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Neela Vaanam
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Wikipedia article
'Neela Vaanam' is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Madhavan and produced by Varathan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Devika and Rajasree. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan, and was released on 10 December 1965.
Plot
Babu and Vimala are lovers. However, under a circumstance Babu is forced to marry the dying Gowri without the acknowledgement of Vimala. Vimala and Gowri are friends. Shocked by her lover's marriage to Gowri, Vimala and Babu tried to keep their past as a secret from Gowri. What will happen to Gowri forms the rest of the story.
Cast
*Sivaji Ganesan as Babu
*Devika as Gowri
*Rajasri as Vimala
*S. V. Sahasranamam as Somanathan
*V. K. Ramasamy as Varatharajan
*Nagesh as Prakash
*Seethalakshmi as Kamala
*Kumari Padmini as Thilagam
*I. S. R as Thilagam's husband
*Harikrishnan as Sharma
*Comedy Shanmugam as Babu's friend
* Pakoda Kadhar
Production
'Neela Vaanam' was directed by P. Madhavan and produced by Varadan under Pattu Films. The screenplay was written by K. Balachander. Cinematography was handled by Karnan, and the editing by R. Devarajan. The final length of the film was .
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan.
Release and reception
'Neela Vaanam' was released on 10 December 1965, and distributed by Sivaji Films. T. M. Ramachandran of 'Sport and Pastime' called it "a poor film" and criticised Madhavan's direction as "naive". He also noted "There is nothing much to write home about K. Balachander's screenplay and dialogue" but called Viswanathan's music "pleasing".
References
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