Sri Krishna Leela (1977 film)

Sri Krishna Leela
Sri Krishna Leela
	DVD cover
Directed by	A. P. Nagarajan
Written by	A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by	R. M. Subramaniyam
Starring	Sivakumar ; Jayalalitha ; Srividya ; Nagesh
Cinematography	W. R. Subbha Rao ; K. S. Prasad
Edited by	T. Vijayarangam
Music by	S. V. Venkatraman
Production; company	Sree Umaiyambikai Pictures
Release date	26 October 1977;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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]

Cast

Sivakumar as Lord Vishnu / Lord Krishna
T. R. Mahalingam as Naratha Muni
Srividya as Goddess Lakshmi/Rukmani
Jayalalitha as Sathyabhama
R. S. Manohar as Kamsan
C. R. Vijayakumari as Devaki (Lord Krishna Mother)
Major Sundararajan as Vasudevan (Lord Krishna Father)
V. S. Raghavan as Ugrasenan
Nagesh as Balu
S. Varalakshmi as Yasothai
Suruli Rajan as Kamsan's Henchman (1)
Typist Gopu as Kamsan's Henchman (2)
Ennatha Kannaiya as Kamsan's Henchman (3)
S. Rama Rao
Manorama
Sachu
Gandhimathi
A. Sakunthala as Kamsan's Palace Dancer
Shanmugasundari
V. R. Thilagam
"Achcho" Chithra
Peeli Sivam
Siththan
Thangaraj
Shanthi Kumar
Vasntha Kumar
Rajavelu
Master Krishnan as Little Balaraman

Soundtrack

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

^ "Master of mythological cinema". The Hindu. 14 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

Sri Krishna Leela at IMDb

[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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