En Annan
| En Annan | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Pa.Neelakandhan |
| Produced by | T. Govindarajan |
| Written by | Sornam |
| Starring | |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | V. Ramamoorthy |
| Edited by | C. P. Jambulingam |
Production company |
Venus Pictures |
| Distributed by | Venus Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
En Annan (English: My Elder Brother), is a 1970 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by Pa.Neelakandhan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role and J. Jayalalitha, M. N. Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan, Cho Ramaswamy among others. In the year 1970, it was one of the super hit movie of MGR and ran 100 days in Chennai, Madurai and Trichy.
The film is a remake of Telugu movie Poola Rangadu (24 November 1967) which was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, with A.N.R. and Jamuna.
The 2 movies that are loosely based on A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place.
Plot
At the end of the 60s, in the Tamil Country...
Ranga (MGR) is the heroic elder brother of this story.
His father Velappan (T. K. Bagavathy), was a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Karunagaran (S.M.Thirupadhisamy).
He is sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit.
Ranga, only since, works hard to get his sister Thangam (Vijaya Nirmala) educated.
She marries a doctor, Murali (R. Muthuraman), who happens to be Karunagaran's son.
When he finds out she is Velappan's daughter, he leaves her.
Ranga is enraged and beats Nagappan (Thengai Srinivasan), Vaalee (Jayalalitha) 's brother, who informs Murali.
Ranga is sent to jail.
There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out.
Once Ranga is released, he earns the goodwill of the other two partners, Nayagum (M. N. Nambiar) and Dharmaraj (S. A. Ashokan), and finally exposes them.
Velappan is released, Ranga marries his lover Vaalee and Murali takes Thangam back.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| M. G. Ramachandran | as Ranga (alias Rangan), The Elder Brother |
| J. Jayalalitha | as Vaalee Ammal, Ranga 's lover |
| M. N. Nambiar | as Nayagum |
| S. A. Ashokan | as Dharmaraj |
| Cho Ramaswamy | as Putchy, Nayagum 's son |
| R. Muthuraman | as The doctor Murali |
| T. K. Bagavathy[2] | as Velappan, Ranga and Thangam 's father |
| Thengai Srinivasan | as Nagappan, Vaalee 's elder brother |
| Yenethai Kannaiya | as Ponnaiya, the police constable |
| Master Sekhar | as Ranga, child |
| Vijaya Nirmala | as Thangam, Ranga 's sister |
| Geethanjali[3] | as Geetha, Dharmaraj 's daughter |
| Sundari Bai | as Baby, Dharmaraj 's wife |
| S. N. Lakshmi | as Murali 's mother |
| Shanmugha Sundhari[4] | as Ponnaiya 's wife |
| Baby Sridevi | as Thangam, child |
| S.M.Thirupadhisamy[5] | as Karunagaran, Murali 's father |
Around the movie
Loosely based on A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place, 1953.
The greatest actor of Bengali cinema Uttam Kumar in Sabar Uparey, 1955 directed by Agradoot.
2 years later, in 1957 Sydney Lumet turns for the American television show Beyond This Place with Farley Granger.
Kala Pani, in 1958, with the India's Gregory Peck, Dev Anand. Directed by Raj Khosla.
Beyond This Place (The America version : Web of Evidence) is a 1959 British film based on the novel. It was directed by Jack Cardiff with Van Johnson.
The Telugu version is Poola Rangadu (24 November 1967). It was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, with A.N.R. and Jamuna.
In 1972, Adurthi Subba Rao remades in Hindi language, Jeet with Randhir Kapoor.
In EN ANNAN, in approximately 21.55 minutes, we can hear for 47 seconds, the instrumental piece, Mexican Shuffle from the album South of the Border (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album) (in October 1964) consisted by the big Herb Alpert. In the screen, the actress Geethanjali and the actor Cho Ramaswamy wiggle above...
6 years later, takes out under the same banner, the Venus Pictures, an other thriller film Oorukku Uzhaippavan directed by M.Krishnan with MGR.
Songs
| Track list[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Nenjam Undu" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan (Solo) | 3.27 |
| 2. | "Neela Niram" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan & S. Janaki | 4.24 |
| 3. | "Kannukku Theriyada" | Vaali | P. B. Srinivas & L. R. Eswari | 4.06 |
| 4. | "Kondai Oru Pakkam" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | 4.09 |
| 5. | "Kadavul Yen Kallanar" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan | 3.19 |
| 6. | "Aayiram Ennam Kondu" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | 5.51 |
| 7. | "Aasai Iruku" | Kannadasan & Venkatachalam | T. M. Soundararajan & L. R. Eswari | 3.36 |
| 8. | "Nenjam Undu" | Kannadasan | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | 3.27 |
References
- ↑ "En Annan". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ↑ https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/t-k-bhagavathi/
- ↑ https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/geethanjali/
- ↑ https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/shunmugasundari/
- ↑ https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/thiruppathi-sami/
- ↑ "En annan songs". Retrieved 13 May 2012.