Annai Kaligambal is a 2003 Indian devotional film written and directed by Rama Narayanan. The film featured Ramya Krishnan in the title role alongside Anu Prabhakar and Livingston, while Jayanthi plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by Deva, released in January 2003. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Kannada, with the latter titled as Shri Kalikamba, with Vinod Alva and Tennis Krishna replacing Livingston and Vennira Aadai Moorthy respectively.[1] Kannada version was dubbed in Hindi as Maa Durga Divya Haathi and in Telugu as Allari Gajendrudu.
| Annai Kaligambal/Shri Kalikamba | |
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| Directed by | Rama Narayanan |
| Written by | Gajendrakumar (dialogues) |
| Produced by | N. Radha |
| Starring | Ramya Krishnan Anu Prabhakar Livingston (Tamil) Vinod Alva (Kannada) |
| Cinematography | N. K. Viswanathan |
| Edited by | Raajkeerthi |
| Music by | Deva |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Tamil Kannada |
Cast
edit- Ramya Krishnan as Goddess Kaligambal (Shri Kalikamba in Kannada) and Parvathi (Dual Roles)
- Anu Prabhakar as Eshwari
- Livingston as Madhu (Tamil)
- Vinod Alva as Madhu (Kannada)
- Satya Prakash as Mandiramoorthi
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Nachiyappan (Tamil)
- Tennis Krishna as Nachiyappe Gowda (Kannada)
- Jayanthi as Pattamangalam Ranganayaki / Palaiyanur Neeli
- Jyothi Lakshmi as Aaravalli
- Minnal Deepa as Karpagam
- Babloo Prithiveeraj in a special appearance
Soundtrack
editSoundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Kalidasan.[2]
- "Omthana Namthana" - Anuradha Sriram
- "Sangu Pushpame" - Swarnalatha
- "Pachai Pachai" - Devi Neithiyar, Swarnalatha
- "Gane Gane" - Manikka Vinayagam
- "Rama Jayam" - Chorus
- "Amman Dance" - Instrumental
Reception
editChennai Online wrote "Rama Narayanan’ s films are becoming monotonous and stereotyped. You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. The only consolation for the film-maker is that, shot on a limited budge, and patronised by the rural and the suburban folk, the film manages to recover the cost. So, who are we to grudge him!".[3] Viggy wrote "People from Telugu and Tamil film industry are always the leaders in making spiritual movies and so is the director of Sri Kalikamba - Ramnarayan. Has done a good job in extracting their best out of all actors even from animals like elephant, monkey etc".[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sri Kalikamba film review - a spiritual film by Ram Narayan". Viggy.com. 13 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Annai Kalikambal (2003)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (2 February 2003). "Annai Kaaligambal". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
