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| director = [[P. Madhavan]] | | director = [[P. Madhavan]] | ||
| writer = Balamurugan | | writer = Balamurugan | ||
| starring = [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br/>[[Rajinikanth]]<br/>[[Jaiganesh]]<br/>[[Latha (actress)|Latha]]<br/>[[Manjula Vijayakumar]]<br> M. S. Vasanthi | | starring = [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br />[[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Jaiganesh]]<br />[[Latha (actress)|Latha]]<br />[[Manjula Vijayakumar]]<br /> M. S. Vasanthi | ||
| producer = T. K. Gopinath | | producer = T. K. Gopinath | ||
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]] | | music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]] | ||
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| editing = R. Devarajan | | editing = R. Devarajan | ||
| studio = Abhirami | | studio = Abhirami | ||
| released = | | released = {{film date|1978|2|10|df=y}} | ||
| runtime = 112 Minutes | | runtime = 112 Minutes | ||
| language = Tamil | | language = Tamil | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Shankar Salim Simon''''' is a 1978 [[Tamil language|Tamil-language | '''''Shankar Salim Simon''''' is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[P. Madhavan]]. It stars [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Shankar, [[Jaiganesh]] as Salim and [[Rajinikanth]] as Simon. The film was inspired by the 1977 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'', and was released on 10 February 1978.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Name is Rajinikanth |last=Sreekanth |first=Gayathri |publisher=Om Books International |year=2008 |pages=370}}</ref> | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
The movie revolves around three men; Shankar, Salim and Simon who take the responsibility of reforming the society. Simon ([[Rajinikanth]]) and Salim ([[Jaiganesh]]) come from lower class, while Shankar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]) and his sister ([[Latha (actress)|Latha]]) are the children of (V. S. Raghavan), a corrupt businessman. Latha falls in love with Rajini, while Vijayakumar falls in love with [[Manjula Vijayakumar]] and Jaiganesh is already married. In different circumstances, Latha is forced to marry a man, but she runs away from him and lives with Rajini. The society goes against both Rajini and Latha and in the end, Latha explains about how worse the man she is married to and unites with Rajinikanth. | The movie revolves around three men; Shankar, Salim and Simon who take the responsibility of reforming the society. Simon ([[Rajinikanth]]) and Salim ([[Jaiganesh]]) come from lower class, while Shankar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]) and his sister ([[Latha (actress)|Latha]]) are the children of (V. S. Raghavan), a corrupt businessman. Latha falls in love with Rajini, while Vijayakumar falls in love with [[Manjula Vijayakumar]] and Jaiganesh is already married. In different circumstances, Latha is forced to marry a man, but she runs away from him and lives with Rajini. The society goes against both Rajini and Latha and in the end, Latha explains about how worse the man she is married to and unites with Rajinikanth. | ||
==Cast== | == Cast == | ||
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Shankar<ref name="Ramachandran" /> | *[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Shankar<ref name="Ramachandran" /> | ||
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*[[Y. G. Mahendra]] as Mahesh | *[[Y. G. Mahendra]] as Mahesh | ||
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Mariyamma | *[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Mariyamma | ||
*[[Peeli Sivam]] as Razak Bhai | *[[Peeli Sivam]] as Razak Bhai | ||
*Veeraghavan as Village people | *Veeraghavan as Village people | ||
*T. M. Samikannu as Villager | *T. M. Samikannu as Villager | ||
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== Production == | == Production == | ||
''Shankar Salim Simon'' was adapted from the 1977 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'', but only retained the concept of the three title characters belonging to different religions of India: [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]].<ref name="Ramachandran" | ''Shankar Salim Simon'' was adapted from the 1977 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'', but only retained the concept of the three title characters belonging to different religions of India: [[Hinduism in India|Hinduism]], [[Islam in India|Islam]] and [[Christianity in India|Christianity]].<ref name="Ramachandran" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.popmatters.com/from-amar-akbar-anthony-to-baahubali-whither-indian-cinemas-secularism-2495388065.html |title=From Amar Akbar Anthony to Baahubali: Whither Indian Cinema's Secularism? |last=Maderya |first=Kumuthan |date=23 June 2017 |work=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref> | ||
== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
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==References== | == References == | ||
{{ | {{reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name="Ramachandran">{{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=73–74 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{IMDb title|0354004}} | |||
{{P. Madhavan}} | {{P. Madhavan}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:1978 films]] | [[Category:1978 films]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]] | |||
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Indian films]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]] | [[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]] | ||