Meendum Kokila

<p>Subramaniam, a lawyer is married to Kokila and has a daughter. Things go well until he meets Kamini, a movie star in a party. He gets attracted towards Kamini and becomes ready to sacrifice his own family for her. Kokila’s efforts in bringing back her husband forms the rest of the story. The film was originally directed by with , and actress —in her debut—playing the lead roles. Rekha was the original choice for the role of Kamini, and scenes featuring her were shot till 3000 feet. Mahendran opted out of the film after a song sequence was shot. Later as the film progressed Rekha pulled out citing no reason. It was Haasan who requested to take over the film as director. Rekha’s father claimed he told her not to play “second fiddle” to Sridevi. Rekha was replaced by . Haasan’s character in the film twitches his eye, for which he took inspiration from . After the film was screen for the , Rangarajan feared it would be given an , but to his relief it was given without any cuts. The music was composed by . The song “Radha Radha Nee” is set in the raga whereas “Chinnan Chiru Vayathil” is set in . For the dubbed version , lyrics were written by and . Nalini Sastry of lauded Rangarajan’s direction, Ananthu’s dialogues, Viswanathan’s cinematography and the performances of the main cast. Sridevi received the ; the first of her four . Just 17 years old, when released, the film’s success consolidated Sridevi’s position as the highest paid actress in . The film’s digitally restored version was released on 15 December 2017.</p>