Periyar (2007 film)

Periyar
Periyar
	File:Periyar 2007 poster.jpg Poster
Directed by	Gnana Rajasekaran
Written by	Gnana Rajasekaran
Starring	Sathyaraj; Jyothirmayi; Khushbu Sundar; Swarnamalya; Vennira Aadai Nirmala
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Thangar Bachan
Edited by	B. Lenin
Production; company	Liberty Creations Limited
Release date	4 May 2007;
Running time	188 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Periyar is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language biographical film, made about the life of the social reformer and rationalist Periyar E. V. Ramasamy^[1] with Sathyaraj who himself is a rationalist in the lead role. This movie was partly funded by the then Tamil Nadu government headed by Karunanidhi. The film was dubbed in Telugu and released as Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker.

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The film details the life of Periyar right from childhood to his marriage to Nagammal to his pilgrimage to Kashi which changed his life where he understands the cruelty of the Caste System that only Brahmins are welcomed and he was refused meals at choultries which exclusively fed Brahmins forbidding other Hindu castes. Having starved severely, Periyar found no other better way than to enter a choultry disguises himself with the appearance of a Brahmin wearing a thread on his bare chest but it is found out and is disgusted with life in Kashi.^[2] Periyar returns and joins his father's business and later becomes the Chairman of the Erode Municipality. Later, which he resigns from this post and joins the freedom struggle. He becomes the President of Congress party of Madras Presidency. Later he quits the Congress party and joins the Justice Party. He goes on to format the DK. His role in the Anti-Hindi agitation and Vaikom struggle. His second marriage and the formation of the DMK. It covers his entire life till death.^[3]

Cast[edit]

Sathyaraj as Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Chandrasekhar as Ramanathan, Periyar's friend
Jyothirmayi as Nagammai
Khushbu Sundar as Maniammai
Manorama as Chinnathayamma, Ramasamy's mother
Kaikala Satyanarayana as Venkatappa Nayakkar, Ramasamy's father
S. S. Stanley as C. N. Annadurai
Mohan Ram as B. R. Ambedkar
M. R. R. Vasu as M. R. Radha
Vijay Adhiraj as K. Veeramani
Swarnamalya as Thanjavur Dancer
Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Moovalur Ramamirtham
Typist Gopu as Reporter
Madhan Bob
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ajay Rathnam
Ilavarasu

Music[edit]

The music for the film has been scored by Vidyasagar.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Kadavul Ulagathai Padaichaar"	Vairamuthu	Mathu Balakirushnan, Guru Charan, Muralitharan, Surya Prakash
2.	"Idai Thazhuvi Kola Jadai"	Vairamuthu	Priya Subramaniyan
3.	"Kadavula Ni Kallaa Melor"	Vairamuthu	Manicka Vinayagam, J.K.V.Roshini, Mathu Balakirushnan, Chandran
4.	"Thai Thai Thakka Arul Seiy"	Vairamuthu	Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam
5.	"Thaayum Yaaro Thanthai Yaaro"	Vairamuthu	K. J. Yesudas

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[1] Making of Periyar

[2] Periyar is path-breaking

[3] Periyar: New attempts in Tamil cinema

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