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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Ethiroli | | name = Ethiroli | ||
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| editing = N. R. Kittu | | editing = N. R. Kittu | ||
| studio = Navarathna Films | | studio = Navarathna Films | ||
| released = 27 | | released = {{film date|1970|6|27|df=y}} | ||
| runtime = 166 minutes | | runtime = 166 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Tamil | | language = Tamil | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Ethiroli''''' ({{translation|Echo}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[legal drama]] film, directed by [[K. Balachander]], featuring [[Sivaji Ganesan]]. The film had musical score by [[K. V. Mahadevan]] and became a commercial success. It was also the only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nayar |first=Aashmita |date=24 December 2014 |title=7 Must Watch K Balachander Movies On Youtube |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2014/12/24/k-balachander-movies-yout_n_6377478.html |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> | '''''Ethiroli''''' ({{translation|Echo}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[legal drama]] film, directed by [[K. Balachander]], featuring [[Sivaji Ganesan]]. The film had musical score by [[K. V. Mahadevan]] and became a commercial success. It was also the only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nayar |first=Aashmita |date=24 December 2014 |title=7 Must Watch K Balachander Movies On Youtube |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2014/12/24/k-balachander-movies-yout_n_6377478.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071937/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2014/12/24/k-balachander-movies-yout_n_6377478.html |archive-date=22 January 2018 |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2021 |title=பாலசந்தருக்கு சிவாஜிகணேசனுடன் ஏற்பட்ட அனுபவங்கள் |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2021/05/04021318/2600489/cinima-history-sivaji.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506102541/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2021/05/04021318/2600489/cinima-history-sivaji.vpf |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=[[Maalai Malar]] |language=Tamil}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gifts 7 principles to his daughter which he wants her to follow. In a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up breaking each principle which causes misery in his case and personal life. The | {{more plot|date=June 2021}} | ||
The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gifts 7 principles to his daughter which he wants her to follow. In a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up breaking each principle which causes misery in his case and personal life. The film ends with his daughter gifting him the same 7 principles, which he intends to follow again. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Advocate Shankar<ref | * [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Advocate Shankar<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1370226094570237953 |user=NFAIOfficial |title=#FridayFeeling: Sivaji Ganesan is seen here as Advocate Shankar in Ethiroli (1970), marking his rare collaboration with filmmaker K. Balachander. #fridaymorning |author=National Film Archive of India |author-link=National Film Archive of India |date=12 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Vijaya<ref name=" | * [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Vijaya<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[S. S. Rajendran]] as Raju<ref name=" | * [[S. S. Rajendran]] as Raju<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[Jyothi Lakshmi]] as Shanti<ref name=" | * [[Jyothi Lakshmi]] as Shanti<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[Sivakumar]] as Sundaram<ref name=" | * [[Sivakumar]] as Sundaram<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Kalpana<ref name=" | * [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Kalpana<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Manikkam | * [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Manikkam<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Public Prosecutor | * [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Public Prosecutor<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[T. S. Balaiah]] as Singapur Minor | * [[T. S. Balaiah]] as Singapur Minor<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
* [[Nagesh]] as Krishna Rao | * [[Nagesh]] as Krishna Rao<ref name="dinamalar" /> | ||
*[[G. Sakunthala]] as Radhamani | *[[G. Sakunthala]] as Radhamani | ||
* [[Rojaramani]] as Raji | * [[Rojaramani]] as Raji | ||
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* [[Vijayalalitha]] as Valli | * [[Vijayalalitha]] as Valli | ||
*[[Peeli Sivam]] as Doctor | *[[Peeli Sivam]] as Doctor | ||
== Themes == | |||
''Ethiroli'' revolves around the "moral decay of men".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rajasekaran |first=Ilangovan |date=23 January 2015 |title=Trend breaker |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/trend-breaker/article6756660.ece |url-status=live |access-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210619071119/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/trend-breaker/article6756660.ece |archive-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> | |||
== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiroli |url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/277 |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=Songs4all}}</ref> | The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiroli |url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/277 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623054718/http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/277 |archive-date=23 June 2021 |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=Songs4all}}</ref> | ||
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== Release == | == Release and reception == | ||
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "this is quite a different movie. It makes a fairly successful and quite an interesting study of blackmailer and the blackmailed".<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 1970 |title=Cinema |page=8 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700704&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> | ''Ethiroli'' was released on 27 June 1970.<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=23 June 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> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "this is quite a different movie. It makes a fairly successful and quite an interesting study of blackmailer and the blackmailed".<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 1970 |title=Cinema |page=8 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700704&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name="dinamalar">{{Cite web |date=24 March 2020 |title=பொன்விழா படங்கள்: எதிரொலி - கே.பாலச்சந்தர் இயக்கத்தில் சிவாஜி நடித்த ஒரே படம் |url=https://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=86732 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711004329/https://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=86732 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |access-date=19 June 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=Tamil}}</ref> | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]] | [[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:Films directed by K. Balachander]] | |||
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]] | [[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]] | ||
[[Category:Films | [[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]] | ||
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]] | [[Category:Indian courtroom films]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:40, 25 June 2021
| Ethiroli | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | K. Balachander |
| Produced by | G. N. Velumani |
| Screenplay by | K. Balachander |
| Story by | K. V. R. Acharya |
| Starring | Sivaji Ganesan K. R. Vijaya |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
| Edited by | N. R. Kittu |
Production company | Navarathna Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Ethiroli (transl. Echo) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by K. Balachander, featuring Sivaji Ganesan. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and became a commercial success. It was also the only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan.[1][2]
Plot
 | This article needs an improved plot summary. (June 2021) |
The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gifts 7 principles to his daughter which he wants her to follow. In a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up breaking each principle which causes misery in his case and personal life. The film ends with his daughter gifting him the same 7 principles, which he intends to follow again.
Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Advocate Shankar[3]
- K. R. Vijaya as Vijaya[4]
- S. S. Rajendran as Raju[4]
- Jyothi Lakshmi as Shanti[4]
- Sivakumar as Sundaram[4]
- Lakshmi as Kalpana[4]
- Major Sundarrajan as Manikkam[4]
- V. S. Raghavan as Public Prosecutor[4]
- T. S. Balaiah as Singapur Minor[4]
- Nagesh as Krishna Rao[4]
- G. Sakunthala as Radhamani
- Rojaramani as Raji
- O. A. K. Thevar as Thevar
- Vijayalalitha as Valli
- Peeli Sivam as Doctor
Themes
Ethiroli revolves around the "moral decay of men".[5]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[6]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kalyanam Kalyanam" | A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari | Vaali | 04:04 |
| 2 | "Kunguma Chimizh" | T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari | 04:10 | |
| 3 | "Maraththa Vachavan" | L. R. Eswari | 03:22 | |
| 4 | "Rajavum Vanthituvar" | L. R. Eswari | 02:58 | |
| 5 | "Unga Nalla Manasukku" | L. R. Eswari | 03:54 |
Release and reception
Ethiroli was released on 27 June 1970.[7] The Indian Express wrote, "this is quite a different movie. It makes a fairly successful and quite an interesting study of blackmailer and the blackmailed".[8]
References
- ↑ Nayar, Aashmita (24 December 2014). "7 Must Watch K Balachander Movies On Youtube". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ↑ "பாலசந்தருக்கு சிவாஜிகணேசனுடன் ஏற்பட்ட அனுபவங்கள்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ National Film Archive of India [@NFAIOfficial] (12 March 2021). "#FridayFeeling: Sivaji Ganesan is seen here as Advocate Shankar in Ethiroli (1970), marking his rare collaboration with filmmaker K. Balachander. #fridaymorning" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "பொன்விழா படங்கள்: எதிரொலி - கே.பாலச்சந்தர் இயக்கத்தில் சிவாஜி நடித்த ஒரே படம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Rajasekaran, Ilangovan (23 January 2015). "Trend breaker". Frontline. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Ethiroli". Songs4all. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ↑ "நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல்". Seithi Saral (in தமிழ்). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ↑ "Cinema". The Indian Express. 4 July 1970. p. 8.