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{{Short description|1981 film by Mahendran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Nandu
| image = Nandufilm.jpg
| director = [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]
| producer = S. Dakshinamoorthy
| based_on = {{based on|''Nandu''|[[Sivasankari]]}}
| screenplay = Mahendran
| starring = Suresh<br />Ashwini
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]]
| editing = A. Paul Duraisingh
| studio = Rangaraj Creations
| released = {{film date|1981|4|17|df=y}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''Nandu''' ({{trans|Crab}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film written and directed by [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]. The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The film is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by [[Sivasankari]].

== Plot ==
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Ram Kumar Sharma is a sickly person living in Lucknow in a large family. He suffers from asthma and does not like the behaviour of his autocratic father, but is deeply attached to his loving mother. Unable to get along with his father who compels him to marry a girl of his choice, the protagonist leaves for Chennai. He finds a job there and meets Seetha. Once settled, he goes around looking for a house with the help of house broker. Incidentally, he finds Seetha residing as a tenant in a portion under the very same house. He likes the portion and agrees to start living there. The lives of the girls who live in portions of the large house are brightened by the appearance of the engineer from Lucknow. Of them, two of them try to impress Sharma. One of them is the house owner's daughter, while the other is Seetha. Eventually, he ends up marrying Seetha.

== Cast ==
* Suresh as Ramkumar Sharma
* Ashwini as Seetha
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Singa Muth
* [[Vanitha Krishnachandran]] as Uma
* [[Kutty Padmini]] as Lakshmi
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]]
*[[Samikannu]] as Arunachalam
*[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Uma's mother
* [[Kumarimuthu]] as the house broker

== Production ==
''Nandu'' is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by [[Sivasankari]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swaminathan |first=G. |date=2 July 2020 |title=Print to celluloid: From 'Kalvanin Kadhali' and 'Mullum Malaram' to 'Ponniyin Selvan' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/print-to-celluloid-from-kalvanin-kadhali-and-mullum-malaram-to-ponniyin-selvan/article31971471.ece |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703191656/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/print-to-celluloid-from-kalvanin-kadhali-and-mullum-malaram-to-ponniyin-selvan/article31971471.ece |archive-date=3 July 2020}}</ref> [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], who previously appeared in [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]'s ''[[Nenjathai Killathe]]'' (1980), worked as an assistant cinematographer under [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shivakumar |first=S. |date=31 January 1982 |title=Suhasini: A Shoba in the making |work=[[Mid-Day]] |url=https://twitter.com/sshivu/status/1280084110501793792 |url-status=live |access-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706112322/https://twitter.com/sshivu/status/1280084110501793792 |archive-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> The film took liberties with the novel; while the protagonist in the novel is a cancer patient, the disease was changed to asthma for the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2019 |title=Ace Tamil film director Mahendran, who helmed iconic Rajini movies, dies |url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/ace-tamil-director-mahendran-who-helmed-iconic-rajini-movies-dies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211072436/https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/ace-tamil-director-mahendran-who-helmed-iconic-rajini-movies-dies/ |archive-date=11 December 2019 |access-date=11 December 2019 |website=The Federal}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nandu Tamil Super 7 Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/nandu-tamil-super-7-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja-www-mossymart-com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610044451/https://mossymart.com/product/nandu-tamil-super-7-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja-www-mossymart-com/ |archive-date=10 June 2021 |access-date=15 June 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref> The songs "Kaise Kahoon Kuch Kahna Sakoon" and "Hum Hai Akele" are entirely in [[Hindi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=11 December 2017 |title=கலைமாமணி வாமனனின் ‘நிழலல்ல நிஜம்’ – 106 {{!}} இந்தியில் பாடிய தமிழ் சினிமா அன்று முதல் இன்று வரை! |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40155 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708083331/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40155 |archive-date=8 July 2021 |access-date=8 July 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |language=ta}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Title !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Paaduthamma Kaatril Alaikal" || Bhupinder Singh
| rowspan="2" |[[Gangai Amaran]]
|-
|2
|"Manjal Veyil Maalai Itta Poove"
|[[Uma Ramanan]]
|-
| 3 || "Alli Thantha Bhoomi" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
|Madhukur Kannan
|-
| 4 || "Kaise Kahoon Kuch Kahna Sakoon" || Bhupinder Singh, [[S. Janaki]]
| rowspan="2" |[[P. B. Sreenivas]]
|-
|5
|"Hum Hai Akele"
|[[S. Janaki]]
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Nandu'' was released on17 April 1981.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahendran |title=சினிமாவும் நானும் |publisher=Karpagam Publications |year=2013 |pages=344 |language=Tamil |trans-title=Cinema and Me |author-link=Mahendran (filmmaker) |orig-year=2004}}</ref> ''[[Kumudam]]'' noted the film's abundance of Hindi dialogues, and caustically commented that any more dialogues in Hindi would result in [[K. Balaji]] (a film producer known mainly for remaking Hindi films in Tamil) remaking the film in Tamil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=பார்த்தது படித்தது ரசித்தது – சுதாங்கன் – 1–12–19 |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/81185 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417175020/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/81185 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |access-date=17 April 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |language=ta}}</ref> The film failed commercially, with ''[[Maalai Malar]]'' attributing it to the audience's inability to understand the many Hindi dialogues.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2012 |title=மகேந்திரனின் நெஞ்சத்தைக் கிள்ளாதே: மோகன்- சுகாசினி அறிமுகம் |language=ta |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/05/15174425/mahendran-nenchathai-killathe.html |url-status=dead |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519070259/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/05/15174425/mahendran-nenchathai-killathe.html |archive-date=19 May 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0235612}}

{{Mahendran (filmmaker)}}

[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1981 films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mahendran (filmmaker)]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films set in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Mahendran (filmmaker)]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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