Nizhal Nijamagiradhu

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{{short description|1978 film by K. Balachander}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Nizhal Nijamagiradhu
| image = Nizhal Nijamagiradhu.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[K. Balachander]]
| producer = P. R. Govindarajan<br />J. Duraisamy
| screenplay = K. Balachander
| based_on = {{based on|''Adimakal''|[[Pamman]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Kamal Haasan]]<br />[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]<br />[[Shobha|Sobha]]<br />[[Sarath Babu]]
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = [[B. S. Lokanath]]
| editing = N. R. Kittu
| studio = Kalakendra Movies
| distributor = Kalakendra Movies
| released = {{film date|df=y|1978|3|24}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1978/nizhal-nijamagiradhu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707074602/https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1978/nizhal-nijamagiradhu |archive-date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021 |website=Screen4screen}}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Nizhal Nijamagiradhu''''' ({{translation|Illusion becomes reality}}) is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[K. Balachander]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article50659.ece |title=From theatre to the big screen |date=26 March 2009 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Sarath Babu]], [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] and Hanumanthu, and introduced [[Shobha|Sobha]]. It was a remake of the [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Adimakal]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 July 2020 |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/tamil-interview/tamil-movies-k-balachander-sir-kept-saying-that-this-is-not-the-rajnikanth-i-found-kavithalaya-krishnan-baradwaj-rangan-kamal-haasan/ |title='KB Sir Used To Say That This Is Not The Rajinikanth I Found': Kavithalaya Krishnan |work=filmcompanion.in |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>

== Plot ==

Venkatachalam (Sarath Babu) and Indumathi (Sumithra) are siblings. Indumathi hates men and she is adamant that she will never get married. Sanjeevi (Kamal) is a friend of Venkatachalam and often visits his house. Sanjeevi likes Indumathi's attitude and starts teasing her many times, they often quarrel as well. Though Indumathi too starts liking him, she is too egotistical to show her romantic side to Sanjeevi as she doesn't want to remove her stubborn attitude "mask".

Thilagam (Sobha) is a young girl from the village who comes to work as a servant in Venkatachalam's house. Her innocence draws Venkatachalam towards her and they get intimate. She becomes pregnant, but Venkatachalam refuses her. Thilagam is driven out of Venkatachalam's house and gets support from Sanjeevi and Kasi (Hanumanthu), a person who is hard of hearing, who also worked at Venkatachalam's house and has affection towards Thilagam. Sanjeevi provides Thilagam with lodging and requests Kasi to stay with her and look after her. Thilagam delivers a child.

Months later, after Sanjeevi and Kasi appealed to his conscience, Venkatachalam repents and is ready to accept Thilagam, but she decides to live her life with Kasi, who took care of her during her pregnancy. Indumathi, meanwhile, throws away her "stubborn" mask and asks Sanjeevi to accept her. Sanjeevi accepts her love.

== Cast ==
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Sanjeevi
*[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] as Indumathi
*[[Shobha|Sobha]] as Thilagam
*[[Sarath Babu]] as Venkatachalam
*Hanumanthu as Kasi
*[[T. S. B. K. Moulee]] as Manmatha Naidu<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 2018 |title=The Mouli-KB bond |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/the-mouli-kb-bond/article24399114.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://archive.ph/2021.07.07-090709/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/the-mouli-kb-bond/article24399114.ece |archive-date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]] as Kalimuthu
*[[M. S. Sundari Bai]] as Ponnamma
*[[K. Natraj]] as Ayyavu

== Production ==
[[Sarath Babu]] was given a role in the film, after Balachander saw him at a function. His first shot was at Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/i-am-a-directors-actor-says-sarath-babu/article3056847.ece |title=I am a director's actor, says Sarath Babu |date=5 October 2006 |work=The Hindu |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> Balachandar cast Malayalam actress [[Shoba]] in a pivotal role in the film, but the delayed release of the film meant that Karaikkudi Narayanan's ''[[Achchani|Achaani]]'' (1978) marked Shobha's debut as a lead actress in Tamil. Balachander gave [[T. S. B. K. Moulee]], who had directed films under Balachander's banner, the role of a "women-obsessed local tattler".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article184201.ece |title=Reflections of a matinee maverick |date=18 July 2010 |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> Balachander, who used to watch Moulee's plays, liked his style of writing and wanted him to write a comedy track for the film. Mouli said that he was given the liberty by Balachander to insert comedy sequences wherever he wanted and that he wrote 16 scenes for the film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Mouli-and-the-moolah/article11643358.ece |title=Mouli and the moolah |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=12 June 2014 |work=The Hindu |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

Balachander stated that he had an egotistical girl (Sumitra) fall for the macho antics of the hero (Kamal Hassan) "to lend credence and strength to the plot. Also, she provided a perfect contrast to the innocent victim Shobha, the other character".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/cinema/the-kb-school/article5184972.ece |title=The KB school |last=Ilangovan |first=R. |date=2 October 2013 |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> The final length of the film was {{Convert|3981.30|metres|feet}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 September 1978 |title=Gazette of India, 1978, No. 438 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1978.438/page/n9/mode/2up?q=Nizhal |access-date=11 July 2021 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]] |pages=1508}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Nizhal Nijamagiradhu
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cover =
| caption = LP Vinyl Records Cover
| alt =
| released = 1978
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 8:52
| label = [[EMI]]
| producer = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
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| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|EaLDs2lnAyM|Video Song 1(Kamban Emandhaan...)}}
| audio2 = {{YouTube|dnRb4kqhHQY|Video Song 2(Ilakanam Maarudho...)}}
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The music for this film was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].

{{Track listing
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| all_lyrics = [[Kannadasan]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Kamban Emandhaan
| length1 = 4:25
| lyrics1 = [[Kannadasan]]
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| title2 = Ilakanam Maarudho
| length2 = 4:27
| lyrics2 = [[Kannadasan]]
| extra2 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jayaram]]
| total_length = 8:52
}}

== Reception ==
Actor [[Maadhu Balaji]] said, "I must have watched ''Nizhal Nijamagiradhu'' 40 to 50 times".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/why-i-like-dasavathaaram/article3023142.ece |title=Why I like... Dasavathaaram |last=Balaji |first=Maadhu |date=25 July 2008 |work=The Hindu |access-date=26 February 2018 |author-link=Maadhu Balaji}}</ref> In 2008, actor and TV host [[Bosskey]] named ''Nizhal Nijamagiradhu'' among his three most favourite films.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/why-i-like-johnny/article3023046.ece |title=Why I like... Johnny |last=Bosskey |date=27 June 2008 |work=The Hindu |access-date=5 April 2018 |author-link=Bosskey}}</ref> In 2005, [[Kamal Haasan]] stated that ''Nizhal Nijamagirathu'' was far superior to ''[[Maro Charitra]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/08/25/stories/2005082501070100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515114858/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/08/25/stories/2005082501070100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2006 |title=Set to score a perfect ten |last=Shivkumar |first=S. |date=25 August 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref> another Balachander film he was also part of, which was highly acclaimed and very successful.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0154955|Nizhal Nijamagirathu}}

{{K. Balachander}}

[[Category:1978 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]

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