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{{short description|1970 film by P. Madhavan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Raman Ethanai Ramanadi
| image = Raman Ethanai Ramanadi poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[P. Madhavan]]
| writer = Bala Murugan
| producer = P. Madhavan
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[K. R. Vijaya]]<br />[[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]]
| cinematography = [[P. N. Sundaram]]
| editing = R. Devarajan
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| studio = Arun Prasad Movies
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1970|8|15}}
| runtime = 146 minutes{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=217}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Raman Ethanai Ramanadi''''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ɑː|m|ə|n}} {{Translation|Raman, how many Ramans?}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] produced and directed by [[P. Madhavan]] and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[K. R. Vijaya]] and [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]]. It revolves around a village bumpkin who rises to become a [[movie star]], but his life changes following a traumatising incident.

''Raman Ethanai Ramanadi'' was released on 15 August 1970 and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]. Madhavan also directed the [[Hindi]] remake ''[[Ram Tere Kitne Nam]]'' (1985).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2020 |title=பொன்விழா படங்கள்: ராமன் எத்தனை ராமனடி |trans-title=Golden Jubilee movies: ''Raman Ethanai Ramanadi'' |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/89315/cinema/Kollywood/Raman-Ethanai-Ramanadi.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200814052430/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/89315/cinema/Kollywood/Raman-Ethanai-Ramanadi.htm |archive-date=14 August 2020 |access-date=14 August 2020 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Plot ==
"Saappattu" Raman is a bumpkin living in the village [[Poongudi]]. Having lost his parents in his childhood, he was raised by his grandmother. One day Raman gets a [[seizure]], falls into the village tank and almost drowns until a woman named Devaki, who was informed by a witness, saves him. Devaki is the younger sister of Minor Rajarathnam, a [[zamindar]] and the richest man in the village, and has just returned from [[Chennai|Madras]]. Raman becomes infatuated with Devaki, who only feels affection for him because of his childish nature, which others misinterpret as love.

At night, Raman breaks into Devaki's bedroom and declares his love for her; to prove it, he jumps out of the window and survives the fall, only breaking a leg. After recovering, he visits Rajarathnam and requests him for permission to marry Devaki. Rajarathnam humiliates and beats Raman up, citing the fact that there are millionaire suitors for Devaki whereas Raman is poor. In response, Raman vows to become rich and marry Devaki. He then leaves to Madras looking for his fortune.

In Madras, Raman struggles to earn money while doing menial jobs. He meets his best friend Mookurinji, now a film actor known as Gopi. With his help, Raman joins the film industry. At a shooting spot a writer is looking for someone to recite a dialogue. When no one volunteers, Raman jumps in and tries to impress the writer. His recitation does not impress the writer, but his enthusiasm and spirit wins the director's favour. He soon becomes a successful [[movie star]] known as Vijayakumar.

Raman returns to Poongudi, dreaming to marry Devaki, but is shattered upon learning that she was forced to marry Muthu, a rich man, under compulsion from her brother. Heartbroken, he returns to Madras. A few days later, he finds Devaki and she tells him about the cowardly Muthu and that she left him. The reason being that after ill-treating her, he took her to a party. There his friend Balu tried to rape her and threatened to shoot anyone trying to stop him. Muthu fled for his life, forcing Devaki to knock Balu out with a vase. After hearing this, Raman offers to take care of her which she refuses.

Balu again tries to rape Devaki, who kills him this time. Devaki runs to Raman and gives him her baby daughter Sumathi to take care of her while she surrenders to the police. Using his influence, Raman helps Devaki receive a reduced sentence of five years. Meanwhile Raman brings up and educates Sumathi. Having squandered his wealth, Muthu becomes the school bus driver of Sumathi and Sumathi realises he is missing his wife. She meets his wife (her mother) at jail coincidentally. Raman is with Sumathi during this meeting but Devaki stops him from speaking. Completing her jail sentence, Devaki becomes a teacher in a small school letting Raman know of her whereabouts.

Time moves on as Sumathi goes to college, being brought up as a well mannered girl by Raman. She then falls in love with Gopi. Raman agrees to their marriage. He informs Devaki and requests her presence. When he brings Devaki home, Sumathi is absent as she has gone to a party. Raman rushes to the party and finds an attempt to rape Sumathi taking place. He fights the rapist but an attack by the rapist triggers a seizure, due to which Raman loses control and accidentally kills him. Sumathi saves Raman and brings him home by taxi. But Raman calls the police to surrender. He also reunites Muthu, who drove the taxi, with his family.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as "Saappattu" Raman / "Actor" Vijayakumar / [[Shivaji|Veera Sivaji]] <ref>{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=29 October 2018 |title=ஒரேநாளில் ரெண்டு சிவாஜி படங்கள் – எங்கிருந்தோ வந்தாள், சொர்க்கம்; 48 வருடங்கள்! |trans-title=Two Sivaji films in one day – Engirundho Vandhal, Sorgam; 48 years! |url=https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/8577-sivaji-2-films-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145105/https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/8577-sivaji-2-films-3.html |archive-date=7 November 2018 |access-date=4 April 2019 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref>
*[[K. R. Vijaya]] as Devaki{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=217}}
*[[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] as Vasu
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as Minor Rajarathnam{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=217}}
*[[S. V. Ramadas]] as Balu{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=218}}
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Alliyur Valliyappan
*[[S. N. Lakshmi]] as " Aaya " Raman's grandmother<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2019 |title=செல்லுலாய்ட் பெண்கள் |trans-title=Celluloid girls |url=https://www.dinakaran.com/Ladies_Detail.asp?Nid=6633 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430144725/http://www.dinakaran.com/Ladies_Detail.asp?Nid=6633 |archive-date=30 April 2020 |access-date=18 August 2020 |website=[[Dinakaran]] |language=ta}}</ref>
*[[M. Bhanumathi]] as Sumathi{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=217}}
*[[Baby Rani]] as Young Sumathi{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=219}}
*[[Pakoda Kadhar]] as Sappattu Raman Friend,s
*[[Pattom Sadan]] as Sappattu Raman Friend,s
*[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] as Actor Padmini
*[[V. Nagaiah]] as Director Nagaiah
*[[Kathadi Ramamurthy]] as Assistant Director
*[[Goundamani]] as the bus driver (uncredited){{Sfn|Chelliah|2020|loc=chpt. என்னது? இது கவுண்டமணியா? [What? Is this Goundamani?]}}
*Comedy Shanmugam as Villager
*Aalam as Dancer
}}

== Production ==
''Raman Ethanai Ramanadi'' was produced and directed by [[P. Madhavan]] under the Arun Prasad Movies banner, and written by Bala Murugan. Cinematography was handled by [[P. N. Sundaram]], and editing by R. Devarajan.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=217}} The film's title was derived from the song from ''[[Lakshmi Kalyanam (1968 film)|Lakshmi Kalyanam]]'' (1968).<ref>{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=16 December 2022 |title=இயக்குநர் பி.மாதவன் : சிவாஜியை ரசித்துக் காதலித்து படங்கள் எடுத்த படைப்பாளி! |url=https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/director-b-madhavan-creator-who-loved-shivaji-and-made-films |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218054220/https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/director-b-madhavan-creator-who-loved-shivaji-and-made-films |archive-date=18 December 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref> The protagonist "Saapaattu" Raman was inspired by a man Madhavan knew in his native town [[Walajapet]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=டாக்டர் |last2=மாதவன் |first2=பி. |author-link2=P. Madhavan |date=1 September 1970 |title=ராமன் எத்தனை ராமனடி |trans-title=Raman, how many Ramans? |url=https://ibb.co/QM8wNQn |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118082501/https://ibb.co/QM8wNQn |archive-date=18 November 2022 |access-date=18 November 2022 |magazine=[[Thuglak]] |pages=38–39 |language=ta}}</ref> In the 1940s, [[Sivaji Ganesan]] portrayed the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] king [[Shivaji]] in the play ''Sivaji Kanda Hindu Rajyam'', written by [[C. N. Annadurai]]. A portion from the play was re-enacted in the film as a [[story within a story]] with permission from Annadurai's family. [[Kannadasan]] wrote the dialogues for the portion.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=218}}{{Sfn|Ganesan|Narayana Swamy|2007|p=184}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=25 December 2017 |title=மராட்டிய வீரர் சிவாஜியை நடிகர் சிவாஜி கணேசன் சந்தித்ததும் சந்திக்காமல் போனதும்! |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40994/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E2%80%98%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-108 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819114959/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40994/%25E0%25AE%2595%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AF%2588%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AE%25BE%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AE%25A3%25E0%25AE%25BF-%25E0%25AE%25B5%25E0%25AE%25BE%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AE%25BF%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AF%258D-%25E2%2580%2598%25E0%25AE%25A8%25E0%25AE%25BF%25E0%25AE%25B4%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AE%25B2%25E0%25AF%258D%25E0%25AE%25B2-%25E0%25AE%25A8%25E0%25AE%25BF%25E0%25AE%259C%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AF%258D%25E2%2580%2599-%25E2%2580%2593-108 |archive-date=19 August 2018 |access-date=19 August 2018 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta |location=Nellai}}</ref> Ganesan's character acts in many [[nested film]]s for which footage from Ganesan's films such as ''[[Parasakthi (1952 film)|Parasakthi]]'' (1952), ''[[Pasamalar]]'' (1961), ''[[Paava Mannippu]]'' (1961) and ''[[Navarathri (1964 film)|Navarathri]]'' (1964) was used.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2019 |title=சரித்திர நாயகன் சிவாஜி – தேவிபாரதி |trans-title=Historical Hero Sivaji – Devibharathi |url=https://minnambalam.com/k/2019/03/21/17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904152401/https://minnambalam.com/k/2019/03/21/17 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |access-date=4 September 2020 |website=Minnambalam |language=ta}}</ref> This is the first film to feature [[Goundamani]] in a speaking role.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2021 |title=450 படங்களில், கவுண்டமணி |trans-title=Goundamani acted in 450 films |url=https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaNews/2021/06/04204930/In-450-films-actor-Koundaamani.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613113106/https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaNews/2021/06/04204930/In-450-films-actor-Koundaamani.vpf |archive-date=13 June 2021 |access-date=21 January 2022 |work=[[Dina Thanthi]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Themes ==
Film historian [[Mohan Raman]] notes that the film has many references to Ganesan's personal life. He believes the scene, where Raman asks a character if he really looks like he is ignorant of politics, was Ganesan's retort to the political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] since they had previously questioned his knowledge in politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Darshan |first=Navein |date=11 February 2019 |title=I, me, myself |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/trends/2019/feb/11/i-me-myself-10060.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404061459/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/trends/2019/feb/11/i-me-myself-10060.html |archive-date=4 April 2019 |access-date=4 April 2019 |work=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref> Historian [[G. Dhananjayan]] considered the film to be similar to ''[[Server Sundaram]]'' (1964) because it features "an ordinary and innocent man becoming a film hero overnight for the sake of his lady love", with the difference being "the love of [Raman] for Devaki and the sacrifices he makes till the end for his ex-lover and her child".{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=219}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raman Ethanai Ramanadi (1970) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000746 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815235030/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000746 |archive-date=15 August 2014 |access-date=9 May 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/download/sok.RamanEtthanaiRamanadi_P.Madhavan_1970/86.%20RamanEtthanaiRamanadi_P.Madhavan_1970.pdf |title=ராமன் எத்தனை ராமனடி |publisher=Arun Prasad Movies |year=1970 |language=ta |type=[[song book]] |access-date=18 November 2022 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ammadi Ponnukku
| extra1 = [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Ammadi Ponnukku
| note2 = sad
| extra2 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = Chera Chola Pandiyar
| extra3 = [[L. R. Eswari]], [[P. Madhuri]]
| length3 = 4:47
| title4 = Chithirai Maadham
| extra4 = [[P. Susheela]]
| length4 = 3:59
| title5 = Nilavu Vanthu
| extra5 = P. Susheela
| length5 = 4:22
| total_length = 19:37
}}

== Release and reception ==
''Raman Ethanai Ramanadi'' was released on 15 August 1970.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 August 1970 |title=Raman Ethanai Ramanadi |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700815&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=25 October 2017 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=12 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Shankar's Weekly]]'' wrote, "The basic ingredients of an average Tamil film are no less in number and variety than those of a Bombay film. If anything, there is an excess on the part of the Tamil film. [...] The story is absurd even by Madras standards. One cannot doubt the range of histrionics that Sivaji is capable of exhibiting, but it needs a tough director to get him to do what is wanted. Madhavan does not seem to be one. Hence some avoidable overacting by Sivaji."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1971 |title=Raman Ethanai Ramanadi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJkcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22story+is+absurd%22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121072813/https://books.google.com/books?id=RJkcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22story+is+absurd%22 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |access-date=26 March 2021 |magazine=[[Shankar's Weekly]] |page=27 |volume=24}}</ref> The film ran for over 100 days in theatres,{{Sfn|Ganesan|Narayana Swamy|2007|p=242}} and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eighteenth National Awards for Films |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232354/http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=18 August 2020 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Chelliah |first=John Durai Asir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNLrDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88+%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%22&pg=PT29 |title=Prabalangalum Prachanaigalum |publisher=Pustaka Digital Media |year=2020 |language=ta}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |author-link=G. Dhananjayan |title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013 |title-link=Pride of Tamil Cinema |publisher=Blue Ocean Publishers |year=2014 |oclc=898765509}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Ganesan |first1=Sivaji |author-link=Sivaji Ganesan |title=Autobiography of an Actor: Sivaji Ganesan, October 1928 – July 2001 |title-link=Autobiography of an Actor |last2=Narayana Swamy |first2=T. S. |publisher=Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust |year=2007 |oclc=297212002 |orig-date=2002}}

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