Adapted from a popular novel narrating how a peaceful woman changes into a fury, the film’s climax remained unfinished due to the death of Rani Chandra, but was an immense success anyway. She plays Gayathri, whose happy middle-class marriage was ruined when a ‘chandalan’ Kandeepan raped her. Divorced and mentally disturbed, she still imagines herself to be married. Her ex-husband marries Jayanthi (Bhawani), but the evil Kandeepan lusts after Jayanthi as well and kidnaps her stepson to force her to sleep with him. Gayathri recovers her sanity long enough to hunt down the villain with a trishul and dies while killing him.
Cast: Rani Chandra, Sivakumar
Crew: AC Trilogchander (Director), Ilaiyaraaja (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 10 Dec 1976 (India)
Tamil Name: பத்ரகாளி
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Colour Info:
Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
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Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed into: Bhadrakali (Kannada)
Trivia:
The film is an adaptation of a Tamil novel written by Maharishi.
Rani Chandra died before filming was completed, so the film was released unfinished.
Rani Chandra died before filming was completed, so the film was released unfinished.
