Pillai Nila


Pillai Nilla is a 1985 Tamil-language horror film directed by Manobala, and written by P. Kalaimani. The film stars Mohan, Raadhika, Jaishankar, Nalini, and Baby Shalini. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Plot

Dolly is the young sister of a widowed rich man named David. She falls in love with Mohan, who works in her office. When she tries to express her love, she flies abroad for an office matter. Meanwhile, in India, Mohan's mother arranges his marriage with his cousin Bhuvana, and he marries her. When Dolly returns from abroad on her birthday, she expresses her love to Mohan, but he rejects her because his wife is pregnant. Dolly's obsession causes her to commit suicide in front of him at the hospital. At the same time, as his wife is giving birth. Their daughter, Shalini, is imbued with Dolly's evil spirit as Dolly takes revenge. What happens next is the rest of the story.

Cast

Pillai Nila took inspiration from various horror films such as Christine, Poltergeist, The Omen and The Exorcist. The makers sought to avoid clichéd horror film tropes such as haunted houses, "sex-charged teenagers" and "unrealistic monsters in rubber masks".

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilayaraja with lyrics by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Muthulingam and Mu. Metha. It took Ilaiyaraaja six days to finish the film's re-recording.
No.SongSingersLyricsLength
1"Raja Magal Roja Malar"P. Jayachandran and S. JanakiValli04:13
2"Raja Magal Roja Malar" S. JanakiValli02:08
3"Raja Magal Roja Malar" S. JanakiValli01:55
4"Azhage Azhage"Malaysia Vasudevan and S. JanakiVairamuthu03:14
5"Unnodu Thaan"S. Janaki01:15

Release and reception

Pillai Nila was released on 14 April 1985, Puthandu. Despite facing competition from other films released in the same week such as Udaya Geetham and Deivapiravi, and emerged a commercial success.