Annakili (1976)
May 14, 1976
Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Sujatha
Annakili

Sivakumar
Thyagarajan

Fatafat Jayalakshmi
Sumathi

Srikanth
Magudapathy

Srikanth
Magudapathy

Thengai Srinivasan
Azhagappan

M. N. Rajam

Venniradai Moorthy

S. N. Lakshmi

Panchu Arunachalam
Lyricist / Screenplay

Devaraj
Director

Senthamarai
Madasamy

R. Selvaraj
Story

Ilaiyaraaja
Original Music Composer

Somasundaram
Director of Photography

B. Kanthasamy
Editor
Details.
Release Date
May 14, 1976
Original Name
அன்னக்கிளி
Status
Released
Running Time
2h 14m
Genres
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Annakili is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by Devaraj–Mohan and written by Panchu Arunachalam from a story by R. Selvaraj. The film stars Sivakumar and Sujatha with S. V. Subbaiah, Srikanth, Thengai Srinivasan and Fatafat Jayalaxmi in ing roles. It was produced by S. P. Thamizharasi under the production banner SPT Films. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, who made his debut in film. A. Somasundaram and Kandasamy handled cinematography and editing respectively.
A black-and-white film, Annakil was released on 14 May 1976, and became a commercial success. It attained cult status in Tamil cinema. The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, and was screened at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India in 1978. It was remade in Telugu as Rama Chilaka (1978).