Sri Bannari Amman Explained

Director:Bharathi Kannan
Producer:S. Mahalakshmi
Screenplay:Bharathi Kannan
Starring:Vijayashanti
Karan
Laya
Music:T. Rajendar
Cinematography:Vijai
Editing:V. Jaishankar
Studio:Sri Mahalakshmi Productions
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Sri Bannari Amman is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language devotional film written and directed by Bharathi Kannan. The film featured Vijayashanti in the title role being her 175th project alongside Karan and Laya, while Vadivelu plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by T. Rajendar, released in April 2002.

Production

While marketing the film, the producers featured Sukanya, as well as Khushboo, who appear only in songs, as a selling point in the posters.[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by T. Rajendar who also wrote the lyrics.[2]

Song Singers Length
"Vetri Nadai" T. Rajendar 02:57
"Aathisivan Pathiyada" 06:47
"Thalattu Kettathillai" K. S. Chithra, Anuradha Sriram08:14
"Roopamaari" T. Rajendar 03:10
"Kalakkuthu Karagaatam" 07:20
"Kallaanalum Kanavanthan" 06:34
"Vandhidu Vandhidu" K. S. Chithra 06:56

Release and reception

S. R. Ashok Kumar from The Hindu wrote, "if only one story had been woven into a nice screenplay, it would have sustained the tempo. A couple of small stories narrated in the film make the main story line weak.".[3] Ayyappa Prasad of Screen wrote, "Actually it seems that the director is more confused on whether to cash in on Vijayshanthi’s image or go in for more of the unusual stuff".[4] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "It is a film that wouldn't disappoint Vijayshanti's fans and would be lapped up by lovers of devotional themes".[5]

The film was later dubbed and released in Telugu as Maha Chandi.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 January 2006 . Tamil Film Poster-' Bannari Amman'(2003)- Poster No 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027034134/http://www.cscsarchive.org:80/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/0F6F6361542ABE8F65257188002557C9?OpenDocument . 27 October 2007 . 30 September 2022 . cscsarchive.org.
  2. Web site: Sri Bannari Amman (2002) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703044055/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/sri-bannari-amman-songs-T0000916 . 3 July 2022 . 2024-06-19 . Raaga.com.
  3. Web site: Kumar . S. R. Ashok . 2002-04-26 . Sri Bannari Amman . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030627101605/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/04/26/stories/2002042600910201.htm . 27 June 2003 . 17 January 2022 . The Hindu .
  4. Web site: Prasad . Ayyappa . 26 April 2002 . Sri Bhanaari Amman . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206005128/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/A27FF6C2FA8457A2E5256BC0000E999C?OpenDocument . 6 February 2012 . 12 January 2022 . Screen.
  5. Web site: Mannath . Malini . 22 April 2002 . Shri Bannari Amman . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050408211452/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov184.asp . 8 April 2005 . Chennai Online . 19 June 2024 .
  6. Web site: 1 January 2006 . Tamil Film Poster- ' Bannari Amman' (2002)- Poster No 1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027034206/http://www.cscsarchive.org:80/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/86FB1E271AE8AA68652571880024307E?OpenDocument . 27 October 2007 . 30 September 2022 . cscsarchive.org.