Illam (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Illam

| image = Illam film poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = I. V. Sasi

| based_on = Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (Malayalam)(1986)

| producer = M. L. Govind

| writer = M. S. Madhu (dialogues)

| story = Sreenivasan

| starring = Sivakumar
Amala

| music = Ilaiyaraaja

| cinematography = Jayaram

| editing = K. Narayanan

| studio = MLG Films

| released = {{film date|1988|8|12|df=y}}

| runtime =

| language = Tamil

| budget =

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Illam ({{translation|Home}}) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by I. V. Sasi, starring Sivakumar and Amala. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (1986).{{Cite web |date=5 July 2015 |title=மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்... |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032352/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm |archive-date=19 May 2018 |access-date=19 May 2018 |website=Dinamalar |language=ta}} The film was released on 12 August 1988.{{Cite news |date=12 August 1988 |title=Illam |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880812&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=The Indian Express |pages=4 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}

Plot

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Cast

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Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Gangai Amaran.{{Cite web |title=Illam |url=https://avdigital.in/products/illam |access-date=18 February 2022 |website=AVDigital |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730051918/https://avdigital.in/products/illam |url-status=live }}

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! Song !! Singers

Aadum PaambuP. Jayachandran, S. P. Sailaja
Manjal NeerattuK. S. Chithra
Nandhavanam PoothirukkudhuS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Puttu Puttu VaikkatumaMano

Reception

The Indian Express compared the film's plot to Veedu: "Illam is unlike Veedu in many ways [..] it does not have anchoring in social factors [..] and is mainly interested in the melodramatic aspects of the plot".{{Cite news |date=12 August 1988 |title=Illam |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880812&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=The Indian Express |pages=5 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}} Amala won the Best Actress Special Award at the 9th Cinema Express Awards.{{Cite news |date=11 March 1989 |title=Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19890311&printsec=frontpage |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |pages=4 |via=Google News Archive |agency=Express News Service}}{{cbignore}}

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