Idhaya Malar

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{{Infobox film
| name = Idhaya Malar
| image = Idhaya Malar.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Gemini Ganesan]] Thamarai Manaalan
| producer = G.M. Kulathu V.L. Narayanan
| story = Manian
| screenplay = 'Vidhwan' Ve. Lakshmanan
| writer = Thamarai Manaalan {{small|(dialogue)}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Ninaivugal Nilaikkatum''|Manian}}
| starring = [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] [[Gemini Ganesan]] [[Kamal Haasan]]
| narrator =
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = D.V. Rajaram B. Nanjappa
| editing = M. Umanath M. Mani
| studio = Jeyanthira Movies
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|09|03}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idhaya Malar |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1976/idhaya-malar |access-date=13 June 2021 |website=Screen4screen}}</ref>
| runtime = 133 Minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Idhaya Malar''''' ({{trans|Heart flower}}) is a 1976 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Gemini Ganesan]] and Thamarai Manaalan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gemini Ganesan's 100th Birth Anniversary: Five interesting facts about Kadhal Mannan |date=17 November 2020 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/gemini-ganesans-100th-birth-anniversary-five-interesting-facts-about-kadhal-mannan/articleshow/79259357.cms |access-date=15 January 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> It is based on the novel ''Ninaivugal Nilaikkatum'', written by Maniyan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=R|first=Dinesh|title=இறுதியாகச் சிலர்|url=https://ithutamil.com/%e0%ae%87%e0%ae%b1%e0%af%81%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%af%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%9a%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b2%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d/|access-date=2020-09-03|website=ithutamil.com|language=en-US}}</ref> It starred [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]], [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Kamal Haasan]] in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was later dubbed in [[Telugu language]] as ''Kalyana Jyothi'', released on 7 November 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pressacademyarchives.ap.nic.in/newspaperframe.aspx?bookid=11276 |title=Kalyana Jyothi advertisement |date=November 4, 1980 |work=[[Andhra Patrika]] |page=6}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[Gemini Ganesan]] , an elderly person with his wife [[Sowcar Janaki]] are childless and bring up Radha ([[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]) who is Krishnan's sister as their daughter. Mohan([[Kamal Haasan]]) a tennis player falls in love with Radha. Krishnan accepts to their proposal to marry but Janaki avoids the marriage by saying a bitter truth to Radha. Radha had married Sridhar([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijaya Kumar]]) at the age of 5. She avoids Mohan who is actually the brother of Sridhar. She goes in search of Sridhar but finds out he is married . She returns home and avoids her family and lives alone. Mohan's neighbour is very possessive about him and also has a crush on him. The movie ends with Mohan marrying his neighbour and Radha sacrificing her love.

== Cast ==
*[[Gemini Ganesan]] as Krishnan
*[[Sowcar Janaki]] as Rajam
*[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Radha
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Mohan
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijaya Kumar]] as Sreedhar
* Jaya Devi
*[[K. A. Thangavelu]] as Singaram
*[[M. Saroja]] as Kumari

== Production ==
''Idhaya Malar'' is the directorial debut of Gemini Ganesan, and the only film he directed in his life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=திண்ணை {{!}} வாரமலர் {{!}} Varamalar {{!}} tamil weekly supplements|url=https://www.dinamalar.com/supplementary_detail.asp?id=50278&cat=2|access-date=2020-09-03|website=www.dinamalar.com}}</ref> After directing some scenes, he left due to differences with the producer,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vijiyan|first=K.N.|date=August 18, 1998|title=Gemini speaks his mind|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tsBhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yxQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6754%2C4522934|work=[[New Straits Times]]|page=23}}</ref> resulting in Thamarai Manaalan taking over. However, both men retained director's credit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ஜெமினி கணேசன் 100!|url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2019/dec/01/ஜெமினி-கணேசன்-100-3294779.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Dinamani}}</ref> This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]]. The final length of the film was {{Convert|3931.30|metres|feet}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 1977 |title=Gazette of India, 1977, No. 448 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1977.448/page/n47/mode/2up?q=Idhaya+Malar |access-date=13 June 2021 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]] |pages=1559}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. All lyrics written by [[Pulamaipithan]].

{{tracklist
| headline = Track-list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =

| title1 = Sendumallipoo<ref>{{cite web |url=http://raagangal.com/movies.asp?moviename=Idhaya%20Malar&start=i&name= |title= Idhaya Malar |website=raagangal.com}}</ref>
| extra1 = [[Vani Jairam]], [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Thazhampoo Kaigalukku
| extra2 = [[P. Susheela]], B. S. Sasirekha
| length2 =
| title3 = Anbe un perenna<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WNbU8Pm0Gg |title=Anbe un peyar enna radhiyo |date=June 13, 2015 |website=Sivakumar Perumal}}</ref>
| extra3 = Vani Jairam, [[P. Jayachandran]]
| length3 =
| title4 = En chellakkili
| extra4 = P. Susheela
| length4 =
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0214785}}

[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1976 drama films]]
[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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