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Natpukkaga
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| Natpukaaga | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
| Written by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Story by | Jyothi Krishna |
| Starring | R. Sarathkumar Simran Vijayakumar Sujatha Manorama |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | Ashok Rajan |
| Edited by | K. Thanikachalam |
Production company | Sri Surya Movies |
| Distributed by | Sri Surya Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Natpukaaga (transl. For Friendship) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It starred R. Sarathkumar, Simran, Vijayakumar and Sujatha in the lead roles. It became a blockbuster upon release. The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil. Sarath Kumar won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor and K. S. Ravikumar, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film.
It was remade into Telugu by Ravikumar as Sneham Kosam (1999), and in Kannada as Diggajaru (2000).
Plot[edit]
Chinnayya (Sarath Kumar) works for an aged Landlord named Karunakaran aka Ayya (Vijayakumar) in a village in Coimbatore district. Chinnayya has great respect and affection towards Karunakaran and Karunakaran too takes care of Chinnayya and looks after him as his own son. Karunakaran is extremely wealthy and his family is hereditarily respected their village & surroundings. Karunakaran hates his eldest daughter Gowri (Sithara) and her husband Perusu (Mansoor Ali Khan) for unknown reasons. 15 years earlier, he had ostracized them and gave a large share of his then wealth to Gowri. Prabhavathy (Simran), Karunakaran's younger daughter, arrives at the village after completing her education in the United States of America. After a series of incidents, Prabhavathy begins to love Chinnayya but he does not reciprocate, thinking that this would be a betrayal to Karunakaran's trust in him. But eventually, Chinnayya too understands Prabhavathy's love and reciprocates.
One day, suddenly, Prabhavathy accuses Chinnayya of trying to rape her. This angers Karunakaran, and he slaps Chinnayya and sends him away from his home. At this time, Muthaiya (also Sarath Kumar), Chinnayya's father, is released from jail after 14 years and comes to meet Karunakaran. Muthaiya also worked under Karunakaran earlier and was a trusted aide, but Prabhavathy gets angry at seeing Muthaiya and asks him to leave the house because he had been jailed for murdering Karunakaran's wife Lakshmi (Sujatha). Prabhavathy also reveals that she staged a drama to send Chinnayya away from her father. Karunakaran is shocked knowing the truth and feels bad that he misunderstood Chinnayya, believing his daughter's deception.
Chinnayya deeply hates his father Muthaiya since childhood as he believes Muthaiaya killed Lakshmi for money. He refuses to accept his father into his house and Karunakaran is forced to come to his rescue, and tells Chinnayya the truth.
Muthaiya was a childhood friend and loyal servant in Karunakaran's home. Karunakaran and his family treat Muthaiya as one of their own, despite others disregarding Muthaiya due to his lower caste. Perusu is Lakshmi's younger who was then a simple farmer, and he has a younger brother, Chinnaraasu (Ranjith). Since Karunakaran does not want to send his daughter to a place far off, her wedding is arranged with Perusu, with an agreement that Perusu will stay in Gowri's home. On the day of the wedding, Lakshmi learns about Perusu's affair with another woman and decides to cancel the wedding; Perusu grievously injures Lakshmi, hides her in a room, and proceeds to the wedding stage. However, Muthaiya finds Lakshmi and learns the truth about Perusu. The wedding is over before he can prevent it, so he does not want Perusu to go to jail as that would impact Gowri's life. Lakshmi dies from her injuries, and Muthaiya admits that he had murdered her for money and is arrested by the police. This leads Gowri and Prabhavathy to hate him and his family. Karunakaran does not believe this, so he meets Muthaiya in jail and asks him for the truth. Muthaiya tells the truth to Karunakaran and is promised that Karunakaran will not reveal this truth to anyone else as Gowri would be alone then.
Karunakaran agrees but sends Perusu away from his home. Karunakaran brings the then-12 year old boy Chinnayya to his home to care for him and the entire family protests. Perusu alleges that Chinnayya may be an illegitimate son of Karunakaran, resulting in such deep affection. Deeply angered by these words, Karunakaran banishes his son-in-law. Gowri also leaves his home without knowing the truth and understanding her father.
The story returns to the present, and the wedding of Prabhavathy and Perusu's brother Chinnarasu is planned. On the wedding day, Perusu's mistress comes back with her brother saying that he wishes to marry Perusu's daughter. During this event, the truth about Lakshmi's death is revealed which is witnessed by Gowri. Perusu tries to kill Gowri so that the wedding would not stop and they can take all of Karunakaran's properties. But, Muthaiya comes to Gowri's aid and saves her. Gowri apologises to him for misunderstanding him as Lakshmi's murderer. Gowri reveals the truth to everybody during the wedding. Perusu then tries to stab Gowri with a sword but Muthaiya saves her but instead he gets stabbed. Perusu is killed by Chinnaraasu with the sword, who felt remorseful after discovering the truth that Perusu killed their own sister, Lakshmi. After learning the truth, Prabavathy apologises to Muthaiya and hands over her to Karunakaran and succumbs to his fatal wound. Before dying, Muthaiya tells Chinnaya to take care of Karunakaran. Karunakaran then cries in front of Muthaiya's dead body and also dies. The movie ends with the marriage of Chinnayya and Prabhavathy.
Cast[edit]
- Sarathkumar as Chinnaiya and Muthaiya (dual role)
- Simran as Prabhavathi
- Vijayakumar as Karunakaran/Ayya (Father of Prabhavathi& Gowri)
- Sujatha as Lakshmi (Mother of Prabhavathi & Gowri)
- Sithara as Gowri
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Gajapathy/Perusu (Gowri's husband, Lakshmi's first brother)
- Ranjith as Pasupathy/Sirusu (Lakshmi's second brother)
- R. Sundarrajan as Karunakaran's Kanakku Pillai
- Senthil as Kunnan (Karunakaran's home servant)
- Manorama as Muthaiya's mother, Chinnaiya's grandmother
- Manobala as Madurai, Perusu's Kanakku pillai
- Anu Mohan as Anu (Karunakaran's home car driver)
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as Selvaraj (Karunakaran's servant)
- Pallavi as Perusu's Mistress
- Crane Manohar as Village Farmer
- Anitha as Kamakshi (Kunnan's lover)
- Sridevi as Selvi, Gowri's daughter
- Kovai Senthil as Iyer
- Mahendran as Young Chinnaiya
- Hemalatha as Young Prabhavathi
- Kavithalaya Krishnan as Auto Driver (guest role)
- K. S. Ravikumar as Nondi Samiyar (guest role)
Production[edit]
Director K. S. Ravikumar initially approached Mammootty to play the lead role.[1] For reasons unknown, he declined the offer. Sarath Kumar was then chosen to play the lead. The team had initially considered Soundarya, Meena and then Keerthi Reddy to play the leading female role; their unavailability led to Simran being cast.[2] The film's story was written by Jothikrishna, son of producer AM Rathnam.[3]
Remakes[edit]
| Year | Film | Language | Cast | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sneham Kosam[4] | Telugu | Chiranjeevi, Meena | K. S. Ravikumar |
| 2000 | Diggajaru | Kannada | Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh | D. Rajendra Babu |
Soundtrack[edit]
There are 6 songs composed by Deva. Lyrics were by Kavignar Kalidasan.[5] Sarathkumar and Vijayakumar made their singing debut with this film, performing "Namma ayya romba nallavarungo".[6]
| S. No. | Songs | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Namma Aaya Nallvarungo" | Mano, Malaysia Vasudevan, Sarathkumar, Vijayakumar | Kalidasan |
| 2 | "Adikkira Kai Anaikkuma" | Harini | |
| 3 | "Chinna Chinna Mundhiriya" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | |
| 4 | "Garuda Garuda" | Krishnaraj, Sujatha | |
| 5 | "Meesaikkaara Nanbaa" | Deva | |
| 6 | "Meesakkaara Nanbaa" (Sad) | Krishnaraj |
References[edit]
- ↑ "K. S. Ravikumar | Peranbu Audio Launch". YouTube. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ "September 1998". chandrag.tripod.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ Kamath, Sudhish (28 December 2003). "Filmmaker with a difference". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "Movies: Madras calling". Rediff. 13 October 1998.
- ↑ "Natpukkaga Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ "Year highlights". Dinakaran. 1 January 1999. Archived from the original on 12 January 2001. Retrieved 29 August 2020.