Kudisai

Kudisai
Poster
Directed by	Jayabharathi
Written by	D. Ramamoorthy
Based on	Kudisai by D. Ramamoorthy
Starring	Dhandapani Kamala Kamesh Raji Delhi Ganesh Chellappa Kala Krishnan
Cinematography	Robert–Rajasekar
Edited by	D. Raj
Music by	G. Kamesh
Production company	Juvaala
Release date	30 March 1979 (1979-03-30)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kudisai (transl. The Hut) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Jayabharathi. It is the first Tamil film made through crowdfunding.^[1] The film, based on the novel of the same name written by Jayabharathi's father D. Ramamoorthy, was released on 30 March 1979.

Plot

Cast

• Dhandapani as the family head
• Kamala Kamesh as Chinnamma
• Raji as Aandal
• Delhi Ganesh as Parthasarathy
• Chellappa as the elder brother
• Kala Krishnan as the washerwoman

Production

Kudisai marked the directorial debut of Jayabharathi. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Jayabharathi's father Ramamoorthy for the magazine Kanayazhi.^[2] Jayabharathi undertook a crowdfunding route to raise ₹90,000 (equivalent to ₹2.3 million or US$27,000 in 2023)^[3] to distribute the film for screening, and to generate investment, he sold donation tickets and conducted programmes at government colleges while Rajasekhar, a friend of Jayabharathi, helped him arrange a camera on loan. Singer Ceylon Manohar also helped by conducting shows and a farmer in Padi Kuppam provided him with food during the shooting.^[4][1] This was the debut film of Robert–Rajasekar as cinematographers.^[5] The film starred newcomer Dhandapani in the lead role.^[2]

Soundtrack

Unlike many contemporaneous Indian films, Kudisai had no songs,^[6] and the background music was composed by G. Kamesh, Kamala's husband.^[1]

Release

Kudisai was released on 30 March 1979. As of March 2022, it is preserved at the National Film Archive of India.^[1]

See also

• List of Indian films without songs

References

1. "Tamil Director Jayabharati's Crowdfunded Film Kudisai Completes 43 Years of Release". News18. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
2. "21 ரூபாயுடன் படத்தைத் தொடங்கினேன்' - இயக்குநர் ஜெயபாரதி நேர்காணல்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
3. Subramanian, Karthik (27 December 2013). "Director to crowd-fund his film's release". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
4. Mannath, Malini (26 December 2002). "Excerpts from an interview with director Jayabharati". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
5. Kumar, N. (22 May 1987). "A courageous comeback". The Indian Express. p. 12. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023 – via Google News Archive.
6. Baskaran, S. Theodore (2013) [1996]. The Eye of the Serpent: An introduction to Tamil cinema (2nd ed.). Westland. p. 239. ISBN 978-93-83260-74-4.

External links

• Kudisai at IMDb