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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Or Iravu<br />
| image = Or Iravu.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[P. Neelakantan]]<br />
| producer = [[A. V. Meiyappan]]<br />
| screenplay = [[C. N. Annadurai]]<br />P. Neelakantan<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''Or Iravu''|C. N. Annadurai}}<br />
| starring = [[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]]<br />[[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]]<br />
| music = [[R. Sudarsanam]]<br />
| cinematography = [[S. Maruti Rao]]<br />
| editing = [[K. Shankar]]<br />
| studio = [[AVM Productions]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|1951|4|11|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 160 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ore Iravu''''' ({{translation|One Night}}) is a 1951 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film directed by [[P. Neelakantan]] and co-written by him and [[C. N. Annadurai]]. Produced by [[AVM Productions]], it is based on Annadurai's play of the same name. The film stars [[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]], reprising his role from the play. It was released on 11 April 1951 and received well by critics, but failed commercially.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
A thief breaks into a rich man's house without knowing that the man is his own father who had abandoned him and his mother long ago.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]] as Rathnam<br />
*[[T. K. Shanmugam]] as Karunakarathevar<br />
*[[T. S. Balaiah]] as Jagaveeran<br />
*[[Akkineni Nageswara Rao|A. Nageswara Rao]] as Dr. Sekhar<br />
*[[T. S. Durairaj]] as Compounder 'Eman'<br />
*'Friend' Ramasami as Agarathi<br />
*S. Venkatraman as Rioter<br />
*N. S. Narayana Pillai as Kanaka Pillai<br />
*Duraisami as Thatha<br />
*T. S. Dakshinamurthy as Public Prosecutor<br />
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*[[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]] as Susheela<br />
*[[B. S. Saroja]] as Swarnam<br />
*[[T. P. Muthulakshmi|Muthulakshmi]] as Bhavani<br />
*Angamuthu as Maid<br />
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*[[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]]-[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />
*[[Kumari Kamala]]<br />
*Lakshmikantham<br />
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*[[Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai]]<br />
*B. Hiralal<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Or Iravu'' was a stage play written by [[C. N. Annadurai]]. It was originally written for [[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]]'s Krishnan memorial drama company by Annadurai. [[A. V. Meiyappan]] of [[AVM Productions]] decided to make a film based on the play. Annadurai was paid {{INR}}10,000 for writing the screenplay. Annadurai went to AVM studios and wrote the entire script and dialogues totalling 300 pages in a single night. The screenplay was later modified by the director and the producer of the film. This was the third film to be made based on Annadurai's plays after ''[[Velaikari]]'' (1949) and ''[[Nallathambi]]'' (1949). [[P. Neelakantan]], who had begun working for AVM in the 1947 film ''[[Naam Iruvar]]'' as assistant director, made his directorial debut with this film.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=165}} Per Annadurai's recommendation, Ramasamy was hired to play the hero, reprising his role from the play. The play depicted events that happen in a single night, and older incidents were depicted using flashbacks, but in the film version, flashbacks were replaced with a linear narration. The completed film was 14,980 feet in length.<ref name="maalaimalar" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=23 October 2010 |title=Blast from the past: Ore Iravu (1951) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Ore-Iravu-1951/article15789520.ece |url-status=live |access-date=7 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305154639/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Ore-Iravu-1951/article15789520.ece |archive-date=5 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Venkatesh |date=1 December 2019 |title=Those Were The Days: That 'One night' which changed many fortunes over the years |url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2019/12/01025220/1200911/Those-Were-The-Days-That-One-night-which-changed-many-.vpf |access-date=8 December 2020 |website=[[DT Next]]}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[R. Sudarsanam]]. Lyrics were by [[Subramanya Bharathi|Mahakavi Bharathiyar]], [[Bharathidasan]], [[T. K. Shanmugam]], K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam & [[Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam]].<ref name="song book" /> The song "Ayya Saami Aaoji Saami" is based on "Chico Chico from Puerto Rico" from the 1945 American film ''[[Doll Face]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srinivasan |first=Karthik |date=23 October 2018 |title=How 'Chico Chico' From The Hollywood Film Dollface Was Ripped Off in Hindi, Tamil And Bengali |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/chico-chico-dollface-gore-gore-ayya-saami-shono-shono-carbon-copy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181023091235/https://www.filmcompanion.in/chico-chico-dollface-gore-gore-ayya-saami-shono-shono-carbon-copy |archive-date=23 October 2018 |access-date=23 October 2018 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref><br />
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'''Songs list'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Neelamegam |first=Govindasamy |title=Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers |year=2014 |edition=1st |location=Chennai |page=16}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Vasandha Mullaiyum Malligaiyum" || [[M. S. Rajeswari]] || K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam || 03:20<br />
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| 2 || "Puvimel Maanamudan...Pennaaga Pirandhaale" || T. S. Bagavathi || Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniyam || 03:23<br />
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| 3 || "Kottu Murase Kottu Murase" || [[K. R. Ramaswamy (actor)|K. R. Ramaswamy]], M. S. Rajeswari & V. J. Varma || [[Subramanya Bharathi|Mahakavi Bharathiyar]] || 02:38<br />
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| 4 || "Ayyaa Saami Avoji Saami" || [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]] || K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam || 03:08<br />
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| 5 || "Thunbam Nergaiyil Yaazhedutthu" || M. S. Rajeswari & V. J. Varma || [[Bharathidasan]] || 03:28<br />
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| 6 || "Enna Ulagamadaa Idhu Ezhaikke Naragamadaa" || K. R. Ramaswamy || K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam || 04:35<br />
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| 7 || "Arumbu Pol Meesai...Paartthu Paartthu Kanngal Rendum" || V. J. Varma, T. S. Bagavathi & M. S. Rajeswari || K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam || 06:06<br />
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| 8 || "Boologam Thanai Kaana Varuveer" || M. L. Vasanthakumari & T. S. Bagavathi || [[T. K. Shanmugam]] || 05:12<br />
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| 9 || "Padutthurangum Podhu...Akkam Pakkam Yaarum Illai" || M. S. Rajeswari || K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam || 03:51<br />
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| 10 || "Azhagu Naadu...Engal Naadu Idhu Engal Naadu" || T. S. Bagavathi || T. K. Shanmugam || 03:40<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Or Iravu'' was released on 11 April 1951.<ref name="anandan" /> The film was a box office failure, but was received well by critics and contemporary writers of Annadurai.<ref name="maalaimalar" /> Meiyappan theorised that the film failed either due to the modifications made to the original script or the changes the director did to adapt it for the big screen.<ref name="maalaimalar" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name="anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1951-cinedetails3.asp |title=Sadhanaigal padaitha Tamil Thiraipada Varalaaru |publisher=Sivagami Publications |year=2004 |location=Chennai |pages=28:54 |language=ta |author-link=Film News Anandan}}</ref><br />
<ref name="song book">{{Cite book |url=https://ia800909.us.archive.org/23/items/sok.OerIravu_P.Neelakantan_1951/14.%20OerIravu_P.Neelakantan_1951.pdf |title=ஒர் இரவு |publisher=[[AVM Productions]] |year=1951 |language=ta |trans-title=Or Iravu |type=[[song book]]}}</ref><br />
<ref name="maalaimalar">{{Cite news |date=2 October 2009 |title="ஓர் இரவு" படத்துக்கு ஒரே இரவில் 300 பக்க வசனம்! அண்ணா எழுதிக் கொடுத்தார் |language=ta |trans-title=Annadurai wrote 300 pages of script in a single night for ''Or Iravu'' |work=Maalai Malar |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/10/02110550/avm.html |url-status=dead |access-date=14 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721131212/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/10/02110550/avm.html |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{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=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0248266}}<br />
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