Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)

Sri Krishna Leela (transl. The Play of Lord Krishna) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan.[1] The film was produced by R. M. Subramaniam, with music from S. V. Venkatraman. Sivakumar starred in the title role with Jayalalitha, Srividya, Nagesh, R. S. Manohar taking supporting roles. This also marked Jayalalithaa's last film during the 70s era.[2] The film failed at box-office which led Sivakumar to take a decision of not portraying godly roles ever again.[3]

Sri Krishna Leela
DVD cover
Directed byA. P. Nagarajan
Written byA. P. Nagarajan
Produced byR. M. Subramaniyam
StarringSivakumar
Jayalalitha
Srividya
Nagesh
CinematographyW. R. Subbha Rao
K. S. Prasad
Edited byT. Vijayarangam
Music byS. V. Venkatraman
Production
company
Sree Umaiyambikai Pictures
Release date
  • 26 October 1977 (1977-10-26)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Music was by S. V. Venkatraman and lyrics were written by Kannadasan, K. D. Santhanam, Poovai Senkuttuvan and Ra. Pazhanisamy.[4]

Song Singers
"Naarananae Unathu" T. R. Mahalingam
"Ulagam Engum" L. R. Eswari
"Nalla Naal Indru" S. Varalakshmi
"Vilayaattu Pillaiyadi Kannan" Vani Jayaram
"Vaigunda Vaasan" A. Veeraswami
"Mohana Kannan Murali" Uma Ramanan A. V. Ramanan
"Kaami Sathyabama" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Anbe" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi T. V. Rathnam
"Naarananae Unathu" T. R. Mahalingam

References

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  1. ^ "Master of mythological cinema". The Hindu. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Revisiting AP Nagarajan, the man who gave us immortal films like 'Thiruvilayadal' and 'Saraswathi Sabatham'". The News Minute. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "சிவகுமார் 101 | 81–90". Kalki (in Tamil). 9 September 1979. pp. 60–61. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Sree Krishna Leela Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by S V Venkatararman". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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