En Annan
| EN ANNAN | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | P. Neelakantan |
| Produced by | T. Govindarajan |
| Written by | Sornam |
| Starring |
M. G. Ramachandran Jayalalithaa M. N. Nambiar S. A. Ashokan R. Muthuraman |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | V. Ramamoorthy |
| Edited by | C. P. Jambulingam |
Production company |
Venus Pictures |
| Distributed by | Venus Pictures |
Release dates | May 21, 1970[1] |
Running time | 170 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
EN ANNAN (English: MY ELDER BROTHER), is a 1970 Indian Tamil directed by P. Neelakantan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role and J. Jayalalitha, M. N. Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan, Cho Ramaswamy among others.
The Telugu version is POOLA RANGADU (24 November 1967). It was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, with ANR and Jamuna.
The 2 movies that are loosely based on A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place.
Plot
Ranga (MGR) is the heroic elder brother of this story.
His father Velappan (T. K. Bagavathy), was a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Karunagaran (S.M.Thirupadhisamy).
He is sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit.
Ranga, only since, works hard to get his sister Thangam (Vijaya Nirmala) educated.
She marries a doctor, Murali (R. Muthuraman), who happens to be Karunagaran's son.
When he finds out she is Velappan's daughter, he leaves her.
Ranga is enraged and beats Nagappan (Thengai Srinivasan), Vaalee 's brother, who informs Murali.
Ranga is sent to jail.
There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out.
Once Ranga is released, he earns the goodwill of the other two partners, Nayagum (M. N. Nambiar) and Dharmaraj (S. A. Ashokan), and finally exposes them.
Velappan is released, Ranga marries his lover Vaalee (Jayalalitha) and Murali takes Thangam back.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| M. G. Ramachandran | as Ranga (alias Rangan), The Elder Brother |
| J. Jayalalitha | as Vaalee Ammal, Ranga 's lover |
| M. N. Nambiar | as Nayagum |
| S. A. Ashokan | as Dharmaraj |
| Cho Ramaswamy | as Putchy, Nayagum 's son |
| R. Muthuraman | as The doctor Murali |
| T. K. Bagavathy | as Velappan, Ranga and Thangam 's father |
| Thengai Srinivasan | as Nagappan, Vaalee 's elder brother |
| Yenethai Kannaiya | as Ponnaiya, the police constable |
| Master Sekhar | as Ranga, child |
| Vijaya Nirmala | as Thangam, Ranga 's sister |
| Geethanjali | as Geetha, Dharmaraj 's daughter |
| Sundari Bai | as Baby, Dharmaraj 's wife |
| S. N. Lakshmi | as Murali 's mother |
| Shanmugha Sundhari | as Ponnaiya 's wife |
| Baby Sridevi | as Thangam, child |
| S.M.Thirupadhisamy | as Karunagaran, Murali 's father |
Around the movie
The Telugu version is POOLA RANGADU (24 November 1967). It was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, with ANR and Jamuna.
The 2 movies that are loosely based on A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place.
In EN ANNAN, in approximately 21.55 minutes, we can hear for 47 seconds, the instrumental piece, Mexican Shuffle from the album South of the Border (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album) (in October, 1964) consisted by the big Herb Alpert. In the screen, the actress Geethanjali and the actor Cho Ramaswamy wiggle above...
Songs
| Tracklist[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Neela Niram" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki | 4.24 | ||||||
| 2. | "Nenjam undu" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan | 3.27 | ||||||
| 3. | "Kadavul yen Kallanar" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan | 3.19 | ||||||
| 4. | "Aasai iruku" | venkatachalam | 3.36 | |||||||
| 5. | "Aayiram ennam kondu" | Kannadasan | T. M. soundararajan, P. Susheela | |||||||
| 6. | "Kannukku theriyada" | Vaali | P. B. Srinivas, L. R. Eswari | |||||||
| 7. | "Kondai oru pakkam" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | |||||||
References
- ↑ "En Annan". Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ↑ "En annan songs". Retrieved May 13, 2012.
External links
En Annan at the Internet Movie Database