Gokulam

Gokulam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vikraman
Written by	Vikraman
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Starring	Jayaram Bhanupriya Arjun
Cinematography	M. S. Annadurai
Edited by	K. Thanikachalam
Music by	Sirpy
Production company	J. K. Combines
Distributed by	Super Good Films
Release date	11 June 1993 (1993-06-11)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Gokulam is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Jayaram (in his major Tamil debut) and Bhanupriya, with Arjun Sarja in a supporting role.^[1] It was released on 11 June 1993.^[2]

Plot

Chellappa lives in a village owning a photo studio along with his friends. Mary comes to the village and rents a house opposite to Kalyan Kumar's house, which is named "Gokulam" and where Kalyan Kumar man lives with his wife and daughter Uma. Kalyan Kumar also has a son named Kannan but has been abandoned by the family members for marrying a girl without the family's consent, but the family regularly receives money orders from Kannan. Although Kannan's father has changed his mind and accepted his son, the latter still does not return home. Everyone in Gokulam thinks that it is only Kannan's wife who does not allow him to reunite with his family.

Mary gets close to Gokulam family members and attends singing classes from Kalyan Kumar. She helps everyone in the family as and when required. Chellappa falls in love with Mary and proposes to her, but Mary tells her flashback to Chellappa, which shocks him. Mary's original name is Gayathri, and she sings well. Gayathri and Kannan love each other. Gayathri is a rich girl but has no parents or relatives except for a guardian who has plans to get his son Vasanth married to her. But Gayathri informs her guardian about her love towards Kannan, for which he agrees immediately. Gayathri feels happy. Kannan requests the wedding to happen after a few days as he has to take care of his poor family. He says that his sister's wedding should happen first. Gayathri agrees for this, and an engagement is planned between them on Gayathri's birthday, but Vasanth gets furious knowing about this and decides to kill Kannan. Vasanth sends a few thugs to kill Kannan. Kannan fights them but gets stabbed at his back. He comes to the function and dies in front of Gayathri.

Gayathri's guardian hands over Vasanth to the police, and Vasanth gets jailed. Gayatri cries and feels bad that Kannan lost his life only because of loving her and decides to help his family. Kannan already informed his family about his love, which they did not agree. Gayathri writes a letter to Kannan's parents that he has married against his their wishes. Gayathri comes to Kannan's village in the name of Mary and sends the money order to Kannan's parents every month in Kannan's name which makes them believe that their son is living in Chennai along with his wife. She also writes letters in Kannan's name to his parents. Chellappa feels proud of Gayathri and promises not to inform anyone about her real identity.

Kannan's sister Uma's wedding is arranged, but Gayathri learns that Uma once had a lover who ditched her and now is blackmailing her about revealing their old photographs taken together to everyone which will impact her marriage. Gayathri decides to help Uma and she goes to the lover's home alone in search of the photographs. She finds the photos and burns them. Suddenly, the man comes and tries to molest Gayathri, but Chellappa rescues her. The crowd gathers around, and the lover lies that Chellappa has an illegitimate relationship with Gayathri, which shocks her. But Gayathri could not reveal her real purpose of visiting his home at night as that would affect Uma's wedding. Finally, Gayathri accepts the blame, and everyone ditches her for her morally incorrect behavior.

The village people ask Gayathri to vacate immediately, but she requests them to allow her to stay for one day so she can attend Uma's wedding and then leave. Despite opposition, Gayathri attends Uma's wedding but is insulted by Kannan's father. A dejected Gayathri leaves the village immediately and has decided to accept a previous offer of going on a world tour, performing stage shows along with her friend.

Chellappa informs Kannan's father about all the truth, and they realize their mistake. The two rush to Gayathri's house, but she has left before that. Finally, the film ends showing Kannan's father waiting in the village railway station every morning for Gayathri's return.

Cast

• Bhanupriya as Mary / Gayathri
• Jayaram as Chellappa
• Arjun Sarja as Kannan
• Kalyan Kumar as Kannan's father
• Vadivelu as Raju, Chellappa's friend
• Chinni Jayanth as Chellappa's friend
• Jaishankar as Gayatri's guardian
• Dubbing Janaki as Kannan's mother
• S. N. Vasanth as Vasanth
• Sindhu as Mary
• Yuvasri as Uma
• Raja Ravindra as Uma's former lover
• Major Sundarrajan
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Singamuthu
• Pazhanisamy
• V. S. Gopalakrishnan
• Ramesh Khanna as Ramesh (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sirpy, with lyrics by Palani Bharathi.^[3][4]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Chittada Rakkai"	Swarnalatha	4:49
"Nane Madai Mela"	Swarnalatha	4:12
"Puthu Roja Puthiruchu"	Mano, Swarnalatha	3:11
"Antha Vanam"	K. S. Chithra	3:55
"Chevanthi Poo"	Unni Menon, P. Susheela	5:03
"Chinna Chinna Assai"	Sujatha	1:32
"Pon Malayil"	Uma Ramanan	3:12
"Therkke Adikkuthu"	K. S. Chithra	4:45

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "the film has a storyline that could have been made interesting."^[5] K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "Those who liked Abirami might find [Gokulam] entertaining. The movie would appeal to the whole family".^[6] Jayaram won the Cinema Express Award for Best New Face Actor at the 14th Cinema Express Awards.^[7]

References

1. "கோகுலம் - கண்ணீரில் ஆழ்த்திய குடும்பச் சித்திரம்!". Minnambalam (in Tamil). 12 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
2. "Gokulam". The Indian Express. 11 June 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2022 – via Google News Archive.
3. "Gokulam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
4. "Ullathai Allitha – Gokulam Tamil Audio Cd". Banumass. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
5. MM (18 June 1993). "Family album". The Indian Express. p. 6. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2022 – via Google News Archive.
6. Vijiyan, K. (10 July 1993). "Questions sustain viewers' interest". New Straits Times. p. 25. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024 – via Google News Archive.
7. "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.

External links

• Gokulam at IMDb