Rosaappo Ravikkai Kaari (1979)

Directed by

Mohan

Genre

romance film

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1979 Tamil film, a modern woman struggles to accept her rustic husband and overbearing mother-in-law in British-ruled India. She begins an extramarital affair that leads to conflict.

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What happens

Rosappu Ravikkaikari (transl. The girl with the rose-coloured blouse) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language historical romance film directed by Devaraj–Mohan. A remake of the 1978 Kannada film Parasangada Gendethimma, itself based on Srikrishna Alanahalli's novella of the same name, the film stars Sivakumar, Deepa and Sivachandran, with Vinu Chakravarthy and R. Nagarathnamma in supporting roles. Set in British-ruled India, it revolves around a modern woman who cannot tolerate her rustic husband and her mother-in-law and engages in an extramarital affair. Rosappu Ravikkaikari was produced by Thirupur Mani of Vivekananda Pictures, and is the 100th film of Sivakumar as an actor. It is the debut of screenwriter Vijay Krishnaraj (credited as Krishna), and Chakravarthy as an actor in Tamil cinema. Filming took place between February and March 1979, in places including Yercaud. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, editing was handled by T. P. Sekar and cinematography by R. N. K. Prasad. Rosappu Ravikkaikari was released on 18 May 1979. The film became a critical and commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. For his performance, Sivakumar won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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