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Nalla Neram
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Wikipedia article
'Nalla Neram' , is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and K. R. Vijaya. It is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film 'Haathi Mere Saathi' . All three versions were produced by Thevar. The film was released on 10 March 1972. It was MGR's last film with Devar Films. It emerged a major box office success, running for more than 100 days in theatres and became blockbuster at the box office. It was one of the biggest hits of 1972 after Vasantha Maligai.
Plot
Raja "Raju" Kumar owns elephants and earns a livelihood by making them perform tricks. He falls in love with Vijaya and they get married. But soon, a problem arises. Vijaya hates elephants because of a personal tragedy in her life. She also feels that Raju spends too much time with his elephant friends. He had to choose between the love of his wife and the friendship of his loyal and devoted pet elephants.
Cast
Production
'Nalla Neram' is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film 'Haathi Mera Saathi', which in turn was adapted from Chinnappa Thevar's own Tamil film 'Deiva Cheyal' (1967) which flopped. This film was the last collaboration between Ramachandran and Thevar. For the song "Aagattumda Thambi", Ramachandran drove a '58 Chevrolet Impala.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.
References
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