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| Directed by | S. S. Balan
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| Produced by | S. S. Balan |
| Starring | R. Muthuraman Manjula Vijayakumar Jayanthi V.S. Raghavan Lokesh
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| Music by | V. Kumar
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| Country | India |
| Language | Template:Ubl
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Ellorum Nallavare (Template:Translation) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by S. S. Balan. It is a remake of the 1974 Kannada film Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu.[1] It was simultaneously produced in Telugu and Hindi languages as Andaroo Manchivare (Template:Translation) and Ek Gaon Ki Kahani (Template:Translation). The trilingual was the last production of Gemini Studios; except for the Telugu version, it emerged a box-office bomb and led to the studio's collapse.
Plot
The story line includes characters like a greedy moneylender and his repentant son, a good Samaritan, who is a victim of the unscrupulous moneylender, his son, the enmity that springs up, romance thrown in for good measure, the fury unleashed by a remorseless nature, and the terrible wages that evil earns.
Production
Ellorum Nallavare was produced and directed by S. S. Balan.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn It was the final film produced under the Gemini Studios banner.[2][3] It was a trilingual,[4] produced in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.[5] The Telugu version was titled Andaroo Manchivare,[6] and the Hindi version was titled Ek Gaon Ki Kahani.[7]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by V. Kumar.[8][9]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
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| 1 | "Sivappukkal" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | Kannadasan |
| 2 | "Padaithaane Bramma Devan" | S. P. Balasubramaniyan | Panchu Arunachalam |
| 3 | "Yamma Kannu" | S. P. Balasubramaniyan | Panchu Arunachalam |
| 4 | "Pagai Konda Ullam" | K. J. Yesudas | Pulamaipithan |
Reception
Ellorum Nallavare was a box office bomb,Template:Sfn[10] and led to the collapse of Gemini Studios.[4] Ek Gaon Ki Kahani too did not succeed, but the Telugu version did.[11]
References
- ↑ http://www.mayyam.com/talk/archive/index.php/t-11002-p-7.html
- ↑ தேவரை தியேட்டருக்கு வரவழைத்த வாசன்! ( தமிழ்சினிமா முன்னோடிகள்: தொடர் -14). Ananda Vikatan(2 November 2015). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Tamil Cinema{{#if:Pillai|, Pillai}. SAGE Publications(2015)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fourteen Years with Boss{{#if:Ashokamitran|, Ashokamitran}. Penguin Books(2016). ISBN 978-0-14-342329-4
- ↑ S S Balan was the doyen of Tamil journalism. Exchange4media(23 December 2014). Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ 1975 – The mother of all years, Bhaskar, Vijaya. Idlebrain(14 January 2006). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ EK GAON KI KAHANI (1975). British Film Institute. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ↑ Ellorum Nallavare. Saregama. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ Ellorum Nallavare — Single. iTunes. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ விகடன் எம்.டி பாலசுப்ரமணியம் காலமான தினமின்று ..., Raj, Michael. Nellai Times now(19 December 2017). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ↑ Tamil director Gautham Vasudev Menon making India's first trilingual film. The Economic Times(24 November 2011). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
Bibliography
- Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(1998). ISBN 0-19-563579-5