Kokkarakko

Kokkarakko is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film directed and co-written by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Mahesh and Ilavarasi. It was released on 16 September 1983,^[1] and did not perform well at the box office.^[2]

Kokkarakko
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Directed by	Gangai Amaran
Written by	Gangai Amaran S. N. Ravi (dialogues)
Produced by	R. D. Bhaskar
Starring	Mahesh Ilavarasi
Cinematography	Nivas
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Pavalar Creations
Release date	16 September 1983 (1983-09-16)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Mahesh
• Ilavarasi
• Smitha
• Shanmugasundaram
• Sasivardhan
• Karikol Raju
• Senji Krishnan
• Kumarimuthu
• Vellai Subbaiah
• Usilai Mani
• Varalakshmi
• Gemini Rajeswari

Production

Kokkarakko is Gangai Amaran's sophomore directorial venture after Kozhi Koovuthu (1982).^[3] It is the debut for Ilavarasi, a former child actress, in a leading role.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4][5] The song "Geetham Sangeetham" is set to the raga Mohanam,^[6] and "Kanpuram Devi" is set to Mayamalavagowla.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Geetham Sangeetham"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja
2.	"Ketti Melam"	Vaali	S. Janaki
3.	"Geetham Sangeetham" (solo)	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
4.	"Geetham Sangeetham" (pathos)	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5.	"Geetham"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Sailaja
6.	"Mylapore Pakkam"	Vairamuthu	Malaysia Vasudevan
7.	"Kanpuram Devi"	Siva Gama Sundari	Ilaiyaraaja
8.	"Inthapulla"	Gangai Amaran	B. S. Sasirekha, Saibaba, Sundarrajan, Deepan Chakravarthy, Sudhakar
9.	"Geetham"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Critical reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the acting of Smitha, Ilaiyaraaja's music and song picturisations but felt Amaran seemed to have not cared about the plot and just went with the flow.^[8] Balumani of Anna praised the acting, Ilaiyaraaja's music, Nivas's cinematography and praised Amaran for extracting good work from all actors and technicians.^[9]