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Nandu (film)
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| Directed by | Mahendran |
| Produced by | S. Dakshinamoorthy |
| Screenplay by | Mahendran |
| Based on | Nandu by Sivasankari |
| Starring | Suresh Ashwini |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | A. Paul Duraisingh |
Production company | Rangaraj Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nandu (transl. Crab) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Mahendran. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Sivasankari.
Plot[edit]
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Ram Kumar Sharma is a sickly person living in Lucknow in a large family. He suffers from asthma and does not like the behaviour of his autocratic father, but is deeply attached to his loving mother. Unable to get along with his father who compels him to marry a girl of his choice, the protagonist leaves for Chennai. He finds a job there and meets Seetha. Once settled, he goes around looking for a house with the help of house broker. Incidentally, he finds Seetha residing as a tenant in a portion under the very same house. He likes the portion and agrees to start living there. The lives of the girls who live in portions of the large house are brightened by the appearance of the engineer from Lucknow. Of them, two of them try to impress Sharma. One of them is the house owner's daughter, while the other is Seetha. Eventually, he ends up marrying Seetha.
Cast[edit]
- Suresh as Ramkumar Sharma
- Ashwini as Seetha
- Venniradai Moorthy as Singa Muth
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Uma
- Kutty Padmini as Lakshmi
- Senthamarai
- Samikannu as Arunachalam
- S. N. Parvathy as Uma's mother
- Kumarimuthu as the house broker
Production[edit]
Nandu is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Sivasankari.[1] Suhasini, who previously appeared in Mahendran's Nenjathai Killathe (1980), worked as an assistant cinematographer under Ashok Kumar.[2] The film took liberties with the novel; while the protagonist in the novel is a cancer patient, the disease was changed to asthma for the film.[3]
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4] The songs "Kaise Kahoon Kuch Kahna Sakoon" and "Hum Hai Akele" are entirely in Hindi.[5]
| No. | Title | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Paaduthamma Kaatril Alaikal" | Bhupinder Singh | Gangai Amaran |
| 2 | "Manjal Veyil Maalai Itta Poove" | Uma Ramanan | |
| 3 | "Alli Thantha Bhoomi" | Malaysia Vasudevan | Madhukur Kannan |
| 4 | "Kaise Kahoon Kuch Kahna Sakoon" | Bhupinder Singh, S. Janaki | P. B. Sreenivas |
| 5 | "Hum Hai Akele" | S. Janaki |
Release and reception[edit]
Nandu was released on17 April 1981.[6] Kumudam noted the film's abundance of Hindi dialogues, and caustically commented that any more dialogues in Hindi would result in K. Balaji (a film producer known mainly for remaking Hindi films in Tamil) remaking the film in Tamil.[7] The film failed commercially, with Maalai Malar attributing it to the audience's inability to understand the many Hindi dialogues.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Swaminathan, G. (2 July 2020). "Print to celluloid: From 'Kalvanin Kadhali' and 'Mullum Malaram' to 'Ponniyin Selvan'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Shivakumar, S. (31 January 1982). "Suhasini: A Shoba in the making". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ace Tamil film director Mahendran, who helmed iconic Rajini movies, dies". The Federal. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ↑ "Nandu Tamil Super 7 Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ↑ Vamanan (11 December 2017). "கலைமாமணி வாமனனின் 'நிழலல்ல நிஜம்' – 106 | இந்தியில் பாடிய தமிழ் சினிமா அன்று முதல் இன்று வரை!". Dinamalar (in தமிழ்). Nellai. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ Mahendran (2013) [2004]. சினிமாவும் நானும் [Cinema and Me] (in Tamil). Karpagam Publications. p. 344.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "பார்த்தது படித்தது ரசித்தது – சுதாங்கன் – 1–12–19". Dinamalar (in தமிழ்). Nellai. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "மகேந்திரனின் நெஞ்சத்தைக் கிள்ளாதே: மோகன்- சுகாசினி அறிமுகம்". Maalai Malar (in தமிழ்). 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2021.