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{{Infobox film
| name = Idhaya Veenai
| image = Idhaya Veenai.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Krishnan–Panju]]
| producer = S. Maniyan<br />Vidwan V. Lakshmanan
| writer = Swornam
| starring = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]]<br />[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
| music = [[Shankar-Ganesh]]
| cinematography = A. Shanmugham
| editing = M. Umanath
| studio = Udhayam Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|10|20}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2011 |title=எம்.ஜி.ஆர். நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/MGR_Cinema.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20181114041813/http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/MGR_Cinema.jsp |archive-date=14 November 2018 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=Ithayakkani |language=ta}}</ref>
| runtime = 146 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Idhaya Veenai''''' ({{Translation|The Heart's [[Veena]]}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film, directed by [[Krishnan–Panju|R. Krishnan and S. Panju]], starring [[M. G. Ramachandran]] in the lead role, with [[Lakshmi]], [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]], [[Sivakumar]], [[M. N. Nambiar]] and [[M. G. Chakrapani]] among others. It ran more than 100 days in Chennai, Madurai and Trichy. It became super hit at the box office

== Plot ==
Somewhere in [[Chennai]], several years previously, a young Sundaram was driven away from home by Sivaraman, his father, a severe lawyer.

Sivaraman denies his son. Sundaram makes a promise to his father, that one day, he will beg him to recognize him.

He currently lives in the [[Kashmir]] as a tourist guide.

When he finds Nalini, his younger sister, in the middle of a group of students, Sundaram decides to go back home, to gain knowledge of her and help the situation.

But at the beginning, he incurs only troubles, in particular, with Kirymani, the lover of Nalini and Annamalai, a man with a double life.

== Cast ==

'''The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned'''.

{| class="wikitable" width="72%"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
|-
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]] ||Sundaram
|-
| [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] ||Nalini
|-
| [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]]||Vimala
|-
| [[Sivakumar]] ||Giri
|-
| [[M. N. Nambiar]] ||Annamalai
|-
| [[M. G. Chakrapani]] ||Sivaraman
|-
| [[R. S. Manohar]] ||Karmegam
|-
| [[Thengai Srinivasan]] ||K. Muthu alias Kali Muthu
|-
| [[Poornam Viswanathan]] ||Kumarswamy, Vimala's father
|-
|[[A. Sakunthala]]||Vasantha, Annamalai's young sister
|-
|[[G. Sakunthala]]||Mangalam, Sivaraman's wife
|-
| [[Sachu]] ||Karmegam's daughter
|-
| [[Master Sekhar]] ||Young Sundaram
|-
| [[Master Prabhakar]] ||Young K. Muthu
|-
|[[Ennatha Kannaiya]]
|snake charmer
|-
|[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
|Patient's brother
|-
| [[Isari Velan]] ||The seller of Masala [[Vada (food)|Vadai]]
|-
|}

== Production ==
Parts of ''Idhaya Veenai'' were shot in [[Kashmir]].{{sfn|Kannan|2017|pp=158, 167}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-23 |title=New Kashmir beckons Kodambakkam arc lights |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/new-kashmir-beckons-kodambakkam-arc-lights/ |access-date=2020-10-12 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Shankar-Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idhaya Veenai (1972) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0001431 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/eCLQ |archive-date=17 Sep 2012 |access-date=2014-06-09 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Kashmir Beautiful" attained popularity.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 August 2016 |title=Crooning TMS' Kashmir |work=[[Business Line]] |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/crooning-tms-kashmir/article8969790.ece |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref> Veena player Raghavan was initially approached to play the veena, but declined due to scheduling conflicts; his son R. Parthasarathy signed on instead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2014 |title='My Heart is in Film Music' |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/dec/09/My-Heart-is-in-Film-Music-691994.html |access-date=2020-10-12}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Aanandham Indru" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=4|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 03:28
|-
| 2 || "Kashmir Beautiful" || T. M. Soundararajan || 07:28
|-
| 3 || "Neeraadum" || [[P. Susheela]] || 03:29
|-
| 4 || "Oru Vaalum" || T. M. Soundararajan || 03:38
|-
| 5 || "Pon Andhi" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela || [[Pulamaipithan]] || 05:49
|-
| 6 || "Thirunirai Selvi" || T. M. Soundararajan || [[Vaali (poet) |Vaali]] || 04:14
|}

== Release ==
''Idhaya Veenai'' was released on 20 October 1972, Ramachandran's first release since his expulsion from the political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kantha |first=Sachi Sri |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=27 December 2019 |title=MGR Remembered – Part 54 {{!}} An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Kannan |first=R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mclDwAAQBAJ |title=MGR: A Life |date=28 June 2017 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-93-86495-88-4 |location=New Delhi}}

== External links ==
{{IMDb title|id=0233913}}
{{Krishnan-Panju}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Films directed by Krishnan–Panju]]

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