Idhayakkani
| Idhayakkani | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | A. Jaganathan |
| Produced by | R. M. Veerappan |
| Written by | S. Jagadeesan |
| Screenplay by | R. M. Veerappan |
| Story by | Poovai Krishnan |
| Starring |
M. G. Ramachandran Radha Saluja Pandari Bai R. S. Manohar Thengai Srinivasan |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
| Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
| Edited by |
Krishnan Sundaram |
Production company |
Sathya Movies |
| Distributed by | Sathya Movies |
Release dates | 22 August 1975[1] |
Running time | 160 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget |
 25 Lakhs |
| Box office |
45 Lakhs |
Idhayakkani (Tamil: இதயக்கனி English: The Fruit Of The Heart), is a 1975 Indian Tamil starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Pandari Bai, R. S. Manohar and Radha Saluja among others enacting supporting roles. The film, directed by A. Jagannathan, produced by R. M. Veerappan under his Sathya Movies and had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was blockbuster and highest grossing film of the year. The film ran for 150 days in theatres.[2]
Plot
IDHAYAKKANI is the story of a kind-hearted Mohan (MGR) whose theory of life is 'equality'. Mohan practices equality by sharing the income of his estate with his labourers equally.
He has another passion of serving country, so that he has joined police force as an officer.
He meets a needy girl Lakshmi (Radha Saluja), and on the advice of elderly and domestic help, he permits her to stay in his house.
Toungues start wagging and Mohan decides to marry Lakshmi.
However, his happiness is short-lived.
He gets the shock of his life when he comes to know that he wife is involved in the murder of a leading scientist.
What is the truth? Did Lakshmi really murdered the scientist or she is innocent ?
If so, then who is the culprit ?
How does Mohan finds the truth? is the plot of the movie.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| M. G. Ramachandran | as Mohan (Sekhar, M.G.Red), a police officer from Madras and a big landowner |
| Radha Saluja | as Lakshimi alias Mala |
| R. S. Manohar | as Albert |
| Thengai Srinivasan | as Rangarajan (Julie), a police constable : C.I.D. 201 |
| K. Kannan | as Kannan, Albert 's hired man |
| V. Gopalakrishnan | as Madhavarav, police officer, responsible for the branch criminal of Bangalore |
| S. V. Ramdass | as Dass, a hired man |
| Isari Velan | as Isari, Mogan 's personal secretary |
| Vennira Aadai Nirmala | as a female singer, "Hello lover mister Right...", "Thotta idam ellam..." |
| Pandari Bai | as Mogan 's mother |
| Rajasulochana | as Lily, reponsable of Dance Club of India |
| S. V. Subbaiah (Guest Appearance) | as Ponnuswamy, Mogan 's supervisor of Sathiya Coffee Estate Mogan |
| P. S. Veerappa (Guest Appearance) | as Uncle John |
| V. S. Raghavan (Guest Appearance) | as The judge |
| Sackty Prasath (Guest Appearance) | as Dharma Prakash, an atomic power scientist |
| Rathna (Guest Appearance) | as A picker from Mogan 's Sathiya Coffee Estate Mogan, "Neega Nallairukkanum..." |
The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned
Soundtrack
The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[3][4]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Hello Lover | Usha Uthup | Randaar Kai | 04:42 |
| 2 | Inbame Undhan Per | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | Vaali | 04:56 |
| 3 | Ithazhe Ithazhe | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:31 | |
| 4 | Neenga Nalla Irukkanam | Seerkazhi Govindarajan, T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki | Pulamaipithan | 06:21 |
| 5 | Ondrum Ariyatha | T. M. Soundararajan | Vaali | 04:39 |
| 6 | Thotta Idam Ellam | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | Na. Kamarasan | 04:42 |
Around the movie
The director A. Jagannathan (B.A.) (26 November 1935, Tirupur - 7 October 2012, Coimbatore) started off as an assistant to T. Prakash Rao (already in MGR 's PADAGOTTI, 1964) and later worked under Pa.Neelakandhan (from 1967, with MGR 's KAAVALKAARAN) and for 12 films, most of them starring MGR.
He made his directorial debut through MANI PAYAL, in 1973.
It was MGR who inaugurated the first show of MANI PAYAL at Chennai's then Midland theatre.
Two years later, it was the MGR film IDHAYAKKANI (under the famous Sathiya Movies production, the sixth and the last one of the series, with MGR) that turned to be the biggest break of his career.
The first ones were, (under the Sathiya Movies production) : (DHEIVA THAAI in July 18th, 1964), (NAAN AANAIYTTAL in February 4th, 1966), (KAAVALKAARAN in September 7th, 1967), (KANNAN EN KADHALAN in April 25th, 1968), (RICKSHAWKARAN in May 29th, 1971) and well - heard (IDHAYAKKANI in August 22nd, 1975).
It was for the great classic singer, "Isaimani" Sirkazhi Govindarajan, the last song of a soundtrack for MGR's movie.
The film is known for political dialogues and songs.
References
- ↑ "Idhayakkani". mgrblog. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
- ↑ "Idhayakkani Records". mgrblog. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
- ↑ "Idhaykkani Songs". raaga. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
- ↑ "Idhayakkani Songs". tamiltunes. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
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