Synopsis
Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by G. N. Rangarajan.
The film stars Pratap Pothen and Sripriya, and is based on the novel of the same name by Sujatha.
The story follows C. Kalyanaraman, a young man who comes to a village to collect village songs for his research. He meets a village girl named Velli, who helps him carry his luggage, and becomes entangled in her love affair with her cousin Maruthamuththu.
Kalyanaraman stays in an abandoned old bungalow of the village Zamindar's, arranged by a village head man called Thangarasu. He discovers that the Zamindar is now dead, but their children live in far away towns with no connections to the village.
Thangarasu tells Kalyanaraman about an old woman named Periyaththa who sings village songs well. The film was released on 14 August 1981.
