-manobala-interview-about-oor-kavalan-movie-making-131683165535556.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514063501/https://tamil.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/director-manobala-interview-about-oor-kavalan-movie-making-131683165535556.html |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref name="oor">{{Cite web |date=23 November 2015 |title=நான் உங்கள் ரசிகன்: மனோபாலா |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9638&id1=3&issue=20151123 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115161409/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9638&id1=3&issue=20151123 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |language=ta}}</ref> The filming was held at Mysore and was completed within 46 days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2016 |title=பெரிய ஹீரோக்களுக்கு ரஜினி அட்வைஸ்! |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=10132&id1=3&issue=20160307 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401030545/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=10132&id1=3&issue=20160307 |archive-date=1 April 2016 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |language=ta}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oorkkavalan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh |url=https://mossymart.com/product/oorkkavalan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226052112/https://mossymart.com/product/oorkkavalan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=26 February 2022 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oorkavalan |url=https://gaana.com/album/oorkavalan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226052040/https://gaana.com/album/oorkavalan |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=23 November 2019 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref> Manobala initially wanted debutant Narayan (who would later be known as [[Sirpy]]) to compose the music; however Veerappan felt it would be tough for him to handle songs for a film of a star, hence replaced with Shankar–Ganesh.<ref name="oor" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2015 |title=நான் உங்கள் ரசிகன் 10 |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9671&id1=3&issue=20151130 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221163544/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9671&id1=3&issue=20151130 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |language=ta}}</ref>
The soundtrack was composed by Shankar Ganesh with lyrics by Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Muthulingam, Vairamuthu and Na. Kamarasan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gaana.com/album/oorkavalan |title=Oorkavalan |website=[[Gaana.com]] |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>

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*"Maasimaasam Thaan"&nbsp;– [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
{{Track listing
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*"Thaaye Nam"&nbsp;– [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| headline = Track listing
*"Malligaipoovukku"&nbsp;– Malaysia Vasudevan, [[Vani Jairam]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
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*"Melam Kotti"&nbsp;– S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
| title1 = Maasi Maasam Than
*"Pattu Sattai Karan"&nbsp;– [[S. Janaki]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
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*"Eduththa Sabatham"&nbsp;– [[K. J. Yesudas]]
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| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length1 = 5:10
| title2 = Muthamma
| lyrics2 = [[Pulamaipithan]]
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| extra2 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| length2 = 4:32
| title3 = Malligai Poovukku
| lyrics3 = Pulamaipithan
| extra3 = [[Vani Jairam]], Malaysia Vasudevan
| length3 = 4:47
| title4 = Melam Kotti Aadu
| lyrics4 = [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]]
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| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
| length4 = 4:30
| title5 = Pattu Chattaikaran
| lyrics5 = [[Na. Kamarasan]]
| extra5 = [[S. Janaki]]
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = Edutha Sabatham
| lyrics6 = [[Vairamuthu]]
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| extra6 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| length6 = 4:00
| title7 = Aathukulley
| lyrics7 = Pulamaipithan
| extra7 = K. S. Chithra, [[Uma Ramanan]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
| length7 = 4:57
| total_length = 31:50
}}


== Release and reception ==
== Release and reception ==
''Oorkavalan'' was released on 4 September 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870904&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Oorkaavalan |date=4 September 1987 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=5}}</ref> N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Some of the characters get a lifelike quality because of good performances and a helpful screenplay."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870911&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Mosaic |date=11 September 1987 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=5}}</ref>
''Oorkavalan'' was released on 4 September 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 September 1987 |title=Oorkaavalan |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870904&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=23 November 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=5 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Some of the characters get a lifelike quality because of good performances and a helpful screenplay."<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 September 1987 |title=Mosaic |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870911&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=23 November 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=5 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Subha (writers)|Jayamanmadhan]] of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote no one is going to go to the film with high expectations as the title ''Oorkavalan'' goes by it has too many masala so no one is going to be disappointed.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=18 October 1987 |title=ஊர்க்காவலன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1987-10-18/page/n53/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230806054126/https://archive.org/details/kalki1987-10-18/page/n53/mode/2up |archive-date=6 August 2023 |access-date=30 April 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=53 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1411915}}
* {{IMDb title}}
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Latest revision as of 07:55, 2 January 2025

Oorkavalan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byManobala
Written byA. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Screenplay byRama Veerappan
Story byRama Veerappan
Produced byG. Thyagarajan
V. Thamilazhagan
StarringRajinikanth
Radhika
CinematographyB. S. Lokanath
Edited byK. R. Krishnan
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Sathya Movies
Release date
  • 4 September 1987 (1987-09-04)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Oorkavalan (transl. Village Guard) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Manobala, starring Rajinikanth and Radhika. The film, released on 4 September 1987, did average business at the box-office.[1]

Plot

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The story describes the struggle of a young villager Kangeyan to receive justice for his brother's murder. Manickam falls in love with Mallika, the daughter of Pannaiyar. Mallika's marriage is arranged with Durai, but she refuses and declares her love for Manickam. Kangeyan gets them married in the village. The priest pretends to have divine powers and uses the superstitious beliefs of the villagers to kill Manickam. Kangeyan, not wanting to see Mallika as a widow, decides to get her married again to Pandiyan, a cart driver who was her childhood friend. Durai intervenes again proceeding to use superstition again and Kangeyan learns about the truth behind his brother's death exposing the priest and Durai losing his lover in the process.

Cast

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Production

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After the success of Sirai Paravai, Manobala was approached by Poompuhar Productions to direct a film for them (Palaivana Rojakkal), and separately by Rajinikanth for Sathya Movies for another film (Oorkavalan). This presented him with a dilemma of which film to choose, thus he spoke to Murasoli Selvam and M. Karunanidhi who advised him to direct the Rajinikanth film which would boost his career to which he agreed.[2][3] The filming was held at Mysore and was completed within 46 days.[4]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[5][6] Manobala initially wanted debutant Narayan (who would later be known as Sirpy) to compose the music; however Veerappan felt it would be tough for him to handle songs for a film of a star, hence replaced with Shankar–Ganesh.[3][7]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maasi Maasam Than"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra5:10
2."Muthamma"PulamaipithanMalaysia Vasudevan4:32
3."Malligai Poovukku"PulamaipithanVani Jairam, Malaysia Vasudevan4:47
4."Melam Kotti Aadu"MuthulingamS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra4:30
5."Pattu Chattaikaran"Na. KamarasanS. Janaki3:54
6."Edutha Sabatham"VairamuthuK. J. Yesudas4:00
7."Aathukulley"PulamaipithanK. S. Chithra, Uma Ramanan, Mano4:57
Total length:31:50

Release and reception

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Oorkavalan was released on 4 September 1987.[8] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "Some of the characters get a lifelike quality because of good performances and a helpful screenplay."[9] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote no one is going to go to the film with high expectations as the title Oorkavalan goes by it has too many masala so no one is going to be disappointed.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Boxoffice Database based on Number of Days". Rajinifans. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Manobala: 'ரஜினியின் ஹேர் ஸ்டைலுக்கு சொந்தக்காரர் மனோபாலா' தெரியுமா இந்த ரகசியம்?". Hindustan Times (in Tamil). 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "நான் உங்கள் ரசிகன்: மனோபாலா". Kungumam (in Tamil). 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. ^ "பெரிய ஹீரோக்களுக்கு ரஜினி அட்வைஸ்!". Kungumam (in Tamil). 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Oorkkavalan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Oorkavalan". Gaana. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ "நான் உங்கள் ரசிகன் 10". Kungumam (in Tamil). 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Oorkaavalan". The Indian Express. 4 September 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Mosaic". The Indian Express. 11 September 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via Google News Archive.
  10. ^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (18 October 1987). "ஊர்க்காவலன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 53. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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