ப்ரியா (1978)

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Priya is an Indian thriller film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth, Sridevi, Ambareesh, and Aznah Hamid. It was simultaneously made in Tamil and Kannada languages. The film shares its title with a novel by Sujatha, but actually adapts from multiple works by the writer including the aforementioned novel. The Tamil version was released on 22 December 1978, and the Kannada version on 12 January 1979. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as Ajeyudu which released on 10 March 1979 and was also dubbed in Hindi as Love in Singapore in 1983. The soundtrack of this film is recorded using stereophonic sound technology for the first time in Tamil cinema.

Production

Priya was adapted from the novel of the same name by Sujatha. The film's screenplay and dialogues were written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film was produced by his brother Subbu. Rajinikanth portrayed the detective Ganesh created by Sujatha for his novels for which he received ₹110,000 (equivalent to ₹3.3 million or US$34,000 in 2026) for acting in the film while Ambareesh played the role based on Ganesh's partner Vasanth.

The film was made as a bilingual both in Tamil and Kannada. Since the novel was set in Singapore, S. P. Muthuraman planned to shoot the film in there, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong and was careful of shooting it within the budget and after finalising the script, Muthuraman along with Subbu and cinematographer Babu went on a recce to these places and finalise the locations and fixed all the necessary places to shoot.

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