Natchathiram

This article is about the 1980 film. For other uses, see Natchathiram (disambiguation).

Natchathiram (transl. Star) is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao and starring Sripriya. It is a remake of the 1978 Telugu film Sivaranjani.^[1] The film also has Hariprasath and Mohan Babu as Sripriya's cunning husband. Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Savithri, K. R. Vijaya, Manjula Vijayakumar, Srividya and Pushpalatha played guest roles.^[2] It was released on 12 April 1980.^[3]

Natchathiram
Poster
Directed by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Screenplay by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Story by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Produced by	Girija Pakkirisamy K. S. Narashiman
Starring	Sripriya Hariprasath Mohan Babu
Cinematography	K. S. Mani
Edited by	Vellaisamy
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Sreesanmundeeswari
Release date	12 April 1980 (1980-04-12)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

A movie buff befriends a popular actress and believes that she is leading a happy life, until one day he sees an unknown man making an attempt on her life.

Cast

• Sripriya
• Mohan Babu
• Hariprasath
• Sivachandran
• Manorama
• Jayamalini
• Subhashini

Guest appearances

• Sivaji Ganesan
• Rajinikanth
• Kamal Haasan
• Nagesh
• Prabha
• Savitri
• Radha
• K. R. Vijaya
• Manjula
• Srividya
• Pushpalatha

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ponnangkanni"	Kannadasan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
2.	"Vaanam Ingay"	Pulamaipithan	P. Jayachandran, S. Janaki
3.	"Aval Oru Menakai"	Kannadasan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
4.	"Vaigai Nathiyil Oru"		S. Janaki

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki praised Sripriya's acting, panned Nagesh's comedy and felt the film offered nothing new and concluded Natchathiram (star) did not glitter.^[5] Anna wrote the director could have focused more on screenplay and could have avoided dragging scenes unnecessarily.^[6]