| Irumbu Thirai | |
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| Directed by | S. S. Vasan |
| Produced by | S. S. Vasan |
| Written by | Story: Gemini Story Department Dialogue: Kothamangalam Subbu |
| Starring | Shivaji Ganesan Vyjayanthimala K. A. Thangavelu Saroja Devi |
| Music by | S. V. Venkatraman |
| Cinematography | P. Elappa N. C. Bala Krishna |
| Editing by | M. Umanath |
| Studio | Gemini Studios |
| Distributed by | Gemini Production |
| Release date(s) | 14 January 1960 |
| Running time | 18396 feet |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Irumbu Thirai (Tamil: இரும்பு திரை; English: Iron Curtain) is a 1960 Black-and-white Mondo film Tamil film written by produced and directed by S. S. Vasan. The film stars Shivaji Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala in the lead[1] with K. A. Thangavelu, Saroja Devi, S. V. Ranga Rao, Pandari Bai and Vasundhara Devi as the ensemble cast of the film. The films music is by S. V. Venkatraman and the lyrics were penned by Kothamangalam Subbu, Papanasam Sivan and Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram. The editing was done by M. Umanath while the camera was handled by P. Elappa and N. C. Bala Krishna. The story revolves around the two brothers Manikam and Kondamuthu and their mill owner.
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In 1959, S. S. Vasan was making a Tamil film which would be a bilingual to Hindi film Paigham starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala with theme built around capital-labour relations.[2][3] The untitled film was referred as "Gemini Production .. ..", after some unsuccessful over the suggestion of the title, Vasan invited his employees to suggest a title for the under-production movie where almost 2, 500 entries was submitted to him.[2] After examining one by one, he finally satisfied with the title Irumbu Thirai, which means Iron Curtain, which symbolized the ideology of Marxist film theory.[2] He also hosted a reception to honor the boy who suggested the title and rewarded him with some price money.[2] For the mother of the lead actress, Vasundhara Devi the real-life mother of Vyjayanthimala was fixed where she also reprises her role in the Hindi version of the film,[4] along with her all the female cast including Vyjayanthimala, B. Saroja Devi, Pandari Bai also reprises their roles as well.[5][6]
The soundtrack was composed by S. V. Venkatraman who earlier had many hit number through Bhookailas, Meera, Valmiki and Panakkaari.[7] The hit album had Kothamangalam Subbu, Papanasam Sivan and Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram as the lyricists.[8] The singers consist of T. M. Soundararajan, P. Leela, Trichy Loganathan, L. R. Eswari, Radha Jayalakshmi, Sirkazhi Govindarajan.[9] The song Nenjil Kudiyirukkum was well received by the audience especially the line “nilamai ennavendru theriyuma,” which was made in Shanmukhapriya raga was also appreciated by critics alike.[10]
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