Kalai Kovil: Difference between revisions

''Kalai Kovil'' was released on 25 September 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1964 – கலைக்கோவில் – பாக்யலஷ்மி புரொடக். |trans-title=1964 – Kalai Kovil – Bhagyalakshmi Produc. |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails9.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171002161435/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails9.asp |archive-date=2 October 2017 |access-date=2 October 2017 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 September 1964 |title=Many choices for Tamil film fans |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cH9lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v50NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1184%2C2909957 |access-date=18 March 2022 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318095236/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cH9lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v50NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1184,2909957 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film received positive reviews from critics who praised the music, performances of the cast, the screenplay, dialogues and direction by Sridhar.<ref name="dinamalarnellai" /> On 2 October 1964, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' praised the first half, but criticised the second half, saying the film maintained a "richly musical and at times absorbing" tone till the second half, when "scripter-director Sridhar's hands, like that of the hero in the movie, begin to slip". The reviewer called the songs composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy "a delight to the ears", but felt they did not exploit the veena, "the very soul of the film", fully. They also lauded Balu's cinematography, Ganga's art direction and the performances of Subbaiah and Nagesh, saying they "try to salvage the film, but in vain".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 1964 |title=Kalai Kovil |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19641002&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=5 December 2018 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was commercially unsuccessful.<ref name=kalki /><ref name="dinamalarnellai" /><!-- https://archive.org/details/kalki1964-11-01/page/n33/mode/2up page 32 -->