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'''''Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum''''' ({{ | '''''Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum''''' ({{translation|When eyes turn red, the soil too will}}) is a 1983 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film directed by debutant [[Sreedhar Rajan]]. Produced by R. Venkatraman, the film won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] at the [[30th National Film Awards]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=30th National Film Festival, 1983|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=5 April 2014|page=5|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003130200/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was based on [[Indira Parthasarathy]]'s novel ''[[Kuruthipunal (novel)|Kuruthipunal]]'' which won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Tamil Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1977. It stars newcomer Vijaymohan and [[Poornima Jayaram]] in the lead roles, with [[Jaishankar]], [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]], [[N. Viswanathan]] and [[Raveendran (actor)|Raveendran]] in pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] while cinematography was handled by [[Soumendu Roy]]. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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[[File:Nandanar.jpg|thumbnail|[[Nandanar]]|alt=Nandanar]] | [[File:Nandanar.jpg|thumbnail|[[Nandanar]]|alt=Nandanar]] | ||
The film's director [[Sreedhar Rajan]], a journalist and film critic, wrote the screenplay of the film based on [[Indira Parthasarathy]]'s novel [[Kuruthipunal (novel)|Kuruthipunal]] which won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Tamil Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1977. The novel, in turn was based on the [[Kilvenmani massacre]] that took place in [[Thanjavur district]] in 1968. Inspired by the novel, Sreedhar Rajan made the film with a revolutionary theme, set in the backdrop of folk-arts. It marked Sreedhar Rajan's directorial debut. Sreedhar Rajan used a fusion of revolutionary communism and folk in the film. The film narrated the tale of [[Nandanar]], a [[dalit]] saint and one of the 63 [[Nayanars]]. [[Bharata Natyam]] dancer [[Dhananjayans|V. P. Dhananjayan]] appeared in a song sequence, thus performing for the first time in a film. The sequence was meant to narrate ''Nandanar Charitam'', the story of the saint.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=277}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rangarajan|first1=Malathi|title=The elusive celluloid|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-elusive-celluloid/article2109370.ece|access-date=2 June 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 June 2011}}</ref> | The film's director [[Sreedhar Rajan]], a journalist and film critic, wrote the screenplay of the film based on [[Indira Parthasarathy]]'s novel [[Kuruthipunal (novel)|Kuruthipunal]] which won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Tamil Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1977. The novel, in turn was based on the [[Kilvenmani massacre]] that took place in [[Thanjavur district]] in 1968. Inspired by the novel, Sreedhar Rajan made the film with a revolutionary theme, set in the backdrop of folk-arts. It marked Sreedhar Rajan's directorial debut. Sreedhar Rajan used a fusion of revolutionary communism and folk in the film. The film narrated the tale of [[Nandanar]], a [[dalit]] saint and one of the 63 [[Nayanars]]. [[Bharata Natyam]] dancer [[Dhananjayans|V. P. Dhananjayan]] appeared in a song sequence, thus performing for the first time in a film. The sequence was meant to narrate ''Nandanar Charitam'', the story of the saint.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=277}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rangarajan|first1=Malathi|title=The elusive celluloid|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-elusive-celluloid/article2109370.ece|access-date=2 June 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 June 2011}}</ref> | ||
==Soundtrack== | |||
#"Kanaka Sabai" | |||
#"Karuvil Ulla" | |||
#"Manidha Manidha" | |||
#"Pogum Thisai Maranthu" | |||
#"Poradinom" | |||
#"Serikul Irukinra Sirpam" | |||
#"Vandale Allipoo" | |||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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[[Category:1983 films]] | [[Category:1983 films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian films]] | [[Category:Indian films]] | ||
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]] | [[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]] | [[Category:Films based on Indian novels]] | ||