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| director      = [[C. V. Sridhar]]
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| producer      = C. V. Sridhar
| producer      = C. V. Sridhar
| writer        = C. V. Sridhar
| starring      = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Padmapriya]]
| starring      = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Padmapriya]]<br />[[R. Muthuraman]]<br />[[K. Balaji]]
| music          = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = P. Rajagopal
| cinematography = P. Rajagopal
| editing        = N. M. Shankar
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| studio        = Chitralaya Films
| music          = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
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| released      = {{Film date|1975|11|02|df=y}}
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| country        = India
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'''''Vaira Nenjam''''' ({{translation|Diamond heart}}) is a 1975 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action thriller]] film written, directed and produced by [[C. V. Sridhar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raman |first=Mohan |author-link=Mohan Raman |title=An auteur no more |url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/otherstories.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213219/http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/otherstories.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=17 June 2021 |website=[[Madras Musings]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2019 |title=எம்ஜிஆர் 4, சிவாஜி 8, கமல் 10 – 75ம் வருட ப்ளாஷ்பேக் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/512470-mgr-sivaji-kamal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114073522/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/512470-mgr-sivaji-kamal.html |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Padmapriya]], [[R. Muthuraman]] and [[K. Balaji]]. The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=171-180 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917013613/http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |archive-date=17 September 2014 |access-date=9 September 2014 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref> It is a remake of Sridhar's own 1973 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Gehri Chaal]]''.<ref name="Film World">{{Cite magazine |last=Paris |first=Arthur |year=1976 |title=Decline and Fall of Sridhar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1nZTAAAAYAAJ&q=Vaira |magazine=Film World |volume=12 |pages=8–9 |access-date=4 May 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was released on 2 November 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title=நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல் |language=ta |work=Seithi Saral |url=https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529050553/https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |archive-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>
'''''Vaira Nenjam''''' ({{translation|Diamond heart}}) is a 1975 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Raman |first=Mohan |author-link=Mohan Raman |date=1–15 November 2008 |title=An auteur no more |url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/otherstories.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213219/http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/otherstories.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=17 June 2021 |magazine=[[Madras Musings]] |volume=XVIII}}</ref> written, directed and produced by [[C. V. Sridhar]]. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Padmapriya]], [[R. Muthuraman]] and [[K. Balaji]]. It is a remake of Sridhar's own 1973 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Gehri Chaal]]''. The film was released on 2 November 1975.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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*[[R. Muthuraman]] as Shankar
*[[R. Muthuraman]] as Shankar
*[[K. Balaji]] as Madhan
*[[K. Balaji]] as Madhan
*[[Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry|Dhulipala]] as Dharmalingam
*[[Dhulipala]] as Dharmalingam
*[[A. Sakunthala|C. I. D. Sakunthala]] as Shoba
*[[C. I. D. Sakunthala]] as Shoba
*[[Sachu]] as Shanthi
*[[Sachu]] as Shanthi
*Haalam as a dancer
*Aalam as a dancer


== Production ==
== Production ==
The film was originally titled ''Hero 72'', but later retitled.<ref>{{Cite news |last=நரசிம்மன் |first=டி.ஏ. |date=22 November 2018 |title=சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 43: 'அவசர நிலை'யில் ஒரு நாடகம்! |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/144709-43.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195826/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/144709-43.html |archive-date=24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=நரசிம்மன் |first=டி.ஏ. |date=21 December 2018 |title=சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 46: கமலின் விருதும் ரஜினியின் அன்பும் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/149804-46.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101111008/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/149804-46.html |archive-date=1 November 2021 |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film began production in 1972, but released only in 1975 due to call-sheet issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Devan |date=8 January 2011 |title=Veterans Rajnikanth, Kamal rule supreme |url=https://www.timeslive/sunday-times/lifestyle/2011-01-08-veterans--rajnikanth-kamal-rule-supreme/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504114942/https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2011-01-08-veterans--rajnikanth-kamal-rule-supreme/ |archive-date=4 May 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=TimesLIVE}}</ref>
After the failure of his previous directorial ''[[Alaigal (film)|Alaigal]]'' (1973), Sridhar decided to make an action film with Ganesan in lead role after Sridhar felt audiences were being more receptive to action films than classic films.<ref name="alaigal" /> The film was titled ''Hero 72'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=நரசிம்மன் |first=டி.ஏ. |date=22 November 2018 |title=சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 43: 'அவசர நிலை'யில் ஒரு நாடகம்! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/144709-43.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195826/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/144709-43.html |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=17 June 2021 |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=நரசிம்மன் |first=டி.ஏ. |date=21 December 2018 |title=சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 46: கமலின் விருதும் ரஜினியின் அன்பும் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/149804-46.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101111008/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/149804-46.html |archive-date=1 November 2021 |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> with Sridhar opting to make it a Tamil-Hindi bilingual, with [[Jeetendra]] starring in the Hindi version that was later titled ''[[Gehri Chaal]]''. Production on the Tamil version that was later titled ''Vaira Nenjam'' progressed slowly because of call sheet issues of Ganesan; ''Gehri Chaal'' was completed and released much earlier.<ref name="alaigal" /> In between the delays, Sridhar made ''[[Urimaikural]]'' (1974) starring [[M. G. Ramachandran]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஸ்ரீதர் |first=டைரக்டர் |author-link=C. V. Sridhar |date=27 September 1992 |title=பெருந்தன்மைக்கு ஒரு எம்.ஜி.ஆர்! |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1992-09-27/page/n57/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230129104052/https://archive.org/details/kalki1992-09-27/page/n57/mode/2up |archive-date=29 January 2023 |access-date=16 December 2022 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=56–57 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
All songs were composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and penned by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vaira Nenjam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/vaira-nenjam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630050010/https://mossymart.com/product/vaira-nenjam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=Mossymart}}</ref> The song "Sentamizh Paadum" attained popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2020 |title=ஜூன் 24: மங்கலச் சொற்களின் நயாகரா! - கவியரசர் கண்ணதாசன் 93-ம் பிறந்த நாள் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/561215-birthday-of-kavirasar-kannadasan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716114533/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/561215-birthday-of-kavirasar-kannadasan.html |archive-date=16 July 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>
All songs were composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and penned by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vaira Nenjam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/vaira-nenjam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630050010/https://mossymart.com/product/vaira-nenjam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=Mossymart}}</ref> The song "Sentamizh Paadum" attained popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2020 |title=ஜூன் 24: மங்கலச் சொற்களின் நயாகரா!&nbsp;– கவியரசர் கண்ணதாசன் 93-ம் பிறந்த நாள் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/561215-birthday-of-kavirasar-kannadasan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716114533/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/561215-birthday-of-kavirasar-kannadasan.html |archive-date=16 July 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>


{{tracklist
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Oh My Sweety
| title1 = Oh My Sweety
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| extra4 = T. M. Soundararajan, [[L. R. Eswari]]
| extra4 = T. M. Soundararajan, [[L. R. Eswari]]
| length4 = 4:47
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Ammaan magan
| title5 = Ammaan Magan
| extra5 = L. R. Eswari
| extra5 = L. R. Eswari
| length5 = 4:40
| length5 = 4:40
| total_length = 22:03
}}
}}


== Reception ==
== Release and reception ==
Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' said the film, despite its title, was not lustrous like a real diamond.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=21 December 1975 |title=வைர நெஞ்சம் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/dec/21-12-1975/p55.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=55 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104062725/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/dec/21-12-1975/p55.jpg |archive-date=4 January 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref> Arthur Paris from ''Film World'' wrote, "The film has no soul, no life and is at once dull, pedestrian and moronic".<ref name="Film World" />
''Vaira Nenjam'' was released on 2 November 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814054109/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |archive-date=14 August 2016 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=171–180 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917013613/http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |archive-date=17 September 2014 |access-date=9 September 2014 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' said the film, despite its title, was not lustrous like a real diamond.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=21 December 1975 |title=வைர நெஞ்சம் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/dec/21-12-1975/p55.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220727130202/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/dec/21-12-1975/p55.jpg |archive-date=27 July 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=55 |language=ta}}</ref> Arthur Paris from ''Film World'' wrote, "The film has no soul, no life and is at once dull, pedestrian and moronic".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Paris |first=Arthur |year=1976 |title=Decline and Fall of Sridhar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1nZTAAAAYAAJ&q=Vaira |access-date=4 May 2022 |magazine=Film World |pages=8–9 |volume=12}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was successful only with B and C centre audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2019 |title=எம்ஜிஆர் 4, சிவாஜி 8, கமல் 10&nbsp;– 75ம் வருட ப்ளாஷ்பேக் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/512470-mgr-sivaji-kamal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114073522/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/512470-mgr-sivaji-kamal.html |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="alaigal">{{Cite magazine |last=ஸ்ரீதர் |first=டைரக்டர் |author-link=C. V. Sridhar |date=13 September 1992 |title=காலத்தின் சூழ்ச்சியில் ஹீரோ-72 |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1992-09-13/page/n55/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230221044232/https://archive.org/details/kalki1992-09-13/page/n55/mode/2up |archive-date=21 February 2023 |access-date=16 December 2022 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=54–55 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 4 March 2026

Vaira Nenjam
Poster
Directed byC. V. Sridhar
Produced byC. V. Sridhar
Written byC. V. Sridhar
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Padmapriya
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
CinematographyP. Rajagopal
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Production
company
Release date
  • 2 November 1975 (1975-11-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vaira Nenjam (transl. Diamond heart) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[1] written, directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmapriya, R. Muthuraman and K. Balaji. It is a remake of Sridhar's own 1973 Hindi film Gehri Chaal. The film was released on 2 November 1975.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

After the failure of his previous directorial Alaigal (1973), Sridhar decided to make an action film with Ganesan in lead role after Sridhar felt audiences were being more receptive to action films than classic films.[2] The film was titled Hero 72,[3][4] with Sridhar opting to make it a Tamil-Hindi bilingual, with Jeetendra starring in the Hindi version that was later titled Gehri Chaal. Production on the Tamil version that was later titled Vaira Nenjam progressed slowly because of call sheet issues of Ganesan; Gehri Chaal was completed and released much earlier.[2] In between the delays, Sridhar made Urimaikural (1974) starring M. G. Ramachandran.[5]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

All songs were composed by M. S. Viswanathan and penned by Kannadasan.[6] The song "Sentamizh Paadum" attained popularity.[7]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Oh My Sweety"T. M. Soundararajan4:43
2."Sentamizh Paadum"T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela3:30
3."Neerada Neram"Vani Jairam4:23
4."Adi Karthigai Masamadi"T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari4:47
5."Ammaan Magan"L. R. Eswari4:40
Total length:22:03

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Vaira Nenjam was released on 2 November 1975.[8][9] Kanthan of Kalki said the film, despite its title, was not lustrous like a real diamond.[10] Arthur Paris from Film World wrote, "The film has no soul, no life and is at once dull, pedestrian and moronic".[11] The film was successful only with B and C centre audiences.[12]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Raman, Mohan (1–15 November 2008). "An auteur no more". Madras Musings. Vol. XVIII. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ஸ்ரீதர், டைரக்டர் (13 September 1992). "காலத்தின் சூழ்ச்சியில் ஹீரோ-72". Kalki (in தமிழ்). pp. 54–55. Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ நரசிம்மன், டி.ஏ. (22 November 2018). "சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 43: 'அவசர நிலை'யில் ஒரு நாடகம்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ↑ நரசிம்மன், டி.ஏ. (21 December 2018). "சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 46: கமலின் விருதும் ரஜினியின் அன்பும்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ↑ ஸ்ரீதர், டைரக்டர் (27 September 1992). "பெருந்தன்மைக்கு ஒரு எம்.ஜி.ஆர்!". Kalki (in தமிழ்). pp. 56–57. Retrieved 16 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Vaira Nenjam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "ஜூன் 24: மங்கலச் சொற்களின் நயாகரா! – கவியரசர் கண்ணதாசன் 93-ம் பிறந்த நாள்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Lakshman Sruthi (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "171–180". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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