Sevvanthi
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{{Infobox film
| image = Sevvanthi.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = P. S. Nivas
| writer = Sundar Babu (dialogues)
| story = Harikrishnan
| producer = Shobha nivas
| starring = Santhana Pandian
Sreeja
| cinematography = P. S. Nivas
| editing = T. R. Sekar
K. R. Shankar
| music = Ilaiyaraaja
| studio = Dhanisha Pictures
| runtime = 160 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1994|07|29|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Sevvanthi is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film direction and photographed by P. S. Nivas, in his final directorial credit. The film stars Santhana Pandian and Sreeja, with Janagaraj, Charan Raj and Vennira Aadai Moorthy in supporting roles. It was released on 29 July 1994.{{Cite web |title=Sevvanthi ( 1994 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1837 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041115235627/http://www.cinesouth.com:80/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1837 |archive-date=15 November 2004 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Cinesouth}}
Plot
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Cast
- Santhana Pandian
- Sreeja
- Janagaraj
- Charan Raj
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy
- Meesai Murugesan
Production
The film was in making for three years due to many problems.{{Cite web |last=பிரபா |first=கானா |date=20 August 2015 |title=செவ்வந்தி திரைப்படப் பாடல்கள் வந்த போது |url=http://www.radiospathy.com/2015/08/blog-post_20.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704023302/http://www.radiospathy.com/2015/08/blog-post_20.html |archive-date=4 July 2022 |access-date=18 July 2021 |website=radiospathy.com |language=ta}} Actor Santhana Pandian (son of C. Aranganayagam) made his debut in the film. He and lead actress Sreeja got married during the filming of the film.{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=29 July 1994 |title=Tragic end to a love story |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940729&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=The Indian Express |pages=6 |via=Google News Archive}} It is Nivas' final film as director.{{Cite web |date=1 February 2021 |title=Cinematographer PS Nivas passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/cinematographer-ps-nivas-passes-away-7170074/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121154736/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/cinematographer-ps-nivas-passes-away-7170074/ |archive-date=21 January 2022 |access-date=18 July 2021 |website=The Indian Express}}
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.{{Cite web |date=22 September 2017 |title=Sevvandhi |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/sevvandhi/e1herrDWhRI_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920063515/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/sevvandhi/e1herrDWhRI_ |archive-date=20 September 2022 |access-date=18 July 2021 |website=JioSaavn}}{{Cite web |title=Chinnathayee – Sevvanthi Tamil Film Audio CD by Ilayaraaja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/chinnathayee-sevvanthi-tamil-film-audio-cd-by-ilayaraaja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405062339/https://mossymart.com/product/chinnathayee-sevvanthi-tamil-film-audio-cd-by-ilayaraaja/ |archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=Mossymart}}
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! Song !! Singer !! Lyrics | ||
| Vaasamalli Poovu | Uma Ramanan | Ponnadiyan |
| Punnaivana Poonguyil | Arunmozhi, Swarnalatha | Piraisoodan |
| Ponnatam Poovattam | Mano, Swarnalatha | rowspan=2|Vaali |
| Semmeene Semmeene | P. Jayachandran, Sunanda | |
| Anbe Aaruyire | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Muthulingam |
Reception
Reviewing the film for The Indian Express, Malini Mannath mentioned that "though his fairly neat, there is not much in the film which will hold the audience to their seats". Regarding the hero of the film, she mentioned that "He is confident and uninhibited before the camera and gets his expression right. His dialogue delivery reminds one of actor Ramarajan". R. P. R. of Kalki wrote that the one needs patience to watch this film; however he praised Ilaiyaraaja's music and Nivas' cinematography, calling them the only strong points of the film.{{Cite magazine |last=ஆர். பி. ஆர். |date=4 September 1994 |title=செவ்வந்தி |url=https://ibb.co/PhnDZLq |url-status=usurped |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |page=16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426053712/https://ibb.co/PhnDZLq |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=26 April 2023}}
References
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