Nagarame Nandi

Nagarame Nandi is a 1967 Malayalam language film written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by A. Vincent. The film stars Prem Nazir, Usha Nandhini, Madhu and K. P. Ummer among others.^[1][2][3] The film tells the story of a family that migrates from a village to the city of Madras in search of a better life. The plot is similar to the 1965 film The Conquerors of the Golden City directed by Getin Gurtop and the 1964 film Birds of Exile (Gurbet Kuslari in Turkish) by Halit Refig.^[4] K. Balachander's Tamil film Pattina Pravesham (1977) was plagiarised from all these three films.^[4]

Noted film expert B. Vijayakumar of The Hindu described the film as "one of the best social movies produced in Malayalam."^[4]

Cast

• Prem Nazir as Madhavankutty
• Ushanandini as Bharathi
• Madhu as Raghavan
• P. J. Antony as Anandan Pillai
• K. P. Ummer as Captain Das
• Sukumari as Mrs. Mudaliar
• Bharathi Menon as Madhavankutty's mother
• Jyothilakshmi as Kunhilakshmi, Madhavankutty's sister
• Adoor Bhasi

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack is composed by K. Raghavan and penned by P. Bhaskaran. There are four songs including the romantic hit "Manjani Poonilavu" (sung by S. Janaki), a dance number "Mullappoo Maala Vilkum" (sung by L. R. Easwari) and another hit number "Nagaram Nagaram Mahasagaram" (sung by K. J. Yesudas).^[4]

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