Silk Silk Silk

Silk Silk Silk
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Directed byY. V. Gopikrishnan
Written bySelvakumar
Produced byY. V. Murali
Y. V. Prakash
Y. V. Haridas
StarringSmitha
Bhanu Chander
Raghuvaran
CinematographyGajendramani
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Sri Ganesh Kala Mandir
Release date
  • 14 January 1983 (1983-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Silk Silk Silk (stylised onscreen as Silk... Silk... Silk...) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language masala film written by Selvakumar and directed by Y. V. Gopikrishnan, son of M. S. Viswanathan.[1] The film stars Smitha, Bhanu Chander and Raghuvaran. It was released on 14 January 1983.[2]

Plot

A group of smugglers (Shah, Johnny, Viji and Balram) steal diamonds to sell on the black market. Shah runs off to Goa with the diamonds and plans to sell them himself. He is found murdered in his hotel room and the diamonds are missing. CBI officer Nirmal and police officer Ashok team up to solve the murder. They have a witness that saw a young woman enter his room and that's their only lead. Nirmal recognises the suspect as his ex-girlfriend, Priya, but does not disclose this. Nirmal, Ashok and the smugglers are all searching for Priya. Nirmal runs into Priya look-alike Meena, a poor fisherwoman with an alcoholic father. Ashok arrests Meena assuming her to be Shah's murderer. Nirmal arranges for Meena to be bailed out of jail causing a rift between the two men. Nirmal runs into Priya and learns that she unwittingly smuggled the diamonds for Shah and returned it to him but is otherwise uninvolved in Shah's murder. Nirmal tries to clear both Priya and Meena but fails to do so. Both women are kidnapped by the smugglers. They have no information for the smugglers but Viji remembers a third woman that also looks like Priya and Meena. This third woman – Sheela – is involved in a deeper conspiracy involving Shah's murder. Nirmal, Priya and Meena must work together to unearth the mystery.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Vaali.[3][4]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Moracha"L. R. Eswari, S. N. Surendar4:28
2."Ennai Vittu"Vani Jairam, P. Jayachandran4:55
3."Katcherika"S. Janaki4:18
4."Jaani Jaani"S. Janaki4:24
Total length:18:05

Reception

Thiraignani of Kalki praised Smitha that she shines in triple roles and added this film proves that she has all qualities to portray an important role while also praising the performances of Raghuvaran and Bhanuchander, Loose Mohan's humour and Gajendramani's cinematography but panned Vijayalakshmi's acting, Selvakumar's story and dialogues and Moorthy's humour and concluded the film shines just like the smuggled diamonds.[1]

Legacy

The film provided a breakthrough to Smitha and Raghuvaran, establishing the former as a bankable star and the latter as a villain in Tamil cinema.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b திரைஞானி (30 January 1983). "சில்க்... சில்க்... சில்க்..." Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 62–63. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Silk Silk Silk (1983)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Silk Silk Silk". Gaana. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Silk silk Silk Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Just who is Silk Smitha". Rediff.com. 10 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. ^ "The legend of Silk Smitha". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Alaigal Oivathillai to Moondram Pirai: Six memorable roles of Silk Smitha". The Times of India. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  8. ^ Akhilan (23 September 2023). "யாரடி நீ மோகினி படத்திற்கு ஓகே சொல்ல இவர் தான் காரணம்... அம்மாவிடம் கண்ணீர் விட்ட ரகுவரன்..." CineReporters (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.