Archanai Pookal

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]

Archanai Pookal
Directed by	Gokula Krishnan
Written by	Gokula Krishnan
Produced by	K. Gopinathan
Starring	Chandrasekhar Mohan Rajyalakshmi Subhathra
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent
Edited by	T. Sekar
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Bagavathy Creations
Release date	15 October 1982 (1982-10-15)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Chandrasekhar
• Mohan
• Rajyalakshmi
• Subhathra
• Sangili Murugan
• Manorama
• Poornam Viswanathan
• Senthil

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]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Aavaram Kaatukul"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan	Kannadasan	04:16
"Kaveriye"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	Gangai Amaran	04:17
"Naduchamam Poyachu"	Malaysia Vasudevan, R. Bhaskar	Vaali	04:43
"Vazhimel Vizhiyaal"	S. Janaki		04:23
"Paappa Pacha"	Malaysia Vasudevan, P. Susheela	Gangai Amaran	04:25

Reception

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