Sri Bannari Amman is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language devotional film written and directed by Bharathi Kannan. The film featured Vijayashanti in the title role being her 175th project alongside Karan and Laya, while Vadivelu plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by T. Rajendar, released in April 2002.

Sri Bannari Amman
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Directed byBharathi Kannan
Written byV. Prabhakar (dialogues)
Screenplay byBharathi Kannan
Produced byS. Mahalakshmi
StarringVijayashanti
Karan
Laya
CinematographyVijai
Edited byV. Jaishankar
Music byT. Rajendar
Production
company
Sri Mahalakshmi Productions
Release date
  • 19 April 2002 (2002-04-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

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Production

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While marketing the film, the producers featured Sukanya, as well as Khushboo, who appear only in songs, as a selling point in the posters.[1]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by T. Rajendar who also wrote the lyrics.[2]

Song Singers Length
"Vetri Nadai" T. Rajendar 02:57
"Aathisivan Pathiyada" T. Rajendar, Sujatha Mohan 06:47
"Thalattu Kettathillai" K. S. Chithra, Anuradha Sriram 08:14
"Roopamaari" T. Rajendar 03:10
"Kalakkuthu Karagaatam" Simbu, Harini 07:20
"Kallaanalum Kanavanthan" Nithyasree Mahadevan, Swarnalatha 06:34
"Vandhidu Vandhidu" K. S. Chithra 06:56

Release and reception

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S. R. Ashok Kumar from The Hindu wrote, "if only one story had been woven into a nice screenplay, it would have sustained the tempo. A couple of small stories narrated in the film make the main story line weak.".[3] Ayyappa Prasad of Screen wrote, "Actually it seems that the director is more confused on whether to cash in on Vijayshanthi’s image or go in for more of the unusual stuff".[4] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "It is a film that wouldn't disappoint Vijayshanti's fans and would be lapped up by lovers of devotional themes".[5]

The film was later dubbed and released in Telugu as Maha Chandi.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Tamil Film Poster-' Bannari Amman'(2003)- Poster No 2". cscsarchive.org. 1 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Sri Bannari Amman (2002)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (26 April 2002). "Sri Bannari Amman". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 June 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ Prasad, Ayyappa (26 April 2002). "Sri Bhanaari Amman". Screen. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ Mannath, Malini (22 April 2002). "Shri Bannari Amman". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Tamil Film Poster- ' Bannari Amman' (2002)- Poster No 1". cscsarchive.org. 1 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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