The House

The House

Movie

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Director(s): Balu Mahendra
  • Cast(s): Archana , Bhanuchander , Pasi Sathya, Senthamarai , Oru Viral Krishna Rao See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 50min
  • Music: Ilaiyaraaja
  • Award(s): Filmfare - Tamil Film Industry 1989 (Won) Awards List
  • Similar To: Parasakthi, Jockey (ஜாக்கி)
  • Story:
    Veedu (English: The House) is a 1988 Tamil drama film written and directed by Balu Mahendra, starring Archana, which depicts the difficulties of a middle-class family in building a house. Mahendra, besides directing, worked as the script writer, cinematographer and editor as well. Featuring musical score by Ilaiyaraaja, the film earned high critical acclaim, securing two National Film Awards. It is widely considered as one of Mahendra's finest films & one of Tamil cinema's best films
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STORY

Story
Veedu (English: The House) is a 1988 Tamil drama film written and directed by Balu Mahendra, starring Archana, which depicts the difficulties of a middle-class family in building a house. Mahendra, besides directing, worked as the script writer, cinematographer and editor as well. Featuring musical score by Ilaiyaraaja, the film earned high critical acclaim, securing two National Film Awards. It is widely considered as one of Mahendra's finest films & one of Tamil cinema's best films

AWARDS

Won
Filmfare - Tamil Film Industry Award

Best Actress | 1989 | Archana

Best Director | 1989 | Balu

Regional Award

Best Feature Film in Tamil | 1988 | Balu

Silver Lotus Award

Best Actress | 1988 | Archana

BOX OFFICE

Budget 20,000 USD

Box Office Collection 120,000 USD

TRIVIA

Trivia

At young age, Balu Mahendra literally saw her mother facing difficulties on building a new house. That was the inspiration for him to direct this movie.

Whole budget of the movie was 12lakhs INR including building of house. Upon release, the film made a profit around 72lakhs INR. Thus, it was critically acclaimed and also financially successful movie.

Balu Mahendra wrote the script with Archana in his mind for actress in lead role.

Veedu and Sandhya Raagam are the only two movies which Balu Mahendra made without any commercial compensation with purely cinematic.

Balu Mahendra dedicated this movie to the people who don't have a own house, that also included him.