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Veteran filmmaker P R Devaraj, who made movies like Vijayakanth’s blockbuster ‘Senthoorapoovey‘, died in Hyderabad this morning due to a sudden cardiac arrest.
Besides ‘Senthoorapoovey’, Devaraj had helmed a movie titled ‘layaragam’ in 1995 which had music composed by Ilayaraja. He was a resident of T Nagar in Chennai and was in Hyderabad for some time, it is learnt.
‘Senthoorapoovey’ hit the screens in 1988. It is a musical hit starring Vijayakanth, Ramki and Nirosha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Manoj – Gyan and was released on 23 September 1988.
The soundtrack, which too was released in 1988, featured eight songs with lyrics written by Aabavanan, Vairamuthu and Muthulingam. The film reportedly collected Rs 2.5 crore in the box-office, which was a huge amount then.