Rusi Kanda Poonai


Rusi Kanda Poonai is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by G. N. Rangarajan and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Saritha, Sudhakar and M. R. R. Vasu. It was released on 25 December 1980.

Plot

Saritha and Sudhakar love each other and Ramesh promises Saritha that he will marry her. But later, it is revealed that Sudhakar had already been married and dejected. Saritha leaves the hostel run by Manorama and her Siddha expert husband Suruli Rajan, for her hometown. Sudhakar's marital life was a disaster as they often had quarrels. Eager to meet Saritha, Sudhakar comes to the hostel, but finds she already left. Saritha becomes pregnant and delivers a baby girl and meanwhile, Sudhakar's wife, Y. Vijaya dies in an accident. Saritha was never informed about the delivery of her baby girl and her mother gives the child to the greedy couple M. R. R. Vasu and Gandhimathi and both always torture the girl, in addition to blackmailing Saritha's mother for money to hide the truth of Saritha's daughter's birth. Saritha gets married and has a happy life and is blessed with a daughter. Meanwhile, Sudhakar is in search of Saritha and one day meets him at a beach as her daughter gets almost drowned, but gets saved by him. Saritha avoids speaking with Sudhakar. Meanwhile, M. R. R. R. Vasu blackmails Saritha's mother for money and unable to handle the pressure, she dies revealing the truth to Saritha's daughter. What will happen to Sudhakar, will Saritha's husband find out the truth and what happens to M. R. R. Vasu gets revealed in the climax.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
TrackSingersLyricsDuration
"Anbu Mugham Thantha Sugham..."IlaiyaraajaPanchu Arunachalam4:26
"En Nenjam..."S. JanakiPanchu Arunachalam1:56
"Kanna Nee Engey..."S. JanakiS. Janaki2:10
"Sandhanam Ittu..."P. SusheelaGangai Amaran1:37
"Sandhanamittuch Chadhiradum Mottu..."P. SusheelaGangai Amaran4:07

Reception

Anna praised the acting of the star cast, Arunachalam's dialogues, Rangarajan's direction and Viswanathan's cinematography but panned Sudhakar's acting and Suruli Rajan's humour.