Thulli Thirintha Kaalam

1998 Indian film

12 March 1998 (1998-03-12)

Running time

150 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Thulli Thirintha Kaalam is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Balasekaran and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Arun Vijay and Roshini in lead roles while Khushbu, Raghuvaran, and Karan played other supporting roles. It was released on 12 March 1998.^[1]

Plot

Four youths who are good for nothing while away their time doing nothing. Their parents too are fed up with their irresponsible behaviour. Kausalya comes to live in their neighbourhood. Seeing their lifestyle and behaviour, she decides to teach them a lesson.

Cast

Arunkumar as Ashok
Roshini as Devi, Ashok's love interest
Khushbu as Kausalya
Karan as Raghu
Raghuvaran as Chidambaram
Fathima Babu as Visalam
Ramji as Manohar
Dhamu as Dhamu
Cochin Hanifa as Nair
Sriman as Saravanan
Jai Ganesh as Ashok's father
Delhi Ganesh as Dhamu's father
Rami Reddy as Devi's father
Madhan Bob as Bank Manager
Mohan Raman as Job Officer
Mahendran as Market Worker
Scissor Manohar
Ramesh Khanna as himself
Kavithalaya Krishnan as himself
Swathi in a Special appearance
Alphonsa in a Special appearance

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Jayanth and lyrics by Vaasan and Dr. Kruthaya.^[2]^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Deewana"	Mano, Pop Shalini
2.	"Mannil Enna"	Mano, Malgudi Subha
3.	"Azhage"	K. S. Chithra
4.	"Kowsalya"	Harini, Baby Deepika
5.	"Tak Tak Tak"	Nandha, Dr. Grubb, P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha Mohan
6.	"Vaarthai Enna"	Mano

Reception

A critic from Dinakaran noted "this film is a milestone that speaks well of the newly set-in trend in Tamil field created by the young generation directors".^[4] Ji of Kalki found Kushboo's flashback to be poignant, he found Arun Kumar's performance as poor but praised the other actors while also praising Jayanth's music and felt Kushboo was slowly becoming supporting actress.^[5] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Karan scales new heights in his career, while director Balasekharan, who has written the story, screenplay and dialogue, queers the pitch [...] Vijaygopal's cinematography captures the drama in good measure".^[6]

The film became a commercial success, prompting a Telugu version (Ammayi Kosam) of the film to be produced.^[7]

References

^ "Thulli Thirintha Kaalam (1998)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Thulli Thirintha Kaalam". JioSaavn. January 1998. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "Uyire / Thulli Thirintha Kaalam". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
^ "Thulliththirintha Kaalam". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ ஜி. (19 April 1998). "துள்ளி திரிந்த காலம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 96. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (13 March 1998). "Film Reviews: Thulli Thirintha Kaalam \ Bhagawatsingh". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 24 May 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Rajitha (1 December 1998). "Makes and remakes". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2021.