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{{Infobox film
| name = Isai Paadum Thendral
| image = Isai Paadum Thendral.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = [[Devaraj–Mohan|S. Devaraj]]
| screenplay = A. L. Narayanan
| story = [[Bhadran (director)|Bhadran]]
| producer = Rani Chakrapani
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br />Jayarekha
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = A. Somasundaram
| editing = B. Kandhasamy
| studio = N.C.Creations
| released = {{film date|1986|6|12|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Isai Paadum Thendral''''' ({{translation|The Musical Breeze}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[Devaraj–Mohan|S. Devaraj]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=அனைத்துத் தரப்பினரையும் கவரும் குமாரபாளையம் கைக்குட்டைகள்!... |url=https://www.dinamani.com/thozil-malar-2019/2019/oct/16/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-3255360.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118115549/https://www.dinamani.com/thozil-malar-2019/2019/oct/16/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-3255360.html |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivakumar]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] and Jayarekha. It is a remake of the 1982 [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Ente Mohangal Poovaninju]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2019 |title=Mohanlal the complete actor crossed 300 movies in last 40 years. |url=https://www.thecbcnews.com/mohanlal-the-complete-actor-crossed-300-movies-in-last-40-years/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421043200/https://www.thecbcnews.com/mohanlal-the-complete-actor-crossed-300-movies-in-last-40-years/ |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=The CBC News India}}</ref> The film was released on 12 June 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isai Padum Thendral (1986) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1025 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820221655/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/allCast.cgi?id=1025 |archive-date=20 August 2004 |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=இசை பாடும் தென்றல் / Isai Paadum Thendral (1986) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/isai-paadum-thendral |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115192325/https://screen4screen.com/movies/isai-paadum-thendral |archive-date=15 November 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=April 2023}}
Mohan's father wants him to marry Menaka (Jayarekha) but Mohan (Sivakumar) likes Kalyani (Ambika). His father gives in to his demands but Menaka has other plans. On the marriage day, Menaka plots and murders Kalyani by putting poison in her milk which leaves Mohan depressed. After being coerced by his father, Mohan finally agrees to marry Menaka. During the first night, Mohan kills himself by mixing poison with the milk and reveals to Menaka that he knows that she killed Kalyani and he desperately killed himself so that she will lead the rest of her life in sadness. The film ends with Mohan breathing his last with the memories of Kalyani.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Sivakumar]] as Mohan
*[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Kalyani
*Jayarekha as Menaka
*[[K. P. Ummer]]
*[[Janagaraj]] as a violin student<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=6 December 1998 |title=இந்த முகங்களை சங்கீத சபாக்களில் பார்த்தால் அட இவங்களா! என்று ஆச்சர்யப்பட வேண்டாம்... |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-12-06/page/n11/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230810160558/https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-12-06/page/n11/mode/2up |archive-date=10 August 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=10–11 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
*[[Goundamani]]
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]
*[[J. V. Ramana Murthi]]
*[[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] (Guest appearance)
}}

==Production==
The film was launched at Prasad Studios with the song recording of "Isai Paadu Nee".<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 1985 |title=இசை பாடும் தென்றல் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_9_299/5.jp2/full/1000,1382/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105092831/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_9_299/5.jp2/full/1000,1382/0/default.jpg |archive-date=5 January 2025 |access-date=5 January 2025 |work=Anna |pages=5 |language=Ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>
== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isai Paadum Thendral Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/isai-paadum-thendral-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118115545/https://mossymart.com/product/isai-paadum-thendral-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Isai Paadum Thendral (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5JFYbcwgvNtfneDBOfbNTH |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230320083834/https://open.spotify.com/album/5JFYbcwgvNtfneDBOfbNTH |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=[[Spotify]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2019 |title=இளையராஜாவும் வைரமுத்துவும் பிரிந்த கதை! – நிஜத்தில் நடந்தது என்ன? |url=https://tamil.trendingonlinenow.in/story-of-ilayaraaja-and-vairamuthus-split/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230321073957/https://tamil.trendingonlinenow.in/story-of-ilayaraaja-and-vairamuthus-split/ |archive-date=21 March 2023 |access-date=21 March 2023 |website=TON |language=ta}}</ref> The song "Isai Paadu Nee" is set to the [[Hindustani raga]] [[Jog (raga)|Jog]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |pages=133 |oclc=295034757 |orig-date=2005}}</ref> The [[Tyagaraja]] composition "Raghuvara Ninnu" also features in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=தங்க ரதத்தில் வந்த சின்னக் கண்ணன் தெய்வீக குரலால் இசை உலகின் மன்னன் |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/news/tamil-nadu-news/news/1654964 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421043842/https://www.dinamalar.com/district_detail.asp?id=1654964 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2013 |title=தமிழ்த்திரை இசை யில் ராகங்கள் : [ 10 ] : T.சௌந்தர் |url=https://inioru.com/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88%EF%BB%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220081707/https://inioru.com/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%87%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%88%ef%bb%bf%e0%ae%af%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b2%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%b0%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%95/ |archive-date=20 February 2022 |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=Inioru |language=ta}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Endhan Kaikuttaiyai
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[S. Janaki]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Isai Paadu Nee
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra2 = S. Janaki
| length2 =
| title3 = Raghuvara Ninnu
| note3 =
| lyrics3 = [[Tyagaraja]]
| extra3 = [[M. Balamuralikrishna]], K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki
| length3 =
| title4 = Disco King
| note4 =
| lyrics4 = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| extra4 = K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam
| length4 =
| title5 = Vaazhaimaram Katti
| note5 =
| lyrics5 = [[Mu. Metha]]
| extra5 = K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki
| length5 =
| title6 = Manasuloni
| note6 =
| lyrics6 = Tyagaraja
| extra6 = K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki
| length6 =
}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}

[[Category:1986 Indian films]]
[[Category:1986 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1986 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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