Kaatrinile Varum Geetham

Kaatrinile Varum Geetham (transl. The song wafts into the air) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars R. Muthuraman and Kavitha. It was released on 26 January 1978.^[1]

Kaatrinile Varum Geetham
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Directed by	S. P. Muthuraman
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam
Produced by	S. Bhaskar
Starring	R. Muthuraman Kavitha
Cinematography	Babu
Edited by	R. Vittal N. Damodharan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Vijayabhaskar Films
Release date	26 January 1978 (1978-01-26)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Mohan loves Kamini but her father kills her after learning about their relationship. Distressed, he goes on a trip where he meets Rosy, a lookalike of his former lover, and falls for her.

Cast

• R. Muthuraman as Mohan
• Kavitha as Geetha/Kamini/Rosy (triple role)
• Thengai Srinivasan as Chandran
• Srikanth as James
• S. A. Ashokan as Veerayan
• M. N. Rajam as Mohan's mother
• Major Sundarrajan
• Sukumari
• Y. G. Mahendran as flight passenger
• Usilai Mani as flight passenger

Production

The film's plot is based on the prevailing research opinion that seven people in the world are alike. The filming was held at four different states Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.^[2] While filming a song at Mercara, cinematographer Babu realised that the sun could not be seen and shoot cannot be cancelled as most of the crew turned up on the sets. Since most of the place was foggy, he decided to shoot the song by showing the actress disappearing in white fog.^[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Panchu Arunachalam.^[4] The film marked the first collaboration between S. P. Muthuraman and Ilaiyaraaja. Voice overlapping technology was used in this film.^[2] The song "Oru Vanavil Pole" is set to Yamunakalyani raga.^[5] The song "Chithirai Sevvanam" is based on Tilang raga.^[6] Ilaiyaraaja later reused "Chithirai Sevvanam" as "Chukkalu Temmanna" for the Telugu film April 1 Vidudala.^{[citation needed]}

Song	Singers
"Chithirai Sevvanam"	P. Jayachandran
"Kanden Engum"	S. Janaki
"Kanden Engum" (Pathos)	Vani Jairam
"Kannil Minnum"	Vani Jairam
"Oru Vanavil Pole"	P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki

Reception

Ananda Vikatan rated the film 45 out of 100.^[7] According to Muthuraman, the film failed at the box-office as audiences could not grasp the concept.^[3]