Naalaya Seidhi

Naalaya Seidhi (transl. News of tomorrow) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, directed by G. B. Vijay in his debut and produced by K. S. Srinivasan and K. S. Shivaraman. The film stars Prabhu, Khushbu, Goundamani and Senthil. It was released on 14 August 1992.

Naalaya Seidhi
Poster
Directed by	G. B. Vijay
Written by	Rajaram Raghunath (dialogues)
Screenplay by	G. B. Vijay
Story by	G. B. Vijay
Produced by	K. S. Srinivasan K. S. Shivaraman
Starring	Prabhu Khushbu Goundamani Senthil
Cinematography	Shiva
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Adithyan
Production company	Sivasree Pictures
Release date	14 August 1992 (1992-08-14)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Prabhu as Madhan / Manmadhan
• Khushbu as Anu / Anuradha
• Goundamani
• Senthil
• Jai Ganesh
• Jaishankar as Dhakshinamoorthy
• Rocky
• Archana Puran Singh (debut)
• C. R. Saraswathi as Savithiri (Madhan Step Mother)
• Yuvasree
• S. R. Vijaya
• Kavithasree
• Baby Priyanka
• Charuhasan
• Vasanth
• Sethu Vinayagam
• K. S. G. Venkatesh
• Raviraj
• Narasimhan
• Srikanth
• Gopi
• Ponnambalam
• Kullamani
• Omakuchi Narasimhan
• Swaminathan

Production

Naalaya Seidhi is the directorial debut of G. B. Vijay.^[1]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Adithyan.^[2][3] For the dubbed Telugu version Repati Vaartha, all lyrics were written by Rajasri.^[4][5]

Tamil

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Manmadha Konjavaa"	Muthulingam	Malgudi Subha
2.	"Mandhiram Chonnadhu"	Piraisoodan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
3.	"Jimkana Pattedukkum"	Kalidasan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
4.	"Uyire Unnai Idhayam"	Muthulingam	P. B. Sreenivas, Sangeetha Katti
5.	"Ponmalai Neram"	Kadhal Mathi	S. P. Sailaja

Telugu

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Manmada Aasha"	K. S. Chithra, Sudha
2.	"Moondara Unnadi"	Mano, K. S. Chithra
3.	"Pora Sombera"	Mano
4.	"Munipencha"	K. S. Chithra, Sudha

Release and reception

Naalaya Seidhi was initially scheduled to release in July 1992,^[6] but released on 14 August.^[7] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "There is never a dull moment though at times the screenplay sounds illogical".^[8] K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times called it "a gripping, fast-moving story, with punchy, witty dialogue".^[9] Sundarji of Kalki praised the cinematography, editing, locations, music and actors citing they all contributed bricks to this masala palace.^[10]

References

1. "'Kalaignan' to 'Kamal Haasan 232': Five times when Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan teamed up with emerging directors". The Times of India. 16 September 2020. from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
2. . Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
3. "Periyavar- Chinna Maple – Nalaiya Seithi Tamil Film Audio CD by Ilayaraaja". Mossymart. from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
4. "Repati Vaartha". indiancine.ma. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
5. "Repati Vartha". Spotify. from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
6. "நாளைய செய்தி". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 3 July 1992.
7. "நாளைய செய்தி / Naalaya Seidhi (1992)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
8. Mannath, Malini (14 August 1992). "News on his soul". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
9. Vijiyan, K. (4 September 1992). "Gripping and fast-moving story with a message". New Straits Times. p. 24. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. சுந்தர்ஜி (13 September 1992). "நாளைய செய்தி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 29. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

External links

• Naalaya Seidhi at IMDb