Rusi Kanda Poonai

Rusi Kanda Poonai (transl. The cat that went after the taste) is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by G. N. Rangarajan. The film stars Saritha, Sudhakar and M. R. R. Vasu.^[1] It was released on 25 December 1980.

Rusi Kanda Poonai
Directed by	G. N. Rangarajan
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam
Starring	Saritha Sudhakar M. R. R. Vasu
Cinematography	N. K. Viswanathan
Edited by	Ramalingam
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Panchu Arts
Release date	25 December 1980 (1980-12-25)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Saritha and Sudhakar love each other and Ramesh promises Saritha that he will marry her. But later, it is revealed that Sudhakar had already been married and dejected. Saritha leaves the hostel run by Manorama and her Siddha expert husband Suruli Rajan, for her hometown. Sudhakar's marital life was a disaster as they often had quarrels. Eager to meet Saritha, Sudhakar comes to the hostel, but finds she already left. Saritha becomes pregnant and delivers a baby girl and meanwhile, Sudhakar's wife, Y. Vijaya dies in an accident. Saritha was never informed about the delivery of her baby girl and her mother gives the child to the greedy couple M. R. R. Vasu and Gandhimathi and both always torture the girl, in addition to blackmailing Saritha's mother for money to hide the truth of Saritha's daughter's birth. Saritha gets married and has a happy life and is blessed with a daughter. Meanwhile, Sudhakar is in search of Saritha and one day meets him at a beach as her daughter gets almost drowned, but gets saved by him. Saritha avoids speaking with Sudhakar. Meanwhile, M. R. R. R. Vasu blackmails Saritha's mother for money and unable to handle the pressure, she dies revealing the truth to Saritha's daughter. What will happen to Sudhakar, will Saritha's husband find out the truth and what happens to M. R. R. Vasu gets revealed in the climax.

Cast

• Saritha
• Sudhakar
• Vijay Babu
• M. R. R. Vasu
• Gandhimathi
• Y. Vijaya
• Manorama
• Suruli Rajan

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[2]

Track	Singers	Lyrics	Duration
"Anbu Mugham Thantha Sugham..."	Ilaiyaraaja	Panchu Arunachalam	4:26
"En Nenjam..."	S. Janaki		1:56
"Kanna Nee Engey..."	S. Janaki	S. Janaki	2:10
"Sandhanam Ittu..."	P. Susheela	Gangai Amaran	1:37
"Sandhanamittuch Chadhiradum Mottu..."	P. Susheela		4:07

Reception

Anna praised the acting of star cast, Arunachalam's dialogues, Rangarajan's direction and Viswanathan's cinematography but panned Sudhakar's acting and Surulirajan's humour.^[3]