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	'''''Major Chandrakanth''''' is a [[Tamil language\|Tamil-language]] play written by [[K. Balachander]] and staged in the 1960s. It was adapted into a [[Hindi]] film titled ''[[Oonche Log (1965 film)\|Oonche Log]]'' in 1965, a [[Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)\|Tamil namesake film]] in 1966, a [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] film titled ''[[Sukha Dukhalu]]'' in 1968, a [[Malayalam]] film titled ''[[Karthavyam (1982 film)\|Karthavyam]]'' in 1982, and a [[Kannada]] film titled ''[[Karune Illada Kanoonu]]'' in 1983.		'''''Major Chandrakanth''''' is a [[Tamil language\|Tamil-language]] play written by [[K. Balachander]] and staged in the 1960s. It was adapted into a [[Hindi]] film titled ''[[Oonche Log (1965 film)\|Oonche Log]]'' in 1965, a [[Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)\|Tamil namesake film]] in 1966, a [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] film titled ''[[Sukha Dukhalu]]'' in 1968, a [[Malayalam]] film titled ''[[Karthavyam (1982 film)\|Karthavyam]]'' in 1982, and a [[Kannada]] film titled ''[[Karune Illada Kanoonu]]'' in 1983.

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'''''Major Chandrakanth''''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] play written by [[K. Balachander]] and staged in the 1960s. It was adapted into a [[Hindi]] film titled ''[[Oonche Log (1965 film)|Oonche Log]]'' in 1965, a [[Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)|Tamil namesake film]] in 1966, a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film titled ''[[Sukha Dukhalu]]'' in 1968, a [[Malayalam]] film titled ''[[Karthavyam (1982 film)|Karthavyam]]'' in 1982, and a [[Kannada]] film titled ''[[Karune Illada Kanoonu]]'' in 1983.

== Plot ==
Chandrakanth, a morally upright blind [[major]], gives asylum to a man who is a fugitive, having committed murder. The murdered man was Rajinikanth, the lover of the fugitive's sister; he had cheated her on promise of marriage, leading her to commit suicide since she was unable to bear the shame. Chandrakanth's elder son Srikanth, a police officer, is tasked with finding the murderer. It is later revealed that Rajinikanth was Chandrakanth's younger son, and that both Chandrakanth and the fugitive were unaware of each other's identity the whole time. Srikanth arrests the fugitive and his father for having given shelter to a criminal.<ref name="TCRC" />

== Cast ==
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Chandrakanth
* Venky as Srikanth
* Gokulnath as the fugitive
* P. R. Govindarajan as Rajinikanth

== Production ==
When working in the [[Accountant General]]'s office in Madras (now [[Chennai]]), [[K. Balachander]] wrote and starred as a blind [[major]] in a play titled ''Courage of Conviction''. Since the new Accountant General was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]], Balachander decided the play had to be in English so that the General would understand it.<ref name="TCRC">{{Cite web |url=https://tcrcindia.com/2017/04/13/major-chandrakanth-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |title=Major Chandrakanth : From Stage to Celluloid |last=Bhatt |first=Karthik |date=13 April 2017 |website=The Cinema Resource Centre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206165027/https://tcrcindia.com/2017/04/13/major-chandrakanth-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |archive-date=6 February 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/24/stories/2011062451170400.htm |title=Quality recreation |last=Sivakumar |first=S. |date=24 June 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927232549/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/24/stories/2011062451170400.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> This was unlike his other plays, which were written in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<ref name="Brew">{{Cite magazine |date=18 October 2013 |title=KB: The Man, The Philosophy |url=https://issuu.com/thebrewmagazine/docs/brew_october__13_-_3rd_anniversary_ |magazine=Brew |page=40}}</ref> He later decided to expand the play into a full-length script for his friend P. R. Govindarajan's troupe Ragini Recreations, this time in Tamil and with the title ''Major Chandrakanth'' due to the limited scope for English plays in Madras.<ref name="TCRC" /><ref name="KB school">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-kb-school/article1986770.ece |title=The KB school |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=3 May 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404085651/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-kb-school/article1986770.ece |archive-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> In the Tamil play, Sundarrajan portrayed Chandrakanth (he would later be known as Major Sundarrajan for this portrayal), Venky portrayed his elder son Srikanth, Gokulnath portrayed the fugitive, and Govindarajan portrayed Rajinikanth.<ref name="TCRC" />

== Reception ==
The play was first staged in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/he-took-tamil-cinema-beyond-herocentric-creations/article6719996.ece |title=He took Tamil cinema beyond hero-centric creations |last=Kolappan |first=B. |date=23 December 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605172119/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/he-took-tamil-cinema-beyond-herocentric-creations/article6719996.ece |archive-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> It received critical acclaim,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/k-balachander-gets-phalke-award/20110429.htm |title=K Balachander gets Dadasaheb Phalke award |date=29 April 2011 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927220441/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/k-balachander-gets-phalke-award/20110429.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> and was staged over a hundred times.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfsLAQAAMAAJ&q=major+chandrakanth |title=Rasa: Theatre and cinema |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Bimal |last2=Kothari |first2=Sunil |last3=Lal |first3=Ananda |last4=Dasgupta |first4=Chidananda |publisher=Anamika Kala Sangam |year=1995 |pages=196 |author-link=Bimal Mukherjee |author-link2=Sunil Kothari |author-link3=Ananda Lal |author-link4=Chidananda Dasgupta}}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
''Major Chandrakanth'' was adapted into a [[Hindi]] film titled ''[[Oonche Log (1965 film)|Oonche Log]]'' in 1965,{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=386}} a [[Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)|Tamil namesake film]] in 1966,{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=388}} a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film titled ''[[Sukha Dukhalu]]'' in 1968,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/printcontent/26662 |title=K. Balachander: The Middle-Class Maestro |last=Srinivasan |first=S. |date=11 July 2011 |work=[[Forbes India]] |access-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416090419/http://www.forbesindia.com/printcontent/26662 |archive-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> a [[Malayalam]] film titled ''[[Karthavyam (1982 film)|Karthavyam]]'' in 1982,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html |title=Tamil Movies made in Malayalam |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=3 December 2010 |website=Old is Gold |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190208032430/http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html |archive-date=8 February 2019 |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> and a [[Kannada]] film titled ''[[Karune Illada Kanoonu]]'' in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/karune-illada-kanoonu-1983 |title=Karune Illada Kanoonu (ಕರುಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಕಾನೂನು) |website=Chiloka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121184736/https://chiloka.com/movie/karune-illada-kanoonu-1983 |archive-date=21 January 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=019-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}

{{K. Balachander}}

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