Valli (film)
| Valli | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | K. Natraj |
| Produced by | Rajinikanth |
| Written by | Rajinikanth |
| Starring |
Rajinikanth Sanjay Priya Raman Vadivelu Govinda Dilip |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraja |
| Cinematography | Ajayan Vincent |
| Edited by | Ganesh Kumar |
Production company |
Rajini Arts |
| Distributed by | Rajini Arts |
Release dates | 20 August 1993 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Valli is a 1993 Tamil language film directed by K. Natraj, written and produced by Rajinikanth. It stars Sanjay and Priya Raman in the lead roles. The film's music was composed by Ilayaraja. This movie was dubbed into Telugu as 'Vijaya'. Rajinikanth scripted the film and appeared in an extended guest role.
Plot
Valli (Priya Raman) returns to her village after studying for 15 years in the Chennai. Her cousin (Hariraj) celebrates her arrival back to the village. He was in love with Valli since childhood days, but she has changed after she went to study in the city. She is no more in love with him. She falls in love with a city guy called Shekar (Sanjay) who comes to the village with his friends for hunting. Shekar has sex with her and escapes to the city. It is then found out that he is the only son of the chief minister of the state. Later, after wide-spread protests Shekar is brought back by her cousin. Instead of marrying the city guy she kills him for cheating her. She is put in jail for 10 years. Finally when she returns home, she finds her wedding hall ready with pomp and fun for her marriage with her cousin.
Cast
- Rajinikanth
- Priya Raman
- Vadivelu
- Hariraj
- Sanjay
Production
K. Natraj, Rajinikanth's friend from university who earlier directed Anbulla Rajinikanth was approached by Rajini to take part as an assistant director in Annamalai to which Natraj gladly accepted. Then Rajini approached his friends and announced that he would like to make a film for them. The script of "Valli" was written by Rajini himself. Rajini revealed that the first thing came to his mind while scripting the film was the climax. He imagined that the girl should kill the boy who destroyed his life as opposed to the typical cliche of Tamil films where the raped victim is made to marry the rapist, he also revealed that he had finished writing the screenplay within 7 days.[1] Priyaraman made her debut as heroine while Hariraj and Sanjay were introduced in this film. Rajini was not interested to appear in cameo appearance but with insistence of his friends he accepted to do small role and finished his portions within five days.[2]
Shooting was started in April 1993. The film marked the acting debut of magician Alex as actor. The filming was held at Chalakudi, Pollachi and Red Hills. Hari, director of Saamy and Singam was one of the assistants in this film.[2]
Sound Track
The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Ennulle Ennulle" remains one of the popular songs from this film.[3][4]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ding Dong | Mano, Latha Rajinikanth | Vaali |
| 2 | Enna Enna Kanavu | Ilaiyaraaja | |
| 3 | Ennulle Ennulle | Swarnalatha | |
| 4 | Ku Ku Koo | Latha Rajinikanth | Pulamaipithan |
| 5 | Valli Vara | S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. N. Surendar | Vaali |