| Karakattakkaran | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Gangai Amaran |
| Written by | Gangai Amaran |
| Produced by | Karumari Kandasamy J. Durai |
| Starring | Ramarajan Kanaka |
| Cinematography | A. Sabapathy |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Vijaya Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | est. ₹2 million[2] |
Karakattakkaran (transl. The Karakattam dancer) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy dance film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and debutant Kanaka, while Santhana Bharathi, Chandrasekhar, Goundamani, Senthil, Shanmugasundaram, Raja Bahadur, Gandhimathi and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. It revolves around two karakattam dancers who fall in love with each other, but circumstances prevent them from confessing their love for one another. How they overcome these forms the rest of the story.
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and all the songs were well-received, in particular, "Maanguyilae Poonguyile". The film was released on 16 June 1989 and was a major commercial success, running for over a year in theatres,[3] and won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was also Goundamani and Senthil's 100th film as a combo. Goundamani and Senthil's banana comedy sequence from this film remains one of their most popular acts.
- ^ Dhananjayan 2011, p. 124.
- ^ ராம்ஜி, வி. (18 June 1989). ""கரகாட்டக்காரன் பட்ஜெட்; எவ்ளோ செலவாச்சு தெரியுமா?"- கங்கைஅமரன் ஃப்ளாஷ்பேக்" [Karakattakkaran budget; do you know how much it cost? – Gangai Amaran's flashback]. Kamadenu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ S, Srivatsan (2 December 2021). "With Krishnaveni Cinemas, an iconic Chennai landmark gets a much needed image makeover". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.