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== Release and reception ==
== Release and reception ==
''Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal'' was released on 7 September 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal |date=7 September 1990 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=3}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "When you read a novel, if the author has any creative power and capacity to create engrossing characters, and if you have the sensibility to appreciate this, you enter into a whole new world. Seeing Kavithalaya's ''Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal'' directed by K. Balachander opened up such vistas for this writer."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal |date=7 September 1990 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=7}}</ref> The film became a box office bomb.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shetty |first=Kavitha |date=28 February 1991 |title=With most films flopping, Tamil film industry faces a bleak future |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19910228-with-most-films-flopping-tamil-film-industry-faces-a-bleak-future-814116-1991-02-28 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=10 August 2018}}</ref>
''Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal'' was released on 7 September 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal |date=7 September 1990 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=3}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "When you read a novel, if the author has any creative power and capacity to create engrossing characters, and if you have the sensibility to appreciate this, you enter into a whole new world. Seeing Kavithalaya's ''Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal'' directed by K. Balachander opened up such vistas for this writer."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal |date=7 September 1990 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=7}}</ref> The film became a box office bomb.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shetty |first=Kavitha |date=28 February 1991 |title=With most films flopping, Tamil film industry faces a bleak future |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19910228-with-most-films-flopping-tamil-film-industry-faces-a-bleak-future-814116-1991-02-28 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=10 August 2018|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190914054439/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19910228-with-most-films-flopping-tamil-film-industry-faces-a-bleak-future-814116-1991-02-28|archive-date=14 Sep 2019}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

Revision as of 05:46, 14 September 2019

Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Balachander
Screenplay byK. Balachander
Story byAnuradha Ramanan (story 1)
Ananthu (story 2)
Produced byRajam Balachander
StarringYamini
Ganesh
Kumaresh
Livingston
Surya
Vaishnavi
CinematographyR.Raghunatha Reddy
Edited byGanesh Kumar
Kishore Kumar
Music byV S Narasimhan
Production
company
Distributed byKavithalayaa Productions
Release date
7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal (transl. One House, Two Entrances) is a 1990 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by K. Balachander starring Yamini, Kumaresh and Ganesh. The film had two storylines, first story was adapted from novel "Meendum Meendum" by Anuradha Ramanan and the second story was written by Ananthu. Violin virtuoso-brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh made their acting débuts. The film had no songs. The film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 38th National Film Awards.

Plot

The film contains two distinct story lines, each story lines revolves around Ganesh and Kumaresh. This film depicts difficulties women face(d) in a predominantly male dominated society. How these women when pushed to edge fight their ostracised husbands and set a tone and lead a meaningful life.

Cast

  • Yamini as Vinodha
  • Kumaresh as Sugumar

Release and reception

Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal was released on 7 September 1990.[1] The Indian Express said, "When you read a novel, if the author has any creative power and capacity to create engrossing characters, and if you have the sensibility to appreciate this, you enter into a whole new world. Seeing Kavithalaya's Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal directed by K. Balachander opened up such vistas for this writer."[2] The film became a box office bomb.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal". The Indian Express. 7 September 1990. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal". The Indian Express. 7 September 1990. p. 7.
  3. ^ Shetty, Kavitha (28 February 1991). "With most films flopping, Tamil film industry faces a bleak future". India Today. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2018.