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| director      = [[Gemini Ganesan]] <br /> Thamarai Manaalan
| director      = [[Gemini Ganesan]] <br /> Thamarai Manaalan
| producer      = G.M. Kulathu <br /> V.L. Narayanan
| producer      = G.M. Kulathu <br /> V.L. Narayanan
| story          = Maniyan
| story          = Manian
| screenplay    = Vithvan ve.Lakshmanan
| screenplay    = 'Vidhwan' Ve. Lakshmanan
| writer        = Thamarai Manaalan {{small|(dialogue)}}
| writer        = Thamarai Manaalan {{small|(dialogue)}}
| based_on      = {{based on|''Ninaivugal Nilaikkatum''|Maniyan}}
| based_on      = {{based on|''Ninaivugal Nilaikkatum''|Manian}}
| starring      = [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] <br /> [[Gemini Ganesan]] <br /> [[Kamal Haasan]]
| starring      = [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] <br /> [[Gemini Ganesan]] <br /> [[Kamal Haasan]]
| narrator      =  
| narrator      =  
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| studio        = Jeyanthira Movies
| studio        = Jeyanthira Movies
| distributor    =  
| distributor    =  
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|09|03}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|09|03}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idhaya Malar |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1976/idhaya-malar |access-date=13 June 2021 |website=Screen4screen}}</ref>
| runtime        = 133 Minutes
| runtime        = 133 Minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
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== Production ==
== Production ==
''Idhaya Malar'' is the directorial debut of Gemini Ganesan, and the only film he directed in his life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=திண்ணை {{!}} வாரமலர் {{!}} Varamalar {{!}} tamil weekly supplements|url=https://www.dinamalar.com/supplementary_detail.asp?id=50278&cat=2|access-date=2020-09-03|website=www.dinamalar.com}}</ref> After directing some scenes, he left due to differences with the producer,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vijiyan|first=K.N.|date=August 18, 1998|title=Gemini speaks his mind|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tsBhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yxQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6754%2C4522934|work=[[New Straits Times]]|page=23}}</ref> resulting in Thamarai Manaalan taking over. However, both men retained director's credit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ஜெமினி கணேசன் 100!|url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2019/dec/01/ஜெமினி-கணேசன்-100-3294779.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Dinamani}}</ref>
''Idhaya Malar'' is the directorial debut of Gemini Ganesan, and the only film he directed in his life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=திண்ணை {{!}} வாரமலர் {{!}} Varamalar {{!}} tamil weekly supplements|url=https://www.dinamalar.com/supplementary_detail.asp?id=50278&cat=2|access-date=2020-09-03|website=www.dinamalar.com}}</ref> After directing some scenes, he left due to differences with the producer,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vijiyan|first=K.N.|date=August 18, 1998|title=Gemini speaks his mind|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tsBhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yxQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6754%2C4522934|work=[[New Straits Times]]|page=23}}</ref> resulting in Thamarai Manaalan taking over. However, both men retained director's credit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ஜெமினி கணேசன் 100!|url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2019/dec/01/ஜெமினி-கணேசன்-100-3294779.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Dinamani}}</ref> This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]]. The final length of the film was {{Convert|3931.30|metres|feet}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 1977 |title=Gazette of India, 1977, No. 448 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1977.448/page/n47/mode/2up?q=Idhaya+Malar |access-date=13 June 2021 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]] |pages=1559}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1976 drama films]]
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[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
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Revision as of 21:00, 13 June 2021

Idhaya Malar
Poster
Directed byGemini Ganesan
Thamarai Manaalan
Produced byG.M. Kulathu
V.L. Narayanan
Written byThamarai Manaalan (dialogue)
Screenplay by'Vidhwan' Ve. Lakshmanan
Story byManian
Based onNinaivugal Nilaikkatum
by Manian
StarringSujatha
Gemini Ganesan
Kamal Haasan
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
CinematographyD.V. Rajaram
B. Nanjappa
Edited byM. Umanath
M. Mani
Production
company
Jeyanthira Movies
Release date
  • 3 September 1976 (1976-09-03)
[1]
Running time
133 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Idhaya Malar (transl. Heart flower) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Gemini Ganesan and Thamarai Manaalan.[2] It is based on the novel Ninaivugal Nilaikkatum, written by Maniyan.[3] It starred Sujatha, Gemini Ganesan, Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was later dubbed in Telugu language as Kalyana Jyothi, released on 7 November 1980.[4]

Plot

Gemini Ganesan , an elderly person with his wife Sowcar Janaki are childless and bring up Radha (Sujatha) who is Krishnan's sister as their daughter. Mohan(Kamal Haasan) a tennis player falls in love with Radha. Krishnan accepts to their proposal to marry but Janaki avoids the marriage by saying a bitter truth to Radha. Radha had married Sridhar(Vijaya Kumar) at the age of 5. She avoids Mohan who is actually the brother of Sridhar. She goes in search of Sridhar but finds out he is married . She returns home and avoids her family and lives alone. Mohan's neighbour is very possessive about him and also has a crush on him. The movie ends with Mohan marrying his neighbour and Radha sacrificing her love.

Cast

Production

Idhaya Malar is the directorial debut of Gemini Ganesan, and the only film he directed in his life.[5] After directing some scenes, he left due to differences with the producer,[6] resulting in Thamarai Manaalan taking over. However, both men retained director's credit.[7] This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification. The final length of the film was 3,931.30 metres (12,898.0 ft).[8]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. All lyrics written by Pulamaipithan.

Track-list
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Sendumallipoo[9]"  Vani Jairam, K. J. Yesudas  
2. "Thazhampoo Kaigalukku"  P. Susheela, B. S. Sasirekha  
3. "Anbe un perenna[10]"  Vani Jairam, P. Jayachandran  
4. "En chellakkili"  P. Susheela  

References

  1. ↑ "Idhaya Malar". Screen4screen. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gemini Ganesan's 100th Birth Anniversary: Five interesting facts about Kadhal Mannan". The Times of India. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ↑ R, Dinesh. "இறுதியாகச் சிலர்". ithutamil.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kalyana Jyothi advertisement". Andhra Patrika. 4 November 1980. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "திண்ணை | வாரமலர் | Varamalar | tamil weekly supplements". www.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Vijiyan, K.N. (18 August 1998). "Gemini speaks his mind". New Straits Times. p. 23.
  7. ↑ "ஜெமினி கணேசன் 100!". Dinamani. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Gazette of India, 1977, No. 448". The Gazette of India. 27 August 1977. p. 1559. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Idhaya Malar". raagangal.com.
  10. ↑ "Anbe un peyar enna radhiyo". Sivakumar Perumal. 13 June 2015.

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