Pozhuthu Vidinchachu

Pozhuthu Vidinchachu (transl. Morning has dawned) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Prabhu and Sulakshana, with Anjali Devi, M. N. Nambiar and Shanmugasundaram in supporting roles. It was released on 24 February 1984.

Pozhuthu Vidinchachu
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Directed by	Gangai Amaran
Written by	Gangai Amaran
Produced by	V. C. Varadhanandhan
Starring	Prabhu Sulakshana
Cinematography	A. Sabapathy
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Sooraj Enterprises
Release date	24 February 1984 (1984-02-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Prabhu
• Sulakshana
• M. N. Nambiar
• Anjali Devi as Prabhu's grandmother
• Shanmugasundaram
• G. Srinivasan
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• Usilai Mani
• Vellai Subbaiah
• M. L. A. Thangaraj
• Master Suraj
• Jayamala

Production

P. S. Nivas was originally reported to be the film's cinematographer.^[1] The film was launched at AVM Studios with AVM Saravanan lighting the lamp. The song "Athai Thavamirundhu" was recorded on that day.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[3][4] The song "Aatha Manasu" was based on composer's own song "Banthi Chamanthi" which he composed for the Telugu film Abhilasha.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aatha Manasu"	Vairamuthu	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja	4:35
2.	"Ettu Thesaiyum"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malaysia Vasudevan
3.	"Kaatre"	Gangai Amaran	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam	4:21
4.	"Athai Tavamirunthu"	Vaali	S. P. Sailaja
5.	"Athai Tavamirunthu"	Vaali	Malaysia Vasudevan
6.	"Oorai Yechu"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malaysia Vasudevan	4:42

Release and reception

Pozhuthu Vidinchachu was released on 24 February 1984.^[5] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the acting of Nambiar and Shanmugasundaram and noted Gangai Amaran should not have credited himself for story and screenplay for this same old plot and Ilaiyaraaja did not compose anything which stays in mind and concluded saying there is still the morning darkness and it is not quite dawn yet.^[6]