Nandu (film)
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Official DVD Box Cover | |
Directed by | J. Mahendran |
Produced by | S. Dakshnamoorthy |
Written by | J. Mahendran |
Starring |
Suresh Ashwini Kumarimuthu Venniradai Moorthy Rajasekhar Rajendra Prasad T.M Samikannu Senthamarai Archana S.N. Parvathi Sivagami Vanitha Kutty Padmini |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja[1] |
Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
Edited by | A. Paul Duraisingh |
Production company |
Rangaraj Creations |
Distributed by | Rangaraj Creations |
Release date | 17 April 1981 |
Running time | 110 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Nandu (English: Crab) is a 1981 Tamil feature film written and directed by J. Mahendran. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilayaraja.[2]
Plot
Ram Kumar Sharma is a sickly person living in Lucknow in a large family. He suffers from asthma and does not like the behavior of his autocratic father but is deeply attached to his loving mother. Unable to get along with his father who compels him to marry a girl of his choice, the protagonist leaves for Chennai. He finds a job there and meets Seetha (Ashwini). Once settled, he goes around looking for a house with the help of house broker - Kumari Muthu. Incidentally, he finds Seetha residing as a tenant in a portion under the very same house. He likes the portion and agrees to start living there.
The lives of the girls who live in portions of the large house are brightened by the appearance of the engineer from Lucknow. Of them, two of them try to impress Sharma. One of them is the house owner's daughter, while the other is Seetha. Eventually, he ends up marrying Seetha.
Nandu - The significance of the title "Nandu" is not known until the climax of the story. Nandu means crab in Tamil. The protagonist plays an asthma patient in the movie.
Cast
- Suresh as Ramkumar Sharma
- Aswini as Seetha
- Venniradai Moorthy as Singa Muth
- Vanitha as Uma
- Kutty Padmini as Lakshmi
- Senthamarai
- T.M Samikannu as Arunachalam
- S. N. Parvathi as Uma's mother
- Kumari Muthu as House broker
Soundtrack
Lyrics are written by Gangai Amaran (Tamil), Madukkur Kannan( Yaar Kannan) (Tamil) and P. B. Srinivas (Hindi) and scored by Ilayaraja.
No. | Title | Singers | Lyrics |
1 | Paaduthamma Kaatril Alaikal | Bhupinder Singh | |
2 | Alli thantha Bhoomi | Malaysia Vasudevan | |
3 | Kaise Kahoon Kuch Kahna Sakoon | Bhupinder Singh, S. Janaki | P. B. Sreenivas |
4 | Manjal Veyil Maalai Itta Poove | Uma Ramanan | |
5 | Hum Hai Akele | S. Janaki |
References
- ↑ Nandu, Oosai, archived from the original on 28 October 2008, retrieved 29 October 2008
- ↑ "NANDU - Film / Movie". www.citwf.com.