Sujatha (1980 film)

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1980 Indian film

Sujatha

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Mohan
Written by| A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Story by| Padmarajan
Produced by| K. Balaji
Starring| Vijayan
Shankar
Saritha
Sukumari
Rajalakshmi
Vanitha Krishnachandran
Major Sundarrajan
Raveendran
Music by| M. S. Viswanathan

Production
company

Sujatha Cine Arts

Distributed by| M. S. Release[1]

Release date

* 26 September 1980 (1980-09-26)

Country| India
Language| Tamil

Sujatha is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Mohan, starring Vijayan, Shankar, Saritha, Sukumari, Rajalakshmi, Vanitha Krishnachandran, Major Sundarrajan and Raveendran. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Shalini Ente Koottukari.[citation needed] The film was released on 26 September 1980.[1]

## Plot

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Sujatha is the story of a brother and sister, played by Shankar and Saritha respectively. Shankar commits suicide to stop the forced marriage initiated by their father Major Sundarrajan, as she does not want to marry. The film shows light in Saritha's life, when she meets a new college lecturer Vijayan.

## Cast

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* Vijayan
* Shankar
* Saritha
* Major Sundarrajan
* Sukumari
* Sachu
* Thengai Srinivasan
* Nagesh
* Manorama
* Rajalakshmi
* Vanitha Krishnachandran
* Raveendran

## Soundtrack

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Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[2]

Track listingNo.| Title| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Nee Varuvaiyena" (Female)| Kalyani Menon|
2.| "Nee Varuvaiyena" (Male)| P. Jayachandran|
3.| "Nadai Alangaram"| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|
4.| "Engirintho Vantha Paravaigale"| P. Susheela|
5.| "Antharanga"| P. Jayachandran|

## Critical reception

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Anna praised acting, cinematography, music, direction, humour but felt overt emotions in second half could have been trimmed.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "சுஜாதா". Anna (in Tamil). 24 September 1980. p. 4\. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2024 - via Internet Archive.
2. ^ "Sujatha Tamil FIlm EP VInyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
3. ^ "சுஜாதா". Anna (in Tamil). 5 October 1980. p. 3\. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025 - via Endangered Archives Programme.

## External links

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* Sujatha at IMDb

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