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{{Infobox film
| name = Thaneer Thaneer
| image = Thanneer Thanneer.jpg
| caption = Official poster
| director = [[K. Balachander]]
| producer = P. R. Govindarajan<br />J. Duraisamy
| writer = K. Balachander
| story = [[Komal Swaminathan]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Saritha]]|Shunmugham|V. K. Veeraswami|[[Radha Ravi]]|[[Charle]]}}
| music = [[M.S.Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = [[B. S. Loknath]]
| editing = N. R. Kittu
| studio = Kalakendra Movies
| distributor = Kalakendra Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981|10|26}}
| runtime = 143 mins<ref name="c4.2" />
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Thaneer Thaneer''''' ({{trans|Water... Water...}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[Kailasam Balachander|K. Balachander]] starring [[Saritha]], Shunmugham, V. K. Veeraswami and [[Radha Ravi]].<ref name="c4.1">{{cite web | title = Thaneer Thaneer Cast & Crew | publisher = Channel4 | url= http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=134026&section=crew | access-date = 2008-12-19 }}</ref> The film, based on the play in 1980 by the same name by [[Komal Swaminathan]] was filmed by B. S. Loknath and featured music by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. It was released during the [[Diwali]] day in 1981. In the titles, Komal Swaminathan was credited for the original story, while screenplay was by K. Balachander. It is said that Komal Swaminathan was fully satisfied with the movie version of his powerful play.<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/55517.html | title=Intl. Water Day – Thaneer Thaneer | publisher=indiaglitz.com | access-date=2011-08-26}}</ref>

''Thanneer Thanneer'' deals with issues such as [[water scarcity]] and [[political corruption]]. Inhabitants of a [[drought]]-ridden village in Tamil Nadu, Athipati, try a cooperative method to bring water to their village, but their attempts are thwarted by unscrupulous politicians who try to use the water problem for their political gains. The film has been highly critically acclaimed and considered a "classic",<ref name="indiaglitz" /> and fetched several accolades including two [[National Film Awards]] and two [[Filmfare Awards South]]. [[IBN Live]] included the film in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-91.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425235249/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-91.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2013|publisher=[[IBN Live]]|access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref> Balachander has revealed that there is no existing copy of the negative of the film anymore.<ref name="indiaglitz" />

== Plot ==
''Thaneer Thaneer'' is a great film is a political drama and a universal human story based in a dry rural hamlet near [[Kovilpatti]], in the [[Tamil Nadu]] state of India. This is a film about administration negligence of suffering villagers, excessive bureaucratic regulation ([[Red tape]]), greed, power and powerlessness. When a remote village, Athipatti in Madurai district faces severe water shortages, the inhabitants adopt all possible means to bring their problem to the attention of the authorities. But the process soon reveals the apathetic attitude of politicians, bureaucrats and the press alike. A convict Vellaiswamy (Guhan) wanted for the murder of a local landlord turns the villagers' plight to his advantage and begins a co-operative scheme to transport water in a cart from a spring ten miles away with help of Vathiyar (R. K. Raman). The local politicians try to make people of village to vote for them in election. But all people of the village boycott the elections. The local politician beats the convict and breaks the vehicle used for transporting water. The villagers decide to build canal by themselves. But Alagiri ([[Radha Ravi]]), husband of Sevanthi ([[Saritha]]) comes to the village and finds the convict hidden in the village. The convict promises to Alagiri that he will surrender after the canal is finished. But fate intervenes in the form of a Public Works Department Officer, who stops villagers from finishing the canal work. The villagers are shot by police. The convict dies due to thirst for water. A villager joins the naxalites. Vathiyar (Vaathiyar Raman) is arrested for aiding the convict. The villagers leave the town. But Sevanthi ([[Saritha]]) watches the sky every evening in hope of rain. These incidents are narrated by a Press reporter who had come to the village. The final scene mocks bureaucracy by showing pictures of govt. sponsored meetings for water resource improvement. It shows all the political parties' flags in the farmland. It shows that bureaucracy and politics fail the common man's aspirations.<ref name= "c4.2">{{cite web| title = Thaneer Thaneer (Water Water) Review | publisher = Channel4 | url= http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=134026&section=review | access-date = 2008-12-19 }}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Saritha]] as Sevanthi
* Vaathiyar Raman as Vathiyar
* Shunmugham
* A. K. Veeraswami
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Alagiri
* Guhan as Vellaisamy

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and [[Vairamuthu]].

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Maanathile Meen Irukka
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| extra1 = Kasthuri
| length1 = 4:26
| title2 = Megam Thiraluthadi
| lyrics2 = [[Kannadasan]]
| extra2 = [[S. Janaki]], [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| length2 = 6:42
| title3 = Kannana Poo Magane
| lyrics3 = Vairamuthu
| extra3 = [[P. Susheela]]
| length3 = 3:40
| title4 = Ondrupatta Makkalundu
| lyrics4 = Vairamuthu
| extra4 = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| length4 = 3:41
}}

{{Tracklist
| headline = Telugu Track listing<ref>https://mossymart.com/product/daham-daham-telugu-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/</ref>
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Manasaina Maradalinee
| lyrics1 = [[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]
| extra1 = [[P. Susheela]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Thaayaku Bommarinta
| lyrics2 = Sri Sri
| extra2 = P. Susheela
| length2 =
| title3 = Megham Thiruguthadi
| lyrics3 = Sri Sri
| extra3 = [[S. Janaki]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length3 =
| title4 = Kannu Nethi Kethinaavu
| lyrics4 = Sri Sri
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length4 =
}}

== Reception ==

Featuring fine performances, this film fared well at many international festivals where it was screened. Audiences were moved by the film's realistic depiction of life in rural India, far removed from the exotic dream world of much popular cinema.<ref name="c4.2" /> P. S. Vaidyanathan of ''[[India Today]]'' in his review praised the film citing "With his masterly touch, Balachander makes every scene throb with life – life as it is lived in the raw in India's poverty-stricken villages. Therein lies his – and the writer's – triumph. And that's what elevates the film far above the general run-of-the-mill movies and the director's own acclaimed previous efforts and converts it into a bold, thought-provoking classic."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19811215-thanneer-thanneer-is-one-of-the-most-significant-films-to-appear-in-recent-years-773541-2013-10-24|title=Thirst for realism|work=[[India Today]]|date=15 December 1981|last=Vaidyanathan|first=P. S.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916055127/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19811215-thanneer-thanneer-is-one-of-the-most-significant-films-to-appear-in-recent-years-773541-2013-10-24|archive-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> Saritha's performance was widely appreciated who supposedly lost the national award to Rekha (for Umrao Jaan) that year by a narrow margin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Cinema 1985|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1985Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1985.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=30 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708014643/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1985Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1985.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Awards ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=April 2020}}

* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] - Mani Deva
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil]] - Mani Deva
* [[Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{imdb title|0155256|Thaneer Thaneer}}
* {{Amg movie|157356}}

{{K. Balachander}}
{{NationalFilmAwardBestFeatureFilmTamil}}
{{FilmfareAwardBestTamilMovie}}

[[Category:1981 films]]
[[Category:1981 drama films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian political drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Indian political satire films]]
[[Category:Indian satirical films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Films about water]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Water scarcity in fiction]]
[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award]]
[[Category:Best Tamil Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1980s political drama films]]
[[Category:1980s satirical films]]

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