Vallal
Vallal is an Indian Tamil-language musical comedy film released in 1997. This movie is directed by Raj Kapoor. The movie stars Sathyaraj, Meena, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil and Sangeetha. The film was remade in Telugu as "Raayudu" with Mohan Babu playing the lead role. Plot. Durairasu(Sathyaraj) loves Madhavi (Roja) but she doesn't reciprocate his love and marries her uncle. Once Virumandi(Ponvannan)& Madhavi's husband get into a fight. Unfortunately Madhavi & her husband passes away. So Durairasu does not marry anyone & devotes his life for Madhavi's daughter Chella kili(Sangeetha). Because of this issue there was a break in  the family, Thulasi(Lakshmi) who is Virumandi's wife and Durairasu's Sister and he were separated. This made Virumandi very angry so he always wants to avenge. Durairasu save a girl Annam(Meena) from the sea, who doesn't want to divulge her past. As time passes, Annam gets closer into the family and Kamakshi(Manorama) Durairasu's mother asks Durairasu to marry Annam. And this creates a problem for Chella kili as she loses Durairasu's attention, she comes out of her family and stays in Virumandi's house. Later Thulasi explains the whole story to her and lets her go  to her father. In the end Annam, Durairasu, Chella kili, Kamakshi, Chithapu(Goundamani) live together happily. Production. Shobana Vignesh, who had earlier appeared in "Mahanadhi" (1994), was initially selected to play a role in the film alongside fellow actresses Meena and Roja. The first promotional campaign however featured Sangita's name instead of Shobana, prompting Meena to attempt to leave the project citing potential reduced prominence owing to a third lead actress. The director subsequently asked her to stay on, assuring importance. After the release of the film, Meena criticised Raj Kapoor for his false assurances. Soundtrack. Soundtrack was composed by  Deva and lyrics were written by Vaali. Release. When the film was struggling with its release, it was Vijayakanth who helped the film in getting its release.