Niram Maratha Pookal: Difference between revisions

| starring      = [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]<br />[[Raadhika]]<br />[[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]]<br />[[Rati Agnihotri|Rati]]

| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]

| distributor    =  

'''''Niram Maratha Pookal''''' ({{trans|Flowers that do not change colours}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed and co-written by [[Bharathiraja]]. It stars [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]], [[Raadhika]], [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] and [[Rati Agnihotri|Rati]]. The film was released on 31 August 1979.

*[[Raadhika]] as Radhika

*[[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] as Vijayan (Voice over by [[Bharathiraja]])

*[[Rati Agnihotri|Rati]] as Rathi (Voice over by Hemamalini)

*[[Vagai Chandrasekar]]

After [[Panchu Arunachalam]] wrote the screenplay for the film that would become ''Niram Maratha Pookal'', [[Bharathiraja]] approached [[K. Bhagyaraj]] for advice; Bhagyaraj rewrote the screenplay. When Panchu learned of this, after reading Bhagyaraj's rewritten version, he recommended that it be made into a film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srinivasan |first=Sudhir |date=26 March 2016 |title=The man who made Rajinikanth |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-documentary-on-panchu-arunachalam-veteran-screenwriter-and-producer-in-tamil-cinema/article8399359.ece |url-status=live |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920102039/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-documentary-on-panchu-arunachalam-veteran-screenwriter-and-producer-in-tamil-cinema/article8399359.ece |archive-date=20 September 2019}}</ref> Bharathiraja initially wanted [[Rajinikanth]], [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Sridevi]] to portray the characters Vijayan, Sudhakar and Rati; the producer who initially was supposed to produce died, so [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]], [[Raadhika]], [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] and [[Rati Agnihotri]] were instead cast as the lead characters, with their characters being named after themselves.<ref name="kamadenu">{{Cite web |last=Ramji |first=V. |date=16 June 2018 |title=கமல் பேரு கமல்; ரஜினி பேரு ரஜினி! கேரக்டர்களுக்கும் அவங்க பெயர்! |trans-title=Kamal's name was Kamal; Rajini's name was Rajini! Characters had the same names! |url=https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/3420-kamal-peru-kamal-rajini-peru-rajini.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190117093347/https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/3420-kamal-peru-kamal-rajini-peru-rajini.html |archive-date=17 January 2019 |access-date=17 January 2019 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2013 |title=விகடன் மேடை - பாரதிராஜா பதில்கள்! |url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/34123--2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115161420/https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/34123--2 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=10 September 2020 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]]}}</ref> [[Nizhalgal Ravi|Ravi]], who later debuted with Bharathiraja's ''[[Nizhalgal]]'' (1980) was asked to audition as a dubbing artist for Vijayan. However, since Bharathiraaja himself decided to dub for the character, Ravi was dropped.<ref>{{Cite news |last=M. R. |date=11 May 2001 |title=They are in the fray too... |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/05/11/stories/0911022e.htm |url-status=live |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115161448/https://www.thehindu.com/archive/print/2001/05/11/ |archive-date=15 November 2020}}</ref>

The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niram Maratha Pookkal (1979) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0000121.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115161418/https://www.raaga.com/album/T0000121 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=1 October 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

== Release ==

''Niram Maratha Pookal'' was released on 31 August 1979.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 August 2020 |title='மெட்ராஸ் கேர்ள்', 'ஃபிப்டி பைஸே', 'ஆயிரம் மலர்களே மலருங்கள்' பாட்டு; 41 ஆண்டுகளாகியும் மணம் வீசுது பாரதிராஜாவின் 'நிறம் மாறாத பூக்கள்' |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/572601-41-years-of-niram-maaradha-pookkal.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115161433/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/572601-41-years-of-niram-maaradha-pookkal.html |archive-date=15 November 2020}}</ref>