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{{Infobox film
| image = Kadavul Amaitha Medai.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]
| screenplay = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| story = [[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]
| cinematography = Babu
| editing = R. Vittal<br />T. K. Rajan
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Trisool Films
| released = {{film date|1979|9|7|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kadavul Amaitha Medai''''' ({{Translation|The stage set by God}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]]. The film stars [[Sivakumar]] and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]. It was released on 7 September 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=கடவுள் அமைத்த மேடை / Kadavul Amaitha Medai (1979) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/kadavul-amaitha-medai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120054446/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kadavul-amaitha-medai |archive-date=20 November 2023 |access-date=21 June 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref><ref name="hindutamil">{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=7 September 2020 |title='மயிலே மயிலே உன் தோகை எங்கே?' - இளையராஜா, எஸ்.பி.பி., ஜென்ஸி; கவிஞர் வாலி திரைக்கதை, வசனம், பாடல்கள் எழுதிய 'கடவுள் அமைத்த மேடை' |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/575867-ilayaraaja-vaali-spb-jency.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001044419/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/575867-ilayaraaja-vaali-spb-jency.html |archive-date=1 October 2021 |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film was a remake of Telugu film ''[[Devudu Chesina Pelli]]''.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=November 2022}}
Boopathi and Laxmi await the return of their son from town, who returns with Radha and tells them that he wants to marry her. His parents agree to the marriage, but soon problems arise.

== Cast ==
*[[Sivakumar]] as the postman<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] as two sisters<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[Major Sundarrajan]]<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as the doctor<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[Suruli Rajan]]<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[Vadivukkarasi]]<ref name="hindutamil" />

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kadavul Amaitha Medai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/kadavul-amaitha-medai-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204208/https://mossymart.com/product/kadavul-amaitha-medai-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja-3/ |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=21 June 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref> The song "Mayile Mayile" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] [[Hamsadhvani]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |author-link=Charulatha Mani |date=1 March 2013 |title=A bright start |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-bright-start/article4465608.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303173615/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-bright-start/article4465608.ece |archive-date=3 March 2013 |access-date=21 June 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><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=143 |oclc=295034757 |orig-date=2005}}</ref> It is the first time [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] and [[Jency Anthony]] sang together.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ஆனந்தராஜ் |first=கு. |date=25 September 2021 |title=''ஏன் சினிமாவிலிருந்து விலகிட்டீங்கன்னு வாஞ்சையா கேட்பார்!" – ஜென்ஸியின் எஸ்.பி.பி நினைவுகள்'' |url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/cinema/singer-jency-recalls-her-sp-balasubramaniam-memories |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925072518/https://www.vikatan.com/news/cinema/singer-jency-recalls-her-sp-balasubramaniam-memories |archive-date=25 September 2021 |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}</ref> "Thendrale Nee Pesu" was the only song [[P. B. Sreenivas]] sang for Ilaiyaraaja in his life.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=8 May 2005 |title=ஜாதகம் முதல் 7ஜி வரை! |trans-title=From ''Jatakam'' to ''7G''! |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2005-05-08/page/70/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230314082853/https://archive.org/details/kalki2005-05-08/page/70/mode/2up |archive-date=14 March 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=70–71 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Thendrale Nee Pesu
| extra1 = [[P. B. Sreenivas]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Mayile Mayile
| extra2 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Jency Anthony]]
| length2 =
| title3 = Hey Thanni
| extra3 = [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[S. Janaki]]
| length3 =
| title4 = Vaanil Parakkum
| extra4 = S. Janaki
| length4 =
| title5 = Thangathuraiye
| extra5 = [[S. P. Sailaja]]
| length5 =
| title6 = Thanjavoor Singari
| extra6 = S. Janaki
| length6 =
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}

{{S. P. Muthuraman}}

[[Category:1979 Indian films]]
[[Category:1979 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1979 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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