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{{Infobox film
| name = Urimaikural
| image = Urimaikural.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[C. V. Sridhar]]
| producer = Y. Kannaiah
| writer = C. V. Sridhar
| starring = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[Latha (actress)|Latha]]<br />[[Anjali Devi]]<br />[[V. S. Raghavan]]
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = N. Balakrishnan
| editing = N. M. Shankar
| studio = Chitralaya
| released = {{Film date|1974|11|07|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Urimaikural''''' ({{Translation|Voice for Rights}}) is a 1974 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[C. V. Sridhar]] and produced by Y. Kannaiah. The film stars [[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Latha (actress)|Latha]], [[Anjali Devi]] and [[V. S. Raghavan]]. The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. It was released on 7 November 1974, and became a [[silver jubilee hit]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=செல்வராஜ் |first=என். |date=20 March 2017 |title=வெள்ளி விழா கண்ட தமிழ் திரைப்படங்கள் |url=https://puthu.thinnai.com/%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b3%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf-%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%be-%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%a3%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%9f-%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%bf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716113008/https://puthu.thinnai.com/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF/ |archive-date=16 July 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=Thinnai |language=ta}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Gopi and his elder brother Sundaram Pilai are very close, live under the same roof, and are very respected farmers. Gopi shares his time also to tease the young women of his village and particularly, the very beautiful Radha, his betrothed, endowed with a temperament, brave and very roguish. But above everything, 2 young people love each other profoundly and do not dare to declare it overtly. Of teasings in mutual harmless quarrels, 2 lovers who only yesterday, bickered, do not joke any more at the moment. They are not any more for the party, because a good-for-nothing son of the only big landed family of neighbourhood, Duraisamy wishes Radha ardently for his wife. Grasping this, the father of the young woman sees the opportunity there to grow rich and forget the promise made to Gopi' s family.

Another drama comes to darken more profoundly the picture of this family so welded: a strong sum of money collected in the village and under the responsibility of Sundaram Pilai is stolen from him by unknowns. Duraisamy is behind this theft because he was always jealous of Gopi and so wishes to damage the brothers, to soil their honour especially. He quenches so his vengeance to have been corrected by Gopi, some time previously. To fight this terrible test, Gopi and Sundaram mortgage their most precious good: their land. They are given one year to resolve the situation. But other painful events are going to precipitate things, very negatively.

== Cast ==
*[[M. G. Ramachandran]] as Gopi (alias Gopinath)
*[[Latha (actress)|Latha]] as Radha
*[[Anjali Devi]] as Parvathi, Sundaram Pilai's wife
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as Duraisamy
*[[S. V. Sahasranamam]] as Sundaram Pilai
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Kozhaidhar Pulai
*[[C. K. Saraswathi]]
*[[V. S. Raghavan]] as Sabapathy (Radha Father)
*[[Nagesh]] as Sadhasivam
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Paramasivam
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Muthamma (Paramasivam wife)
*[[Sachu]] as Sachu/Sarasa (Sadhasivam Lover)
*[[Typist Gopu]] as Bai
*[[Samikkannu]] as Villager
*[[Karikol Raju]]
*[[Usilai Mani]]
*Gemini Mali as Iyer

== Production ==
[[C. V. Sridhar]], who was reeling under financial problems, decided to collaborate with [[M. G. Ramachandran]] who agreed to act under his direction.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=21 July 2016 |title=The director's fine cut |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/The-director%E2%80%99s-fine-cut/article14501577.ece |url-status=live |access-date=4 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517053815/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/The-director%E2%80%99s-fine-cut/article14501577.ece |archive-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urimaikural |url=http://www.tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/821 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818052040/http://www.tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/821 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=Songs4all}}</ref> The song "Vizhiye Kadhai Ezhudhu" is set to [[Kambhoji]] raga.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |pages=168 |oclc=295034757 |orig-year=2005}}</ref> Penned by [[Kannadasan]], it was added by Sridhar when political issues led to a widening rift between Ramachandran and Kannadasan. But Sridhar could not get a satisfactory response to the situation. So Sridhar and Viswanathan decided to convince Ramachandran to have Kannadasan's song and Ramachandran okayed the proposal as he bore no personal grudge against the lyricist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kantha |first=Sachi Sri |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=27 December 2019 |title=MGR Remembered – Part 54 {{!}} An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031005730/https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kantha |first=Sachi Sri |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=15 March 2021 |title=MGR Remembered – Part 60 {{!}} Tackling rivals Karunanidhi – Kamaraj and tending Sridhar |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-60/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328224953/https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-60/ |archive-date=28 March 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Ambilaingala Ninga" || [[L. R. Eswari]] || [[Kannadasan]] || 04:03
|-
| 2 || "Kalyana Valayosai" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=5| [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:33
|-
| 3 || "Mattikittaradi" || L. R. Eswari || 04:59
|-
| 4 || "Nethu Poothaley" || T. M. Soundararajan || 05:16
|-
| 5 || "Oru Thai Vayitril" || T. M. Soundararajan || 04:45
|-
| 6 || "Ponna Porandha" || T. M. Soundararajan || 04:32
|-
| 7 || "Vizhiye Kathai Ezhudhu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], P. Susheela || Kannadasan || 05:38
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0390587}}

{{C. V. Sridhar}}

[[Category:1970s action drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. V. Sridhar]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

Urimaikural - Revision history

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