Iraivan Kodutha Varam

Iraivan Kodutha Varam (transl. The boon given by god) is a 1978 Indian Tamil language film directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth, Srikanth, Cho Ramaswamy, Sumithra and Fatafat Jayalaxmi. It was released on 22 September 1978.^[1][2]

Iraivan Kodutha Varam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Bhimsingh
Written by	R. Balakrishnan
Starring	Vijayakumar Rajinikanth Srikanth Cho Ramaswamy Sumithra Fatafat Jayalaxmi
Cinematography	G. Vittalrao
Edited by	A. Paul Duraisingam
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Raja Cine Arts
Release date	September 22, 1978 (1978-09-22)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Vijayakumar as Balu
• Rajinikanth as Rajnikanth
• Srikanth as Ramu
• Cho Ramaswamy as Raja
• Sumithra as Parimala
• Fatafat Jayalaxmi as Geetha
• M. Bhanumathi
• S. N. Lakshmi as Ramu's mother
• Sundari Bai
• Peelisivam as Gopal
• Veeraraghavan as Geetha's father
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Rao

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Kannadasan and composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[3]

Title	Singer(s)	Length
"Vellai Kalai Uduthu"	M. S. Viswanathan	3:58
"Aanantham Tharum Raganga"	Vani Jairam	4:25
"Ada Raja Payale"	T. M. Soundararajan	3:28
"Mangal Endral"	Jolly Abraham	4:00

Reception

P. S. M. of Kalki appreciated the performances of star cast.^[4] Anna newspaper praised the acting of star cast and stated the story that should have had a nice ending have been unnecessarily dragged out.^[5]