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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan<br />
| image = Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Jayakanthan]]<br />
| producer = Jayakanthan<br />
| story = Jayakanthan<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan''|Jayakanthan}}<br />
| starring = {{ubl | [[Nagesh]] | [[K. R. Vijaya]] | [[T. S. Balaiah]] | [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] | Wahab Kashmiri }}<br />
| music = S. V. Ramanan<br />
| cinematography = [[Nemai Ghosh (director)|Nemai Ghosh]]<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Asia Jothi Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966|7|22}}<br />
| runtime = 111 minutes{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=389}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan''''' ({{translation|For whom did he cry?}}) is a 1966 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written, produced and directed by [[Jayakanthan]]. It is based on his novel of the same name. The film stars [[Nagesh]], [[K. R. Vijaya]], [[T. S. Balaiah]], [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] and Wahab Kashmiri. It deals with a [[Intellectual disability|mentally retarded]] servant boy who is wrongly accused of theft in the lodge he works at.<br />
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''Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan'' was released on 22 July 1966. Although the film received critical praise for its content and technique, it failed commercially, and Jayakanthan did not direct any film afterwards.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Joseph is a [[Intellectual disability|mentally retarded]] servant boy working at a lodge in [[Chennai|Madras]]. An inebriated [[Sait clan|Sait]], who arrives at the lodge to stay, gives his cash to the lodge owner for safekeeping. The next morning, the Sait has forgotten to whom he gave the cash, so he accuses Joseph. The owner exploits this situation and keeps the money. When interrogated, Joseph remains taciturn. A woman lodger who was deserted by her lover, tries to help, but only the return of the head cook Naidu, who was previously on vacation, discovers the truth and clears Joseph's name.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=390}}<ref name="frontline" /><!-- http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/20460 --><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Nagesh]] as Joseph<br />
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as the woman lodger{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=390}}<br />
* [[T. S. Balaiah]] as the lodge owner{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=390}}<br />
* [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] as Naidu{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=390}}<br />
* Wahab Kashmiri as the [[Sait clan|Sait]]{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=390}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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''Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan'' was produced and directed by novelist [[Jayakanthan]] under his own banner Asia Jothi Films. It was his second directorial venture after ''[[Unnaipol Oruvan (1965 film)|Unnaipol Oruvan]]'' (1965), and based on his own novel of the same name.<ref name="frontline" /> The original producer, G. N. Velumani, wanted [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] to be in the lead roles; days before [[principal photography]] began, he backed out and Jayakanthan took over as producer, with [[Nagesh]] and [[K. R. Vijaya]] cast instead.<ref name="Anandan" /> While primarily a [[melodrama]], the film also included overtones of the [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] genre.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=389-390}} Nagesh, then known primarily as a comedian,<ref name="tehelka" /> was cast [[against type]] in a serious role as the male lead Joseph.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/nagesh-a-stellar-comedian-news-tamil-kkfsxGbiaafsi.html |title=Nagesh, a stellar comedian |date=1 February 2009 |website=[[Sify]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170927153717/http://www.sify.com/movies/nagesh-a-stellar-comedian-news-tamil-kkfsxGbiaafsi.html |archive-date=27 September 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref> The cinematography was handled by [[Nemai Ghosh (director)|Nemai Ghosh]].<ref name="tehelka" /> The film had no dance sequences,<ref name="tehelka" /> and the music was composed by S. V. Ramanan.<ref name="Anandan" /> The film's final cut measured {{Convert|4813|metres|feet}}.<ref name="Anandan" /> Jayakanthan did not direct any further films after this, but did collaborate on the production of ''[[Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal]]'' (1976) and ''[[Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral]]'' and (1978), both adapted from his novels.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Beyond Bollywood: The Cinemas of South India |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-93-5264-569-5 |editor-last=Raghavendra |editor-first=M. K. |editor-link=M. K. Raghavendra |location=India |pages=46}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan'' was released on 22 July 1966.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=vzY-6mMDyDUC&dat=19660722&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref> Though the [[experimental film]] received praise for its content and technique, it was a commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWsaAQAAMAAJ&q=yarukkaga+azhudhan |title=Industrial Economist |last=Viswanathan |first=S. |year=1976 |volume=9 |page=10 }}</ref> Writing for ''[[Madras Musings]]'', [[Randor Guy]] praised it for making a "strong socially relevant statement".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://madrasmusings.com/older-archives/Vol%2015/Vol%20XV%20-%20No%2003.pdf |title=The stormy petrel of Tamil Literature |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=16-31 May 2005 |work=[[Madras Musings]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410073422/http://madrasmusings.com/older-archives/Vol%2015/Vol%20XV%20-%20No%2003.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2018 |url-status=live |page=6 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref> Film historian [[S. Theodore Baskaran]] wrote that it brought a "whole new dimension" of Nagesh's acting ability, and that though film did not get much notice during its theatrical run, he was "lucky to catch it in its first few days in Chennai".<ref name="frontline" /> He described the film as "very realistic natural cinema",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-28-no-2/now-a-tamil-section-at-the-mls/ |title=Now, a Tamil Section at the MLS |date=1-15 May 2018 |work=[[Madras Musings]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714064533/http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-28-no-2/now-a-tamil-section-at-the-mls/ |archive-date=14 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> praised Nagesh for "emoting more through body language than dialogue" and the cinematography by Ghosh, adding that the dialogues were "written so as to not divert the focus of the film."<ref name="tehelka" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="Anandan">{{Cite book |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1966-cinedetails37.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |last=Film News Anandan |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171004150127/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1966-cinedetails37.asp |archive-date=4 October 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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<ref name="frontline">{{Cite news |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2604/stories/20090227260413300.htm |title=Tragic comedian |last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |date=14–27 February 2009 |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171004084216/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2604/stories/20090227260413300.htm |archive-date=4 October 2017 |url-status=live |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran |df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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<ref name="tehelka">{{Cite news |url=http://www.tehelka.com/2013/07/master-takes-190/ |title=Master Takes |last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |date=13 July 2013 |work=[[Tehelka]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171004154050/http://www.tehelka.com/2013/07/master-takes-190/ |archive-date=4 October 2017 |url-status=live |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran}}</ref><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 |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |orig-year=1994}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{CITWF title|390973}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|0318843}}<br />
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