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| released = {{film date|1978|2|10|df=y}} | | released = {{film date|1978|2|10|df=y}} | ||
| runtime = 112 | | runtime = 112 minutes | ||
| language = Tamil | | language = Tamil | ||
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'''''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 | '''''Shankar Salim Simon''''' is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[masala 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 web |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் {{!}} சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/globalmusic/rajini02.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622114535/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/globalmusic/rajini02.asp |archive-date=22 June 2022 |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=ta}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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Simon and Salim come from lower class, while Shankar and his sister are the children of a corrupt businessman. Latha falls in love with Simon, while Shankar falls in love with Alamelu and Salim is already married. In different circumstances, Latha is forced to marry a man, but she runs away from him and lives with Simon. The society goes against both Simon and Latha and in the end, Latha explains about how worse the man she is married to and unites with Simon. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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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 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 | | ''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 |last=Maderya |first=Kumuthan |date=23 June 2017 |title=From Amar Akbar Anthony to Baahubali: Whither Indian Cinema's Secularism? |work=[[PopMatters]] |url=https://www.popmatters.com/from-amar-akbar-anthony-to-baahubali-whither-indian-cinemas-secularism-2495388065.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922021333/https://www.popmatters.com/from-amar-akbar-anthony-to-baahubali-whither-indian-cinemas-secularism-2495388065.html |archive-date=22 September 2020}}</ref> | ||
== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] | All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shankar Saleem Simon Tamil Film EP VInyl Record by MS Viswanathan |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/shankar-saleem-simon-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ms-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629104457/https://macsendisk.com/product/shankar-saleem-simon-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ms-viswanathan/ |archive-date=29 June 2022 |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist|refs= | {{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- | <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-date=2012}}</ref> | ||
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{{P. Madhavan}} | {{P. Madhavan}} | ||
[[Category:1970s masala films]] | |||
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]] | [[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:1978 films]] | [[Category:1978 films]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]] | [[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]] | ||
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]] | [[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]] | ||