{{short description|2002 film by Thamarai Sendhoorapandi}} {{No plot|date=November 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Guruvamma | image = Guruvamma.jpg | caption = VCD cover | director = Thamarai Sendhoorpandi | producer = Ernavoor A. Narayanan<br />A.S. Kandhan | story = | screenplay = | starring = Livingston<br />Devayani | music = Sagithya | cinematography = Raja Rajan | editing = M.P. Ravichandran | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|07|19}} | country = India | budget = | runtime = | language = Tamil }} '''''Guruvamma''''' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thamarai Sendhoorapandi. The film stars Livingston and Devayani, with Manivannan, Senthil, Vadivukkarasi and Pasi Sathya in supporting roles. It was released on 19 July 2002,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuruvamma (2002) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/kuruvamma |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117181721/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kuruvamma |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref> and won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Livingston as Thulasi *Devayani as Guruvamma *Manivannan *Senthil *Vadivukkarasi *Pasi Sathya *Balu Anand *Idichapuli Selvaraj *Poornitha * Thamarai Sendhoorpandi as Guruvamma's father }}
==Production== Livingston and Devayani worked with each other four times in quick succession in the early 2000s, after appearances together in Parthasarathy's ''Unakkum Enakkum Kalyanam'', Benjamin's ''Senthalam Poove'' and S. P. Rajkumar's ''En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri'' (2001) though the former two did not release despite having audio launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=A-Z Continues... |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991003015404/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |archive-date=3 October 1999 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Indolink}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 April 1998 |title="Unakkum Enakkum Kalyaanam" |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/06-04-98/unakku.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031005153742/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/06-04-98/unakku.htm |archive-date=5 October 2003 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Dinakaran}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 1999 |title=And the Pongal windfall... |url=http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/16ss.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004235/http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/16ss.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scriptwriter Yosi was also a part of the project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2010 |title=J K Ritheesh clears the air |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kumaran-hopes-for-the-best-tamil-news-53874 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602233239/https://www.indiaglitz.com/kumaran-hopes-for-the-best-tamil-news-53874 |url-status=live }}</ref> It became one of Devayani's first films that she had dubbed for in her original voice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=9 October 2002 |title=Accolades all her way... |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/09/stories/2002100900110200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030313003643/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/09/stories/2002100900110200.htm |archive-date=13 March 2003 |access-date=2 June 2019 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> The film was directed by Thamarai Senthoorapandi who also portrayed Devayani's father.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 July 2002 |title=Kuruvamma |url=http://chennaionline.com/location/kuruvamma.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041223151312/http://chennaionline.com/location/kuruvamma.asp |archive-date=23 December 2004 |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref>
==Soundtrack== Lyrics were written by Arivumathi and composed by Sahitya. *"Chembaruthi Poo" - *"Iyya Ethukku" - *"Koorai" - *"Megame" - Hariharan *"Odivantha Oothu" - P. Unnikrishnan *"Thoda Thoda" - Tippu
==Critical reception== Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "It was meant to depict the life of pavement dwellers, and of the trials and tribulations of one woman in particular. But the way it has turned out, it is like this group of artistes are sitting by the wayside in isolation, pretending to be pavement dwellers, putting on an accent and speaking the lingo. All very put-on and laughable".<ref>{{cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=29 July 2002 |title=Kuruvamma |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov202.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819035723/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov202.asp |archive-date=19 August 2003 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> The film won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light for 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2004 |title=Six film artistes win awards |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121313/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Delhi-Metro-confident-of-meeting-deadline/article14836060.ece |archive-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
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Category:2002 Indian films Category:2002 Tamil-language films Category:2002 drama films Category:2002 films Category:Indian drama films Category:Tamil-language Indian films