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Vaidehi Kathirunthal is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Vijayakanth and Revathi in the lead roles. The film was successful, and emerged a major breakthrough in Vijayakanth's career. It was remade in Telugu as Manchi Manasulu, and in Kannada as Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hegirali (2004).

After music director Ilaiyaraaja finished composing the songs of Kaakki Sattai in half-a-day, well before the three-day schedule, he started to compose other songs since he was free at that time; he ended up composing six songs, hoping to use them in a potential film. Producer-lyricist Panchu Arunachalam, who used to listen to Ilaiyaraaja's unused songs and pick any of them he liked for future projects, wanted one of the six tunes for the film that would become Vaidehi Kathirunthal. But Ilaiyaraaja insisted that he listen to all six tunes; the producer did so, and the storyline of Vaidehi Kathirunthal was developed based on them. The film was written and directed by R. Sundarrajan, and produced by Thooyavan under the banner Appu Movies, while Arunachalam was credited as presenter. Cinematography was handled by Raja Rajan, and editing by M. Shrinivasan and B. Krishnakumar. Vijayakanth agreed to play a "soft role" at a time when he starred in many action films and was branded an action hero.

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Kaathirunthu" is set in the carnatic raga known as Shivaranjani, "Azhagu Malaraada" is set in Chandrakauns, and "Inraiku Yen Indha" is set in Abhogi.


Vaidehi Kaathirundhal was released on 23 October 1984. The film was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.