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'Meenava Nanban' is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Latha, with M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh among others enacting supporting roles. It was released on 14 August 1977.

Plot



Kumaran, an adventurer comes to defend the fishermen exploited by Nagaraj, the notable of the place. Kamali, his daughter, falls in love with Kumaran. Together, they continue the fight against injustice.

Cast



*M. G. Ramachandran as Kumaran

*Latha as Kamali

*Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Shanti

*Sachu as Muthamma

*V. K. Ramasamy as Nagaraj, a chairman

*M. N. Nambiar as Arun

*P. S. Veerappa as Selvaraj, Arun's father

*Nagesh as Ratnam

*Thengai Srinivasan as Manickam

*K. Kannan as Mahi

*K. K. Soundar as In charge of Coolie

*Karikol Raju as Fisherman

*T. K. S. Natarajan as Varadhan

*Loose Mohan as Fisherman

Production



'Meenava Nanban' was the second and final collaboration of M. G. Ramachandran with the director C. V. Sridhar, after 'Urimaikural' (1974). Actor and director Santhana Bharathi, who worked as assistant director, recalled that another famous director P. Vasu joined as assistant in the film's unit.

Soundtrack



The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics written by Muthulingam, Vaali and Pulamaipithan. Muthulingam recalled that Ramachandran discovered that he did not write any song, he insisted him to write the song "Thangathil Mugam Eduthu". The song "Pongum Kadalosai" is based on Valaji raga.

References




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