Idhayakkani

Idhayakkani
Tamil இதயக்கனி
Directed by A. Jagannathan
Produced by R. M. Veerappan
Written by S. Jagadeesan
Screenplay by R. M. Veerappan
Story by Poovai Krishnan
Starring
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography N. Balakrishnan
Edited by
  • Krishnan
  • Sundaram
Production
company
Distributed by Sathya Movies
Release date
 22 August 1975[1]
Running time
 160 mins
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹ 1crore
Box office ₹ 4crores

Idhayakkani (The Fruit of the Heart), is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Pandari Bai, R. S. Manohar and Radha Saluja among others enacting supporting roles.

The film was directed by A. Jagannathan, produced by R. M. Veerappan under his banner Sathiya Movies and had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.

The film was the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, running for 150 days in theatres.[2]

Plot

IDHAYAKKANI is the story of a kind-hearted Mohan (MGR) whose theory of life is 'equality'. Mohan practices equality by sharing the income of his estate with his labourers equally. He has another passion of serving country, so that he has joined police force as an officer. He meets a needy girl Lakshmi (Radha Saluja), and on the advice of elderly and domestic help, he permits her to stay in his house. Toungues start wagging and Mohan decides to marry Lakshmi. However, his happiness is short-lived. He gets the shock of his life when he comes to know that his wife is involved in the murder of a leading scientist. What is the truth? Did Lakshmi really murdered the scientist or she is innocent? If so, then who is the culprit? How does Mohan finds the truth? That's the plot of the movie.

Cast

ActorRole
M. G. Ramachandranas Mohan (Sekhar, M.G.Red), a police officer from Madras and a big landowner of Sathiya Coffee Estate Mohan
Radha Salujaas Lakshimi alias Mâla
R. S. Manoharas Albert
Thengai Srinivasanas Rangarajan (Julie), a police constable : C.I.D. 201
C. R. Parthibhanas Inspector
K. Kannan[3]as Kannan, Albert 's hired man
V. Gopalakrishnanas Madhavarav, police officer, responsible for the branch criminal of Bangalore
S.V.Ramdassas Dass, a hired man
Isari Velanas Isari, Mohan 's personal secretary
Vennira Aadai Nirmalaas a female singer, "Hello lover mister Right...", "Thotta idam ellam..."
Pandari Baias Mohan 's mother
Rajasulochanaas Lily, reponsable of Dance Club of India
S. V. Subbaiah[4] (Guest Appearance)as Ponnuswamy, Mogan 's supervisor of Sathiya Coffee Estate Mogan
P. S. Veerappa (Guest Appearance)as Uncle John
V. S. Raghavan (Guest Appearance)as The judge
Shakti Prasad (Guest Appearance)as Dharma Prakash, an atomic power scientist
Rathna[5] (Guest Appearance)as Kamala, a picker from Mohan 's Sathiya Coffee Estate Mohan, "Neega Nallairukkanum..."

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

Soundtrack

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[6][7]

Track listing[8]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Neenga Nalla Irukkanam (Thenagamam Inbath thirunattil)"PulamaipithanSeerkazhi Govindarajan, T. M. Soundararajan & S. Janaki06:21
2."Inbame Undhan Per"PulamaipithanT. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela04:56
3."Ondrum Ariyatha (Punnaigaiyl Kodi)"VaaliT. M. Soundararajan04:39
4."Hello Lover Mister Right"Randarkai (alias Randor Guy)[9]Usha Uthup04:42
5."Ithazhe Ithazhe"VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Ramola04:31
6."Thotta Idam Ellam (Azhagai Vallarpom)"Na.Kamarassan[10][11]T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela & Saï Baba04:42

Around the movie

The director A.Jaganadhan (B.A.) (26 November 1935, Tirupur - 7 October 2012, Coimbatore) started off as an assistant to T. Prakash Rao (already in MGR 's PADAGOTTI, 1964) and later worked under Pa.Neelakandhan (from 1967, with MGR 's KAAVALKAARAN) and for 12 films, most of them starring MGR.

He made his directorial debut through MANI PAYAL, in 1973.

It was MGR who inaugurated the first show of MANI PAYAL at Chennai's then Midland theatre.

Two years later, it was the MGR film IDHAYAKKANI (under the famous Sathiya Movies production, the sixth and the last one of the series, with MGR) that turned to be the biggest break of his career.

The first ones were, (under the Sathiya Movies production) : (DHEIVA THAAI on 18 July 1964), (NAAN AANAIYTTAL on 4 February 1966), (KAAVALKAARAN on 7 September 1967), (KANNAN EN KADHALAN on 25 April 1968), (RICKSHAWKARAN on 29 May 1971) and well - heard (IDHAYAKKANI on 22 August 1975).

The scenes of fight of this MGR's movie were directed by the veteran stunt master N. Shankar[12]

It was for the great classic singer, "Isaimani" Sirkazhi Govindarajan, the last song of a soundtrack for MGR's movie.

The film is known for political dialogues and songs.

In 2009 for the composition of the soundtrack of the movie of the Tamil star, the actor Vijayakanth, MARIYADHAI, the music director Vijay Antony remixed the title "Inbame Undhan Per".

This piece was interpreted by the couple Udit Narayan and Mahathi accompanied with Puram.

The actor Chanmugham Sundharam[13] who plays in the last MGR, MADHURAIYAI MEETTA SUNDHARAPANDIYAN, is present also in IDHAYAKKANI.

References

  1. ↑ "Idhayakkani". mgrblog. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  2. ↑ "Idhayakkani Records". mgrblog. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  3. ↑ "K.Kannan". 30 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "S.V.Subbaiah". 13 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rathna". 27 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Idhaykkani Songs". raaga. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Idhayakkani Songs". tamiltunes. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  8. ↑ "Meenava Nanban songs". Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Guy, Randor (16 April 2016). "Idhayakkani (1975)" – via www.thehindu.com.
  10. ↑ "கவியரசு நா. காமராசன் நேர்காணல்". www.nakkheeran.in.
  11. ↑ "Makkal thilagam mgr part 4".
  12. ↑ "6%255B5%255D.jpg (image)". lh5.ggpht.com.
  13. ↑ "Shunmugasundaram". 13 August 2013.

5. ithayakkani magazine

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