Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1967


Nenjirukkum Varai (1967 film)

Buy Nenjirukkum Varai (1967 film) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Nenjirukkum Varai' is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Gopalakrishnan, K. R. Vijaya and Geetanjali. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan, and was released on 2 March 1967.

Plot



Raghu does odd jobs looking for a big break. He and his friend Peter rent a part of a house. The owner Natarajan's daughter is Raji. Raghu falls in love with her. Raghu meets Siva and likes his character. He lets him stay in his rented house. Raji and Siva fall in love. Raghu is devastated when he learns about it, but gets over it and decides to help them. Siva is away when Raji's father dies and Raghu takes care of the orphaned Raji, who is waiting for Siva to come back for her. Meanwhile, Siva hears people gossiping about Raghu and Raji and believes they are having an affair. When Raghu confronts him, he agrees to marry Raji if Raghu agrees to go away. Raghu agrees. How they reconcile forms the rest of the story.

Cast



*Sivaji Ganesan as Raghu

*Muthuraman as Siva

*Gopalakrishnan as Peter

*Raghavan as Natarajan

*Mali as Shankar

*Senthamarai as a rowdy

*K. R. Vijaya as Raji/Rajeswari

*Geetanjali as Sheela

Production



C. V. Sridhar developed the story of 'Nenjirukkum Varai' from the Bengali play 'Shudha' . He did not, however, adapt the play verbatim, but took only the basic premise and created an otherwise original story. The song "Nenjirukkum Engalukku" was shot at Beach Road, Madras. The last scene of the song was shot at the fountain near the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the beach. None of the cast members applied make-up for their roles. Cinematography was handled by Balakrishnan, and editing by N. M. Shankar. The film was shot in black-and-white to emphasise the central theme of poverty.

Soundtrack



Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "Poo Mudippal" is set in Simhendramadhyamam raga. "Muthukkalo Kangal" is set in Madhyamavati and Kanada ragas.

Release and reception



'Nenjirukkum Varai' was released on 2 March 1967, and distributed by Chithralaya Pictures themselves. 'Kalki' said only half the film was excellent, and it was worth watching for Ganesan's performance.

References



Bibliography



*


Buy Nenjirukkum Varai (1967 film) now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1967



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1102650857.