Archanai Pookal

Archanai Pookal
Directed byGokula Krishnan
Written byGokula Krishnan
Produced byK. Gopinathan
StarringChandrasekhar
Mohan
Rajyalakshmi
Subhathra
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byT. Sekar
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Bagavathy Creations
Release date
  • 15 October 1982 (1982-10-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Archanai Pookal (transl. Sacred flowers) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Gokula Krishnan, starring Chandrasekhar, Mohan, Rajyalakshmi and Subathra. The film was released on 15 October 1982,[1] and failed at the box office.[2]

Plot

Cast

Production

Archanai Pookkal marked the directorial debut of Gokula Krishnan who earlier assisted K. Bhagyaraj.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4][5]

SongSingersLyricsLength
"Aavaram Kaatukul"Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma RamananKannadasan04:16
"Kaveriye"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. JanakiGangai Amaran04:17
"Naduchamam Poyachu"Malaysia Vasudevan, R. BhaskarVaali04:43
"Vazhimel Vizhiyaal"S. Janaki04:23
"Paappa Pacha"Malaysia Vasudevan, P. SusheelaGangai Amaran04:25

Reception

Sindhu-Jeeva of Kalki praised the film for pleasant visuals, beautiful music but panned the editing and unnecessary symbolic shots.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Archanai Pookal ( 1982 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Umashanker, Sudha (17 October 1987). "Poornam: 'Acting is a commitment'". The Indian Express. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  3. 1 2 சிந்து-ஜீவா (7 February 1982). "அர்ச்சனை பூக்கள்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 62–63. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Archanai Pookkal (1982)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Archanai Pookal Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.