Ivargal Varungala Thoongal

Ivargal Varungala Thoongal (transl. They are the pillars of the future) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Venkat, and produced by Thakkali Srinivasan. The film stars Prabhu and Ambika. It was released on 21 October 1987.^[1]

Ivargal Varungala Thoongal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Venkat
Written by	Venkat
Produced by	Thakkali Srinivasan
Starring	Prabhu Ambika
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	T. Thirunavukkarasu
Music by	T. Rajendar
Production company	Perfect Productions
Release date	21 October 1987 (1987-10-21)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Prabhu
• Ambika
• Raghuvaran
• Jaishankar
• Jayachitra
• Ravichandran
• Nagesh
• Disco Shanti

Production

Ivargal Varungala Thoongal is Prabhu's 50th film as an actor.^[2] The film spoke about drug addiction among college students due to which their lives get ruined.^[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by T. Rajendar, who also wrote the lyrics.^[4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Thalaivar Cheettu Naarkalikku"	Mano	4:37
2.	"Vanjiyidam Nenjamadhai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:28
3.	"Jaathimalli Poothirukku"	Malaysia Vasudevan	5:04
4.	"Manjal Nila Kaayudhu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Uma Ramanan	4:38
5.	"Varungaala Thoongale"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:44
6.	"Mattrum Thurandha Munivan Yaaru?"	K. S. Chithra	4:18
Total length:			27:49

Critical reception

Ivargal Varungala Thoongal was released on 21 October 1987, during Diwali.^[6] N. Krishnasamy of The Indian Express wrote, "Its partly a sermon, partly a feekless pack-up, mostly a letdown".^[7] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki in regards to Prabhu's performance felt he only had a cameo and added if he acts in more films like this, fans will forget him and felt Rajender's music was forgettable and concluded for a film which claims to reform student community will only make students gets addicted to bad vices.^[8]