Ramu (1966 film)

Ramu
Directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar
Produced by M. Murugan
M. Kumaran
M. Saravanan
M. Balasubramanian
M. S. Guhan
Screenplay by Javar Seetharaman
Story by Kishore Kumar
Starring Gemini Ganesan
K. R. Vijaya
Master Rajkumar
Nagesh
S. A. Ashokan
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography T. Muthusamy
D. Rajagopal
Edited by R. G. Gopu
Production
company
Distributed by AVM Productions
Release date
  • 10 June 1966 (1966-06-10)
Running time
 150 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Ramu is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film features Gemini Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya and Master Rajkumar in lead roles. The film, produced by AVM Productions, had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is a remake of the Hindi film Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein. It was remade in Telugu with the same name starring N. T. Rama Rao and Jamuna.[1]

Cast

Production

Ramu was a remake of the Hindi film Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein which was enacted and directed by playback singer Kishore Kumar. Though the Hindi version was not commercially successful, A. V. Meiyappan still decided to remake it since he liked the script. Javar Seetharaman wrote the screenplay for the remake.[2]

Meiyappan and his team initially planned to cast Jaishankar and K. R. Vijaya but Gemini Ganesan expressed interest to do the film. Though the sons of Meiyappan were keen on casting Jaishankar, they were agreed with the choice of Ganesan. Contrary to the love based characters which he was known for at that point of career, Gemini enacted a depressed character in this film.[3] When the climax scene was shot at around the fire, child artist Rajkumar could not come from the fire as he was tied severely. Director Tirulokchandar jumped and saved the boy.[3] He was paid ₹40,000 for directing the film.[4] The final length of the film was 4,272 metres (14,016 ft).[3]

Soundtrack

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[5] The lyrics of all songs were penned by Kannadasan.

No.SongSingersLength (m:ss)
1"Pachai Maram Ontru (Happy)"P. Susheela
2"Kannan Vandhan"T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan05:27
3"Muthu Chippi"P. Susheela04:22
4"Nilave Ennidam"P. B. Sreenivas, P. Susheela04:42
5"Pachai Maram Ondru (Sad)"P. Susheela, P. B. Srinivas02:43

Release

Ramu was released on 10 June 1966.[6] There was a demand to remove the song "Nilave Ennidam" from the film as it was thought to be reducing the pace of the film. Meiyappan's son Kumaran refused to remove the song and explained its importance of the song to his father.[3] The song "Kannan Vandhaan" was well received and that became reason for huge success even in Kerala.[7] The film was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Saravanan 2013, p. 203.
  2. ↑ Dhananjayan, G. (15 August 2016). "Artistic amends – Flops a reservoir of hot story ideas". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dhananjayan 2014, p. 192.
  4. ↑ Saravanan 2013, pp. 188-189.
  5. ↑ "Ramu Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Saravanan 2013, p. 191.
  7. ↑ Dhananjayan 2014, pp. 192-193.
  8. ↑ மாதவன், பிரதீப் (4 November 2016). "தோல்விப் படத்திலிருந்து ஒரு வெற்றி" [A hit from a flop film]. The Hindu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

Bibliography

  • Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. Blue Ocean Publishers.
  • Saravanan, M. (2013). AVM 60 Cinema (in Tamil). Rajarajan Publications.
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