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| name = | | name = Naan Adimai Illai | ||
| image = Naan | | image = Naan Adimai Illai.jpg | ||
| caption = Poster | | caption = Poster | ||
| director = [[Dwarakish]] | | director = [[Dwarakish]] | ||
| screenplay = S. L. Bihari<br />Partho Mukherjee | |||
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Pyar Jhukta Nahin]]''|Vijay Sadanah}} | |||
| producer = Dwarakish | | producer = Dwarakish | ||
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Sridevi]] | |||
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br>[[Sridevi]] | |||
| cinematography = Devi Prasad | | cinematography = Devi Prasad | ||
| editing = Gauthamraj | | editing = Gauthamraj | ||
| music = Vijay Anand | |||
| studio = Dwarakish Chithra | | studio = Dwarakish Chithra | ||
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1986|03|1}} | |||
| released ={{Film date|df=y|1986|03|1}} | | runtime = 145 minutes | ||
| runtime = 145 | | country = India | ||
| country = | | language = Tamil | ||
| language = | |||
}} | }} | ||
''''' | '''''Naan Adimai Illai''''' ({{translation|I am not a slave}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Dwarakish]]. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Sridevi]]. This was the last Tamil film for Sridevi in 1980s who then concentrated on her [[Bollywood]] career, though she would later return to Tamil cinema in the 2010s. ''Naan Adimai Illai'' ran for 75 days in all major cities and was a disaster at the box office.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Saraswathi |first=S |date=28 May 2014 |title=Rajinikanth's 10 Biggest FLOPS |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-rajinikanths-10-biggest-flops/20140528.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416100117/https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-rajinikanths-10-biggest-flops/20140528.htm |archive-date=16 April 2021 |access-date=23 April 2020 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boxoffice Database based on Number of Days |url=http://www.rajinifans.com/boxoffice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072231/http://www.rajinifans.com/boxoffice/ |archive-date=7 February 2019 |access-date=4 February 2019 |website=Rajinifans.com}}</ref> The film was a remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Pyar Jhukta Nahin]]'' (1985).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=111 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-date=2012}}</ref> | ||
The film was a remake of the | |||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
Vijay ([[Rajinikanth]]) is a professional photographer from a middle-class background, who falls in love with a rich girl, Priya ([[Sridevi]]), whose father is Rajasekhar ([[Girish Karnad]]), a class-conscious man. They are stubborn in their love and marry against her parents' wishes. But soon the marriage is on the rocks due to the difference in their backgrounds, with the wily Rajasekhar playing his cards very well to split his daughter from Vijay. They have a fight and Priya goes back to her parents' house and Rajasekhar coerces her to file for divorce from Vijay. After a few days, Priya visits the doctor for a stomach-ache and learns that she is pregnant. An elated Priya is ready to mend fences with Vijay and wants to tell him the news, but is blocked by her dad who has fixed her | Vijay ([[Rajinikanth]]) is a professional photographer from a middle-class background, who falls in love with a rich girl, Priya ([[Sridevi]]), whose father is Rajasekhar ([[Girish Karnad]]), a class-conscious man. They are stubborn in their love and marry against her parents' wishes. But soon the marriage is on the rocks due to the difference in their backgrounds, with the wily Rajasekhar playing his cards very well to split his daughter from Vijay. They have a fight and Priya goes back to her parents' house and Rajasekhar coerces her to file for divorce from Vijay. After a few days, Priya visits the doctor for a stomach-ache and learns that she is pregnant. An elated Priya is ready to mend fences with Vijay and wants to tell him the news, but is blocked by her dad who has fixed her remarriage with someone else. She gives her dad the slip and goes to Vijay's house, just to find out that he vacated the place recently. | ||
Later Vijay is in a hospital to visit his friend and Priya is brought to the same hospital with labour pains. Vijay is thrilled and tries to talk to Priya, but Rajasekhar tells Vijay that he will give him the baby on the condition that he promises he will never see Priya again and Vijay agrees. Priya gives birth to a son and Vijay takes him away. Priya's father tells her that the baby was stillborn. She is dejected and loses her mental balance and thinks that her son is still alive. Vijay brings up his son away from Priya's family. Many years later, Priya who is seriously depressed and always carries a doll assuming it to be her son, is unknowingly brought by her parents close to where Vijay lives and gets acquainted with a boy in the neighbourhood. The boy turns out to be her son and he leads Priya to Vijay. | Later Vijay is in a hospital to visit his friend and Priya is brought to the same hospital with labour pains. Vijay is thrilled and tries to talk to Priya, but Rajasekhar tells Vijay that he will give him the baby on the condition that he promises he will never see Priya again and Vijay agrees. Priya gives birth to a son and Vijay takes him away. Priya's father tells her that the baby was stillborn. She is dejected and loses her mental balance and thinks that her son is still alive. Vijay brings up his son away from Priya's family. Many years later, Priya who is seriously depressed and always carries a doll assuming it to be her son, is unknowingly brought by her parents close to where Vijay lives and gets acquainted with a boy in the neighbourhood. The boy turns out to be her son and he leads Priya to Vijay. | ||
==Cast== | == Cast == | ||
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Vijay | *[[Rajinikanth]] as Vijay | ||
*[[Sridevi]] as Priya | *[[Sridevi]] as Priya | ||
*[[Girish Karnad]] as Rajasekhar | *[[Girish Karnad]] as Rajasekhar | ||
*[[V. K. | *[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as R.K.S | ||
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Rajamma | *[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Rajamma | ||
*[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Maid | *[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Maid | ||
*[[LIC Narasimhan]] as Friend of rajasekhar | *[[LIC Narasimhan]] as Friend of rajasekhar | ||
*[[Y. G. Mahendran|Y Gee Mahendran]] | *[[Y. G. Mahendran|Y Gee Mahendran]] | ||
*Master Arjun as Kannan/son of vijay | *Master Arjun as Kannan/son of vijay | ||
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Nanny | *[[Pushpalatha]] as Nanny | ||
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== Production == | == Production == | ||
''Naan Adimai Illai'' was Sridevi's final appearance in a Tamil film before she | ''Naan Adimai Illai'' was Sridevi's final appearance in a Tamil film before she concentrated on her [[Bollywood]] career, though she would later return in the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Subha J. |date=10 October 2015 |title=Return of the queen |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/sridevi-speaks-about-painting-vanity-vans-and-yes-puli-which-marks-her-return-to-tamil-cinema-after-29-years/article7747210.ece |url-status=live |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224020528/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/sridevi-speaks-about-painting-vanity-vans-and-yes-puli-which-marks-her-return-to-tamil-cinema-after-29-years/article7747210.ece |archive-date=24 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2012 |title=Ajith does a cameo for free in English Vinglish |url=https://www.moviecrow.com/News/1262/ContactUs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020112/https://www.moviecrow.com/News/1262/ContactUs.html |archive-date=7 February 2019 |access-date=4 February 2019 |website=Moviecrow}}</ref> Rajinikanth wanted her in the film, and she accepted instantly.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Subramanian |first=Anupama |date=27 February 2018 |title=Sridevi took a vow when Rajinikanth fell ill |work=[[The Asian Age]] |url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/270218/sridevi-took-a-vow-when-rajinikanth-fell-ill.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053619/https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/270218/sridevi-took-a-vow-when-rajinikanth-fell-ill.html |archive-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> Dwarakish noted the difficulty in obtaining her dates because "her [[Daily call sheet|call sheet]] was similar to that of a superstar".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harsha |date=26 February 2018 |title=I'm her Meera, says Sridevi's ardent fan |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/feb/26/im-her-meera-says-sridevis-ardent-fan-1778948.html |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928071626/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/feb/26/im-her-meera-says-sridevis-ardent-fan-1778948.html |archive-date=28 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
==Soundtrack== | == Soundtrack == | ||
Soundtrack was composed by Vijay Anand. The song "Oru Jeevan Thaan" is based on Misra Sivaranjani.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/sivaranjani-for-pathos/article3945587.ece</ref> | Soundtrack was composed by Vijay Anand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naan Adimai Illai |url=https://gaana.com/album/naan-adimai-illai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419054259/https://gaana.com/album/naan-adimai-illai |archive-date=19 April 2022 |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Naan Adimai Illai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Vijay Anand |url=https://banumass.com/shop/naan-adimai-illai-tamil-vinyl-record-by-vijay-anand/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419054340/https://banumass.com/shop/naan-adimai-illai-tamil-vinyl-record-by-vijay-anand/ |archive-date=19 April 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022 |website=Banumass}}</ref> The song "Oru Jeevan Thaan" is based on Misra [[Shivaranjani|Sivaranjani]] raga.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |author-link=Charulatha Mani |date=28 September 2012 |title=Sivaranjani for pathos |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/sivaranjani-for-pathos/article3945587.ece |url-status=live |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050204/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/sivaranjani-for-pathos/article3945587.ece |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> | ||
{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||
| all_writing = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], [[Vairamuthu]] and Muthulingam | | all_writing = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], [[Vairamuthu]] and Muthulingam | ||
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| length7 = 4:27 | | length7 = 4:27 | ||
| extra7 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | | extra7 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | ||
| total_length = 29:35 | | total_length = 29:35 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==References == | == Reception == | ||
''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' criticised the film's second half, saying it looked like the film was stumbling without knowing how to take the story forward.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=23 March 1986 |title=நான் அடிமை இல்லை |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1986/mar/23-03-1986/p31.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310102945/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1986/mar/23-03-1986/p31.jpg |archive-date=10 March 2022 |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{IMDb title|0187334}} | *{{IMDb title|0187334}} | ||
{{Dwarakish}} | {{Dwarakish}} | ||
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]] | |||
[[Category:1986 films]] | [[Category:1986 films]] | ||
[[Category:1986 romantic drama films]] | |||
[[Category:Films directed by Dwarakish]] | |||
[[Category:Indian films]] | [[Category:Indian films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]] | [[Category:Indian romantic drama films]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]] | [[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:30, 23 June 2022
| Naan Adimai Illai | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Dwarakish |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Screenplay by | S. L. Bihari Partho Mukherjee |
| Based on | Pyar Jhukta Nahin by Vijay Sadanah |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Sridevi |
| Music by | Vijay Anand |
| Cinematography | Devi Prasad |
| Edited by | Gauthamraj |
Production company | Dwarakish Chithra |
Release date |
|
Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Naan Adimai Illai (transl. I am not a slave) is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Dwarakish. The film stars Rajinikanth and Sridevi. This was the last Tamil film for Sridevi in 1980s who then concentrated on her Bollywood career, though she would later return to Tamil cinema in the 2010s. Naan Adimai Illai ran for 75 days in all major cities and was a disaster at the box office.[1][2] The film was a remake of the Hindi film Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985).[3]
Plot[edit | edit source]
Vijay (Rajinikanth) is a professional photographer from a middle-class background, who falls in love with a rich girl, Priya (Sridevi), whose father is Rajasekhar (Girish Karnad), a class-conscious man. They are stubborn in their love and marry against her parents' wishes. But soon the marriage is on the rocks due to the difference in their backgrounds, with the wily Rajasekhar playing his cards very well to split his daughter from Vijay. They have a fight and Priya goes back to her parents' house and Rajasekhar coerces her to file for divorce from Vijay. After a few days, Priya visits the doctor for a stomach-ache and learns that she is pregnant. An elated Priya is ready to mend fences with Vijay and wants to tell him the news, but is blocked by her dad who has fixed her remarriage with someone else. She gives her dad the slip and goes to Vijay's house, just to find out that he vacated the place recently. Later Vijay is in a hospital to visit his friend and Priya is brought to the same hospital with labour pains. Vijay is thrilled and tries to talk to Priya, but Rajasekhar tells Vijay that he will give him the baby on the condition that he promises he will never see Priya again and Vijay agrees. Priya gives birth to a son and Vijay takes him away. Priya's father tells her that the baby was stillborn. She is dejected and loses her mental balance and thinks that her son is still alive. Vijay brings up his son away from Priya's family. Many years later, Priya who is seriously depressed and always carries a doll assuming it to be her son, is unknowingly brought by her parents close to where Vijay lives and gets acquainted with a boy in the neighbourhood. The boy turns out to be her son and he leads Priya to Vijay.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Rajinikanth as Vijay
- Sridevi as Priya
- Girish Karnad as Rajasekhar
- V. K. Ramasamy as R.K.S
- Manorama as Rajamma
- S. N. Parvathy as Maid
- LIC Narasimhan as Friend of rajasekhar
- Y Gee Mahendran
- Master Arjun as Kannan/son of vijay
- Pushpalatha as Nanny
- Senthamarai as Shankar
- K. Vijaya as Priya's mother
Production[edit | edit source]
Naan Adimai Illai was Sridevi's final appearance in a Tamil film before she concentrated on her Bollywood career, though she would later return in the 2010s.[4][5] Rajinikanth wanted her in the film, and she accepted instantly.[6] Dwarakish noted the difficulty in obtaining her dates because "her call sheet was similar to that of a superstar".[7]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
Soundtrack was composed by Vijay Anand.[8][9] The song "Oru Jeevan Thaan" is based on Misra Sivaranjani raga.[10]
All tracks are written by Vaali, Vairamuthu and Muthulingam.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oru Jeevanthan" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Devi Devi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Vaa Vaa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Pona Poguthu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Oru Jeevanthan Pathos 1" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:56 |
| 6. | "Oru Jeevanthan Pathos 2" | S. Janaki | 5:20 |
| 7. | "Vaa Vaa Idayame" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 29:35 | ||
Reception[edit | edit source]
Kalki criticised the film's second half, saying it looked like the film was stumbling without knowing how to take the story forward.[11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Saraswathi, S (28 May 2014). "Rajinikanth's 10 Biggest FLOPS". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ "Boxoffice Database based on Number of Days". Rajinifans.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
- ↑ Rao, Subha J. (10 October 2015). "Return of the queen". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ajith does a cameo for free in English Vinglish". Moviecrow. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (27 February 2018). "Sridevi took a vow when Rajinikanth fell ill". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ↑ Harsha (26 February 2018). "I'm her Meera, says Sridevi's ardent fan". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ↑ "Naan Adimai Illai". Gaana. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ "Naan Adimai Illai Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Vijay Anand". Banumass. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ↑ Mani, Charulatha (28 September 2012). "Sivaranjani for pathos". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ↑ "நான் அடிமை இல்லை". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 23 March 1986. p. 31. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
