Palaivana Solai (1981 film)


Palaivana Solai is a 1981 Tamil-language drama film directed by the duo Robert-Rajasekhar. The film stars Suhasini Maniratnam, Chandrasekhar, Janagaraj, Rajeev, Kailash Nath and Thyagu. The film, produced by R. Vadivel, had musical score by Sankar Ganesh and was released on 17 October 1981. The film was declared blockbuster at the box-office and the film has grown a strong cult film. It was remade in Telugu as Manchu Pallaki, in Malayalam as Ithu Njangalude Katha, and again in Tamil in 2009 under the same title.

Plot

Sekhar, Senthil, Kumar, Vasu and Siva are best friends. Kumar is the son of a rich entrepreneur who begs for affection and Sekhar is happy-go-lucky youth. Senthil is a jobless youth who is looking for a job while Siva wants to enter in the cinema field. Vasu is a caring brother who is determined to work hard and get his sisters married. Their life takes a turn when a girl named Geetha arrives in their locality. Geetha comes there for her heart transplantation. Geetha becomes their friend while the five youth fall in love with her. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Palaivana Solai was shot almost entirely on the Nungambakkam Highway, Chennai.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by the duo Sankar Ganesh, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. "Megame Megame" is set in the raga known as Karnaranjani, and was based on "Tum Nahi Gham Nahi Sharab Nahi", a Ghazal by Jagjit Singh.