Antha Ezhu Naatkal

Antha Ezhu Naatkal
Directed by K. Bhagyaraj
Produced by G.Thyagarajan
M.Nachiappan
P. S. Jayaraman
Written by K. Bhagyaraj
Starring K. Bhagyaraj
Ambika
Khaja Sharif
Rajesh
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography P. Ganesh Pandian
Edited by R. Bhaskaran
Production
company
Srini Creations
Sathya Jyothi Films
Release date
 26 October 1981[1]
Country India
Language Tamil

Antha Ezhu Naatkal (lit. Those Seven Days) is a 1981 Tamil language film. Directed by and starring K. Bhagyaraj, the film follows the life and ambitions of the hero, Palakkad Madhavan played by K. Bhagyaraj and his sidekick Gopi (child actor Khaja Sharif).

The movie was a great hit and very well received by the public.[2] It was remade in Telugu as Radha Kalyanam,[3] in Hindi as Woh Saat Din,[4] and in Kannada as Love Maadi Nodu.[5]

Plot

The story starts off with Vasanthi (Ambika) and Dr. Anand's (Rajesh) marriage. On their wedding night Vasanthi attempts suicide and is saved by Dr. Anand. He then inquires about her past. Vasanthi tells him of her failed love affair with Palakkad Madhavan (Bhagyaraj). Palakkad Madhavan is a poor Brahmin, naive, honest, aspiring music director with a huge family back home to support. His assistant Gopi is a kid wise beyond his age who has the knack of surviving in a big town. They move into an upper portion of the house where Vasanthi lives with her grandfather, mother, sister and a disabled brother. Initially Vasanthi sympathises with Madhavan's unfortunate financial situation but eventually falls for his naive innocence and integrity in spite of his difficulties. Madhavan initially refuses Vasanthi's advances fearing her family and his financial inability to support her but eventually accepts her love.

While their love is blossoming, Vasanthi's parents get a proposal for Vasanthi from a wealthy widower who wants to marry a middle-class lady who would take care of his daughter and be a good daughter-in-law to his ailing mother. Vasanthi's grandfather and mother decide to marry her to the doctor. Vasanthi refuses the proposal and decides to get married to Madhavan at a temple the next day. Her family and other people from her neighbourhood injure Madhavan and force Vasanthi into a marriage with Dr. Anand. She explains to Dr. Anand that she is unable to change her heart and accept him as her husband.

Hearing of Vasanthi's past, Dr. Anand decides that she should reunite with her lover and he will help her do that. He asks her to stay in his house for a week as his terminally ill mother is counting her last days. Vasanthi agrees to this while Anand is looking for Madhavan in Kerala and in Madras. During her seven-day stay with Dr. Anand, she starts interacting with him, his mother, his daughter. When her husband finds and brings Madhavan to take Vasanthi with him, she refuses to go and decides to stay with her husband. The movie ends with Bhagyraj's famous line "my lover can become your wife but your wife can never become my lover. That is our culture".

Cast

Production

The story of Antha Ezhu Naatkal was inspired by the life of veteran comedian Chandrababu.[6] The film was produced by T. G. Thyagarajan for Sathya Jyothi Films and Srini Creations.[7] Chandrababu's real life marriage had failed after his wife revealed to him that she was in love with someone else similar to Rajesh's character in the story.[6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Enni Irundhadhu"Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani JayaramVairamuthu4:42
2"Kavithai Arangerum"Jayachandran, S. JanakiKuruvikkarambai Shanmugam4:37
3"Sapthaswara"Jayachandran, S. Janaki4:48
4"Swararaaga"Jayachandran, Vani JayaramKannadasan4:24
5"Thendraladhu Unnidathil"Jayachandran, S. Janaki4:52

Remakes

Year Film Language Cast Director
1981 Radha Kalyanam Telugu Chandra Mohan, Radhika, Sarath Babu Bapu
1983 Woh Saat Din Hindi Anil Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Naseeruddin Shah Bapu
1989 Love Maadi Nodu Kannada Kashinath, Dinesh, Srilatha, Shridhar, Master Manjunath A Subramanyam

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mellisaimannar.in/Nostallgia.html
  2. ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (15 February 1984). "K. Bhagyaraj; The reigning king in the world of Madras film Hollywood". India Today. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
  4. ↑ Jeshi, K. (25 December 2010). "Of wit and humour". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ↑ https://kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/love-madi-nodu-1989/
  6. 1 2 Raman, Mohan (18 June 2016). "Mandapam to moviedom". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "A saga of success". The Hindu. 15 September 2006. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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