Madhu Malar is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film jointly directed by Santhana Bharathi and P. Vasu. The film stars Pratap Pothen and Suhasini. It was released on 27 November 1981.[1]

Madhu Malar
Poster
Directed byBharathiVasu
Screenplay byBharathi–Vasu
Story byK. Somasundareshwar
Produced byV. F. Irani
StarringPratap Pothen
Suhasini
CinematographyM. C. Sekar
Edited byP. Venkateswara Rao
Music byGangai Amaran
Production
company
Rishad Creations
Release date
  • 27 November 1981 (1981-11-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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Madhu Malar is the second directorial venture of Bharathi-Vasu after Panneer Pushpangal, made earlier the same year.[2]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Gangai Amaran.[3][4]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vaaname"Gangai AmaranK. J. Yesudas, Uma Ramanan 
2."Kairasiye"VaaliMalaysia Vasudevan, T. L. Maharajan 
3."Maalaiye"PaavannanS. Janaki 
4."Anandhame"MuthulingamS. P. Balasubrahmanyam 

Reception

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Nalini Sastry of Kalki praised Gangai Amaran's music, Sekar's cinematography while also panning his camerawork for certain scenes as out of focus while also panning dialogues for being intellectual and panned the ill-suited ending felt it could have been changed and noted the team who showed promise in Panneer Pushpangal did not improve here.[5] According to Bharathi–Vasu, the film failed due to its plot.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Madhu Malar (1981)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ அப்ரின் (15 September 2023). "P. Vasu Birthday: என்றென்றும் சின்னதம்பி! குடும்பங்கள் கொண்டாடும் படங்களை கொண்ட இயக்குநர் பி.வாசு!". ABP Nadu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Madhu Malar Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Gangai Ameran". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Madhu Malar". JioSaavn. 11 October 1981. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  5. ^ சாஸ்திரி, நளினி (27 December 1981). "மதுமலர்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 21. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  6. ^ "எங்களைக் கவிழ்த்தது..." Kalki (in Tamil). 23 September 1984. p. 32. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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