Annai Velankanni

Annai Velankanni
Directed by	K. Thangappan
Produced by	K. Thangappan
Written by	Sham De Thomson
Screenplay by	K. Thangappan
Starring	Srividya Sivakumar Jayalalithaa Gemini Ganesan Padmini
Music by	G. Devarajan
Cinematography	G. K. Ramu
Edited by	N. M. Sankar
Production company	Giri Movies
Distributed by	Giri Movies
Release dates	1971 (1971)
Running time	148 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Annai Velankanni is 1971 Indian drama film in Tamil. The film starred Gemini Ganesan, Jayalalitha, Padmini and K. R. Vijaya. Kamal Hassan briefly appears in an uncredited role as Jesus Christ. The film was directed by noted choreographer K. Thangappan. It comprises three stories pertaining to Christian beliefs. Velankanni, where the film is set, is a real village in India, and has a large church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. This film was dubbed into Malayalam language as Velaankanni Mathavu.

Cast

• Srividya
• Sivakumar
• Jayalalithaa
• Gemini Ganesan
• Padmini
• Major Sundarrajan
• K. R. Vijaya
• R. Muthuraman
• Devika
• Sachu
• Manorama
• Senthamarai
• Nagesh
• Thengai Srinivasan
• Sreekanth
• Kamal Haasan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Devarajan, while lyrics were written by Kannadasan, Vaali and Ayyasamy.

No.	Song	Singers	Length (m:ss)
1	Devamaindhan Pogindran	T. M. Soundararajan	03:23
2	Kadal Alai Thaalaattum	Madhuri	04:01
3	Karunai Kadale	P. Susheela	03:40
4	Karunai Mazhaiyae	P. Susheela	03:39
5	Neelakkadalin Oratthil	T. M. Soundararajan, Madhuri	03:22
6	Pera Orani	T. M. Soundararajan, Madhuri	06:39
7	Thandhana Thaana	Madhuri	06:01
8	Vaanamennum Veedhiyile	K. J. Yesudas, Madhuri	03:12

External links

• Annai Velankanni at IMDb
• Annai Velankanni on YouTube