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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[K. Balachander]]<br />
| producer = Muthaiah<br />Arunachalam<br />
| screenplay = K. Balachander<br />
| story = Madhusudhan<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Gemini Ganesan]]|[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]|[[Major Sundarrajan]]|[[Kumari Padmini]]|[[S. V. Sahasranamam]]}}<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = N. Balakrishnan<br />
| editing = N. R. Kittu<br />
| studio = Rathnasabapathi Films<br />
| released = {{film date|1972|1|12|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 158 minutes<ref name="Dharap">{{Cite book |last=Dharap |first=B. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cEzAQAAIAAJ&q=Kanna+Nalama+balachander |title=Indian Films |publisher=Allied Publishers |year=1973 |pages=6}}</ref><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Kanna Nalama''''' ({{Translation|Are you well, darling?}})<ref name="Dharap" /> is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language]] film, written and directed by [[K. Balachander]]. The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], with [[Major Sundarrajan]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] and [[V. S. Raghavan]] in supporting roles. It was released on 12 January 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=கண்ணா நலமா / Kanna Nalama (1972) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/kanna-nalama |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118181144/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kanna-nalama |archive-date=18 November 2023 |access-date=23 June 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The movie features Gemini and Jeyathi, initially a childless couple. After several years of prayers they were blessed with a boy. While Jeyanthi was in the hospital for delivery, an earthquake occurs and her baby Raju is confused with another, Babu. One day when Gemini goes from Trichy to Madras for a meeting with his boss Major Sundarrajan, Sundarrajan claimed that Gemini resembled his own son. At first he doubts his wife and then Gemini found that their children were exchanged. Sundarrajan came to Gemini's house to exchange their children. At first they did not accept but finally agreed to exchange. When Babu comes to meet his mother, he is killed in a car accident. The Sundarans then kept Raju.<br />
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After Raju went with his father he found he was unable to live with them. He falls sick and Jeyanthi loses her memory. Doctors are unable to help him and ask his mother to come. As soon as Jeyathi arrives, Raju is cured and Sundaran's family sends Raju to Gemini and Jeyanthi.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Gemini Ganesan]] as Anand<br />
* [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]] as Seetha<br />
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Sattanathan<br />
* [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] as Sattanathan's Family Doctor<br />
* [[Kumari Padmini]] as Santha<br />
* [[M. R. R. Vasu]] as Manorama's Husband<br />
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as K. Manorama<br />
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Lawyer<br />
*[[Master Prabhakar]] as Mani<br />
*[[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as House rent collector<br />
* Hari Krishnan as Doctor<br />
* G. Dhanapal<br />
* I. S. R.<br />
* R. R. Gopal<br />
* Gemini Mahalingam<br />
* Aaraavamudhan<br />
* Subbiah<br />
* Thangaraj<br />
* Master Sekar<br />
* Master Ramu as Jayanthi's Son<br />
* Master Viswesvar Rao as Mani<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], with lyrics by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Songs from KANNA NALAMA (1972) |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kanna-nalama-17532/songs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118181533/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kanna-nalama-17532/songs |archive-date=18 November 2023 |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singers<br />
|-<br />
| "Naan Ketten" || [[P. Susheela]]<br />
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| "Petredutha Ullam" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. Susheela]]<br />
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| "Pakkathu Rajavukku" || [[L. R. Eswari]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''Film World'' gave the film a favourable review, appreciating the writing and direction of Balachander.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1972 |editor-last=Ramachandran |editor-first=T. M. |title=Kanna Nalama |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnhTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22kanna+nalama%22 |access-date=November 29, 2025 |magazine=Film World |page=46}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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{{K. Balachander}}<br />
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[[Category:1972 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1972 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1972 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Balachander]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]<br />
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