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{{short description|1986 film by P. Bharathiraja}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kadalora Kavithaigal
| image = Kadalora Kavithaigal dvd.jpg
| caption = Official DVD Cover
| director = [[Bharathiraja]]
| producer = Ve Vaduganathan<br />C. Natesan
| writer = [[R. Selvaraj (screenwriter)|R. Selvaraj]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = Bharathiraja
| story = [[K. Rajeshwar|K. Somasundreshwar]]
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]
| editing = T. Thirunavukkarasu
| studio = Mookambika Art Creations
| released = {{film date|1986|7|5|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=கடலோரக் கவிதைகள் / Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1986/kadalora-kavithaigal |access-date=31 May 2021 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kadalora Kavithaigal''''' ({{Translation|Poems by the Sea}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Bharathiraja]]. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]], with [[Raja (Tamil actor)|Raja]], [[Janagaraj]] and Kamala Kamesh in supporting roles. The film is about transformation of a ruffian (Satyaraj), who has a prison record and his understanding of love through an elementary education. In that process, he falls in love with the school teacher (Rekha).

The film was remade in Telugu as ''[[Aradhana (1987 film)|Aradhana]]'', and in [[Kannada]] as ''Kaurava''. This was the debut film for Rekha and Raja.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2020 |title=மறக்க முடியுமா? - கடலோர கவிதைகள் |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/marakka-mudiyuma/89856/old-movies/Marakka-Mudiyuma-:-Kadalora-Kavithaigal.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727021112/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/marakka-mudiyuma/89856/old-movies/Marakka-Mudiyuma-:-Kadalora-Kavithaigal.htm |archive-date=27 July 2020 |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Based in a coastal sea village, Chinnappa Das (Satyaraj) is a ruffian who has a prison record and returns to his village after serving his prison term. He is persuaded by his maternal uncle's daughter (Ranjini) to marry him. In one of his encounters at an elementary school, he meets a lady school teacher Jennifer (Rekha) who gives a sound scolding on how ignorant fools behave.

There is an element of purity in Das's heart which the school teacher could identify, this transforms his life forever. Set in a coastal milieu, the duo often meet on the beach, amidst sunlit sea and splashing waves on the rocks. In a sequence, Das makes the teacher stand alone atop a seaside hillock, Das from down below on the sands announces aloud to her that "you are my God".

In a related episode when Das visits the teacher at her house, looking at the portrait of the Good Shepherd with a lamb on his lap, he earnestly asks her why He has that lamb on his lap, to which she replies, "that lamb has lost its way and so he has taken it on his lap". She goes on asking him what will he do if he were the shepherd and what if she was that lamb, thereby subconsciously revealing her desire to be the lamb in the lap of God, in her case to be with Das, thereby both Das and Jennifer find their loved ones.

== Cast ==
* [[Sathyaraj]] as Chinnappa Das
* [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] as Jennifer (Introducing) (Voice dubbed by Anuradha)
* [[Raja (Tamil actor)|Raja]] as Lawrence (Introducing)
* Anuradha Vasudev as Jospehine (Introducing)
* [[Ranjini (actress)|Ranjini]] as Gangamma (Voice dubbed by [[Raadhika]] )
* [[Janagaraj]]
* [[Kamala Kamesh]] as Thayamma
* Lalitha Sharma

== Production ==
''Kadalora Kavithaigal'' is the debut for Raja and Rekha as actors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Srivatsan |date=6 November 2019 |title=From 'Kadalora Kavithaigal' to 'Adithya Varma': Tamil cinema's quintessential 'soft-spoken hero' Raja returns after a 20-year exile |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-raja-profilefrom-kadalora-kavithaigal-to-adithya-varma-tamil-cinemas-quintessential-soft-spoken-hero-raja-returns-after-a-20-year-exile/article29900048.ece |url-status=live |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191107062826/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-raja-profile/article29900048.ece |archive-date=7 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2020 |title=Bigg Boss Tamil 4: Host Kamal Haasan's Punnagai Mannan co-star Rekha Harris to participate in the show? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-4-host-kamal-haasans-punnagai-mannan-co-star-rekha-harris-to-participate-in-the-show/articleshow/78401384.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026161038/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-4-host-kamal-haasans-punnagai-mannan-co-star-rekha-harris-to-participate-in-the-show/articleshow/78401384.cms |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000069.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131223153217/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000069.html |archive-date=23 December 2013 |access-date=23 December 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Adi Aathadi" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] known as [[Shivaranjani]],{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=121}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |author-link=Charulatha Mani |date=28 September 2012 |title=Sivaranjani for pathos |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/sivaranjani-for-pathos/article3945587.ece |url-status=live |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050204/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/sivaranjani-for-pathos/article3945587.ece |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> and "Kodiyile Malliyapoo" is set in [[Natabhairavi]].{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=139}} "Adi Aathadi" was partially adapted as "Aa Jaana Tere Bin", composed by [[Anand–Milind]] for ''[[Bol Radha Bol]]'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1991–2000 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |isbn=9788193848210 |page=174}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Adi Aathadi" (Sad) || Malaysia Vasudevan, [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=2|[[Vairamuthu]] || 03:42
|-
| 2 || "Adi Aathadi" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]], S. Janaki || 04:39
|-
| 3 || "Das Das Chinnappadas" || Ilaiyaraaja || Ilaiyaraaja || 03:00
|-
| 4 || "Kodiyile Malliyapoo" || [[P. Jayachandran]], S. Janaki || Vairamuthu || 04:21
|-
| 5 || "Podinadaya Poravare" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || [[Gangai Amaran]] || 05:23
|-
| 6 || "Poguthae Poguthae" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || Vairamuthu || 04:34
|-
| 7 || "Poguthae Poguthae" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki || Vairamuthu || 2:57
|}

== Reception ==
''Behindwoods'' said, "A simple love triangle but the situations are woven beautifully and the performances are realistic", and added that "Satyaraj broke his image of an [[action hero]] and came up with a rollicking performance. He is the real star of the film".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classical Movie : Bharathiraja's 'Kadalorakkavithaigal' |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/classicalmovie/Kadalorakkavithaigal/tamil-cinema-classicmovies-Kadalorakkavithaigal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927164218/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/classicalmovie/Kadalorakkavithaigal/tamil-cinema-classicmovies-Kadalorakkavithaigal.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |location=Chennai |oclc=295034757 |orig-year=2005}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0155789|Kadalora Kavithaigal}}

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[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1986 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bharathiraja]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]

Kadalora Kavithaigal - Revision history

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