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Moondram Pirai (transl. The third crescent ) [ a ] is a 1982 Indian Tamil -language romantic drama film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra . The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi , while Y. G. Mahendran , Silk Smitha and Poornam Viswanathan played supporting roles.
Subsequently, she played a woman who suffers from Amnesia in the critically and commercially successful classic Moondram Pirai (1982). She also achieved success by starring as a female lead in the successful dramas Padaharella Vayasu (1978), Meendum Kokila (1981), Premabhishekam (1981), Vazhvey Maayam (1982) and Aakhari Poratam (1988).
His role as a school teacher who looks after an amnesic girl in Moondram Pirai (1982) won him several accolades, including the Best Actor honours at the National Film Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He then starred in the Panchu Arunachalam-written Sakalakala Vallavan, which expanded Kamal's popularity from classes to the masses.
Haasan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor in 1983 for Moondram Pirai in which he played the role of a school teacher who looks after a girl suffering from amnesia. In 1988 he secured his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mani Ratnam 's Nayakan , which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the ...
Opening Title Director Cast Production Ref J A N: 1: Nadamadum Silaigal: Malleeswar: C. H. Narayana Rao, Shankar, Roopa, Vadivukkarasi: Sri Nithyodaya Pictures: 2 ...
The film was a remake of Mahendra's own 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai, which also starred Kamal and Sridevi. Sadma was widely acclaimed by critics for its direction, screenplay, music and performances. Sridevi's performance as an amnesiac woman was widely praised. Although a commercial failure upon release, Sadma over the years has gained cult ...
Moondram Pirai: Tamil [21] 1983 (31st) Om Puri: Anant Velankar Ardh Satya: Hindi [22] 1984 (32nd) Naseeruddin Shah: Naurangia Paar: Hindi [18] 1985 (33rd) Shashi Kapoor: Vikas Pande New Delhi Times: Hindi [23] 1986 (34th) Charuhasan: Tabara Shetty Tabarana Kathe: Kannada [24] 1987 (35th) Kamal Haasan: Sakthivelu Nayakar [c] Nayakan: Tamil [26 ...
Hari Narayan of The Hindu compared Gunaa to Moondram Pirai (1982), saying that in both films the protagonist's image of an ideal dreamgirl animate his antics. [27] Srivatsan, writing for India Today , believes the death of Gunaa and Rohini on a full moon day "represents time and a metaphorical implication of immortality and eternity.