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| | #REDIRECT [[Sandhya Raagam]] |
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| {{Infobox film
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| | name = Sandhya Raagam
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| | director = [[Balu Mahendra]]
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| | screenplay = Balu Mahendra
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| | story = Akila Mahendra
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| | producer = Balu Mahendra
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| | starring = {{ubl|Chokkalinga Bagavathar|[[Archana (actress)|Archana]]|[[Veera Santhanam|Oviyar Veera Santhanam]]}}
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| | cinematography = Balu Mahendra | | {{Redirect category shell| |
| | editing = Balu Mahendra
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| | music = [[L. Vaidyanathan]]
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| | distributor = [[Doordarshan]]
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| | runtime = 84 mins
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| | country = India
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| | language = Tamil
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| '''''Sandhya Raagam''''' ({{translation|Tune of the Twilight}}) is a 1989 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]] produced, written and directed by [[Balu Mahendra]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 2010 |title=A life in cinema |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/27/stories/2010082750800200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060038/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/08/27/stories/2010082750800200.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013 |df=}}</ref> It stars Chokkalinga Bagavathar, [[Veera Santhanam|Oviyar Veera Santhanam]] and [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] in prominent roles. Shot in black-and-white, the film was photographed and edited by Mahendra himself. At the [[37th National Film Awards]], it won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Award for Best Film on Family Welfare]] (1990).
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| == Plot ==
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| Chokkalingam, an octagenarian, leaves his village upon the death of his wife. He migrates to Madras, where his nephew Vasu, a lower-middle-class man lives along with his family. Chokkalingam becomes an additional burden for Vasu, who is not able to meet the demands of his own family.
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| == Cast ==
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| * [[Chokkalinga Bhagavathar]] as Chokkalingam
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| * [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] as Thulasi
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| * [[Veera Santhanam|Oviyar Veera Santhanam]] as Vasu
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| * Baby Rajalakshmi as Valli
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| == Themes ==
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| The film's central theme revolves around old age.{{Sfn|Baskaran|2013|p=131}}
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| == Production ==
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| The film was made on a shoestring budget. Like his previous films, Mahendra wrote the screenplay, edited and photographed the film apart from handling the direction. Ramasamy was hired as the art director while V. S. Murthy and [[A. S. Laxmi Narayanan]] looked after the audiography.<ref name="iffi">{{Cite web |title=37th National Film Festival |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm37NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=37nfa.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018073449/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm37NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=37nfa.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2014 |access-date=21 December 2011 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |page=22}}</ref> The film did not have any songs; [[L. Vaidyanathan]] composed the background score.<ref name="uv">{{Cite magazine |last=S. |first=Balu |date=21 January 1990 |title=அவார்டுக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்ட படங்கள் |trans-title=Films sent for awards |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1990/jan/21-01-1990/p38.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=40 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616044539/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1990/jan/21-01-1990/p38.jpg |archive-date=2022-06-16 |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref>
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| == Reception ==
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| ''Sandhya Raagam'' is yet to have a theatrical release, but was regularly aired on [[Doordarshan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prasanna |first=R. S. |date=13 February 2009 |title=The calling cards for box office success |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2009/feb/13/the-calling-cards-for-box-office-success-25374.html |access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref> N. Krishnaswamy of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "Balu Mahendra narrates the plight of his lead character with a tremendously observant eye. The celluloid breathes silence and beauty, and the humour and piquancy of the situations are striking".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=21 September 1990 |title=Sandhya Ragam |pages=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900921&printsec=frontpage |access-date=6 September 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare]] in 1990.<ref name="iffi" /> A year later, it was screened at the [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=14th International Film Festival of India |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm14IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=14IIFA.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130012438/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm14IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=14IIFA.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2013 |access-date=13 July 2014 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |page=124}}</ref> In a 2007 interview to ''[[The Hindu]]'', Mahendra said that ''Sandhya Raagam'' and ''[[Veedu]]'' were his two films "with the fewest compromises and mistakes."<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 January 2007 |title=Tamil books reviewed at Landmark |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://hindu.com/2007/01/10/stories/2007011020440200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121161207/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/10/stories/2007011020440200.htm |archive-date=21 January 2007}}</ref>
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| In 2011, Mahendra said that there was no existing negative of the film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=N |first=Venkateswaran |date=14 February 2014 |title=Balu Mahendra, who made his visuals speak, dies at 74 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Balu-Mahendra-who-made-his-visuals-speak-dies-at-74/articleshow/30363139.cms |access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 December 2011 |title=The digital picture: from reel to HD |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/the-digital-picture-from-reel-to-hd/article2748344.ece |access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref>
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| == Notes ==
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| == References ==
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| *{{Cite book |last=Baskaran |first=Sundararaj Theodre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jBcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT131 |title=The eye of the serpent: An introduction to Tamil cinema |publisher=Westland |year=2013 |isbn=978-93-83260-74-4}}
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| == External links ==
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| * {{IMDb title|id=0235742}}
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| {{Balu Mahendra}}
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| [[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
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| [[Category:1989 drama films]]
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| [[Category:1989 films]]
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| [[Category:Best Film on Family Welfare National Film Award winners]]
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| [[Category:Films directed by Balu Mahendra]]
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| [[Category:Films scored by L. Vaidyanathan]]
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| [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
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| [[Category:Indian drama films]]
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