1977 (film)

1977
1977
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released	6 March 2009
Recorded	Varsha Vallaki Studios
Genre	Feature Film Soundtrack
Length	22:21
Language	Tamil
Label	Times Music
Producer	Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology

1977
1977
	File:1977 Sarathkumar.jpg Poster
Directed by	G.N.Dhinesh Kumar
Produced by	R. Sarathkumar; Raadhika
Written by	G.N.Dhinesh Kumar
Starring	R. Sarathkumar; Farzana; Vivek; Namitha; Radha Ravi; Ilavarasu
Music by	Vidhyasagar
Cinematography	K. Boopathy
Edited by	Anthony
Production; company	Supreme Film Works
Distributed by	Supreme film works
Release date	6 March 2009;
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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1977 is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by G.N.Dinesh Kumar. It stars R. Sarathkumar, Namitha and Farzana.^[1]

The film was later dubbed into Hindi as 1977: The History Re-Written in 2010.

Plot[edit]

The film begins at a fishing hamlet in Tamil Nadu where an elderly Rajashekar is worshipped as "God Father" by many. His amiable ways of living won him many friends. His son Vetrivel is an acclaimed scientist. He is received with gusto by the whole village after he returns winning awards from Central government. Unfortunately, a glance at a vernacular on a news report on Malaysia shocks Rajashekar, who immediately develops cardiac arrest and dies. Vetrivel learns of the incident and decides to unravel the mystery behind the death. He sets off to Malaysia. Vetrivel gets acquainted with a local reporter Inba, who falls for him. With her help, he finds out a disturbing truth about his father's life. Rajashekar is former police officer in Malaysia who falls to the conspiracy of a baddie and is arrested for no fault of his. Rajashekar eventually pays the price for being honest by losing his family and settles down in Tamil Nadu with his young son.

In his quest to prove that his father is innocent, Vetrivel re-opens the case and gets the help of Chandhini a lawyer who is the daughter of erstwhile public prosecutor, Gaandivan, who argued against Rajashekar 30 years ago. He also finds his mother in the process. The rest of the movie is all but how Vetrivel rewrites history, proves his father's innocence, and avenges the bad elements.

Cast[edit]

Sarath Kumar as Rajashekar "Rasaiyya" and Vetrivel
Farzana as Inba
Namitha as Chandini
Vivek as Paraman
Jayasudha as Vetrivel's mother
Radha Ravi as Dr Sharma
Vijayakumar as DGP Padmanabhan
Ilavarasu
Shankar Siva as Criminal Lawyer

Reception[edit]

The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Sify stated "How long will Sarath Kumar go on doing double role as father and son? Sorry to say, the film is as avoidable as [a] migraine".^[2] Behindwoods rated 1 out of 5 and stated lackluster show.^[3] Rediff rated one-and-a-half out of five stars and stated that "1977 might have worked had it been released in 1977 and not in 2009!".^[4] The New Indian Express wrote that "One star, for Sarath Kumar, the stunts and for the sequences in Malaysia".^[5]

Box office[edit]

The film though had a fantastic exit review opened poor response at the box office owing to the Hero's political debacle at the time of release and struggled to recover its high production budget in Tamil Nadu but racked big money in its Telugu dubbed version which compensated the loss in Tamil Nadu.

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by Vidyasagar. Lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar and Jayantha.

Tracklist ^[6]

1. "Arabi Kadal" - Sunitha Sarathy - Pa. Vijay

2. "Hawai Theevil" - KK, Sowmya Raoh - Pa. Vijay

3. "Ore Oru" - Krithika, Vijay Yesudas - Pa. Vijay

4. "Vangha Kadal" - Shankar Mahadevan - Na. Muthukumar

5. "Yenathu Uyire" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Sadhana Sargam - Jayantha

References[edit]

↑ Tamilnadu Entertainment :: Movie Trading Portal
↑ "Review: 1977". Sify. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ "1977 Review". Behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
↑ Srinivasan, Pavitra (9 March 2009). "It's Bland, James Bland". Rediff. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021.
↑ R. Nair, Unni (20 March 2009). "1977: Worn out stuff!". The New Indian Express.
↑ "1977". TamilTunes.com. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[edit]

1977 on IMDb

[1] Tamilnadu Entertainment :: Movie Trading Portal

[2] "Review: 1977". Sify. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[3] "1977 Review". Behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[4] Srinivasan, Pavitra (9 March 2009). "It's Bland, James Bland". Rediff. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021.

[5] R. Nair, Unni (20 March 2009). "1977: Worn out stuff!". The New Indian Express.

[6] "1977". TamilTunes.com. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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