Idhaya Veenai
| IDHAYA VEENAI | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Krishnan-Panju |
| Produced by |
S. Maniyan Vidwan V.Lakshmanan |
| Written by | Swornam |
| Starring |
M. G. Ramachandran Manjula Lakshmi Sivakumar M. N. Nambiar |
| Music by | Shankar-Ganesh |
| Cinematography | A.Shanmugham |
| Edited by | M. Umanath |
Production company |
Udhayam Productions |
| Distributed by | Udhayam Productions |
Release dates | 20 October 1972[1] |
Running time | 146 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
IDHAYA VEENAI (Tamil: இதய வீணை), is a 1972 Indian Tamil directed by R. Krishnan and S. Panju, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role Lakshmi, Manjula, Sivakumar, M. N. Nambiar, M. G. Chakrapani and among others.[2]
Plot
Somewhere in Chennai, several years previously...Young, Soundharam (MGR) was pushed away from the home by Sivaraman (M. G. Chakrapani), his father, a severe lawyer.
Sivaraman denies his son. Soundharam makes the promise to his father, that one day, he will beg him to recognize him.
He lives at the moment in the Kashmir as tourist guide.
When he finds Nalini (Lakshmi), his younger sister, in the middle of a group of students, Soundharam decides to go back home, to make ample knowledge with her and help it.
But at the beginning, he incurs only troubles, in particular, with Kirymani (Sivakumar), the lover of Nalini and Annamalai (M. N. Nambiar), a man with double face.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| M. G. Ramachandran | as Sundharam |
| Lakshmi | as Nalini |
| Manjula | as Vimala |
| Sivakumar | as Kirymani |
| M. N. Nambiar | as Annamalai |
| M. G. Chakrapani | as Sivaraman |
| R. S. Manohar | as Karmaigham |
| Thengai Srinivasan | as K.Muthu alias Kali Muthu |
| Poornam Viswanathan | as Kumarswamy, Vimala 's father |
| A. Sakunthala | as Vasantha, Annamalai 's young sister |
| G. Sakunthala | as Mangalam, Sivaraman's wife |
| Sachu | as Karmaigham 's daughter |
| Master Sekhar | as Soundharam (child) |
| Master Prabhakar | as K.Muthu (child) |
| Isari Velan | as The seller swindler of Masala Vada |
The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned
Around the movie
MGR's brother M. G. Chakrapani acts as MGR's father in the movie. Sivakumar is second hero who marries MGR's sister Lakshmi and MGR's pair is Manjula.[3] Some scenes were picturised in Kashmir including a song Kashmir Beautiful.
The story of this movie looks like another MGR movie EN ANNAN, 1970, managed by the even excellent duet of directors, Krishnan-Panju. It was the second soundtrack composed by the other tandem Shankar-Ganesh for a movie of MGR.
The first one was NAAN YEN PIRANDHEN? on the same year. This movie released just 4 days after MGR created his political party, Anna D.M.K..
Soundtrack
The music composed by Shankar-Ganesh.[4][5]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Aanandham Indru | T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki | Vaali | 03:28 |
| 2 | Kashmir Beautiful | T. M. Soundararajan | 07:28 | |
| 3 | Neeraadum | P. Susheela | 03:29 | |
| 4 | Oru Vaalum | T. M. Soundararajan | 03:38 | |
| 5 | Pon Andhi | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | Pulamaipithan | 05:49 |
| 6 | Thirunirai Selvi | T. M. Soundararajan | Vaali | 04:14 |
References
- ↑ "Idhaya veenai". Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ "Idhaya Veenai". spicyonion. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ↑ "Idhaya Veenai". Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ↑ "Idhaya Veenai Songs". raaga. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ↑ "Idhaya Veenai Songs". tamiltunes. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
External links
Idhaya Veenai at the Internet Movie Database