En Annan
| En Annan | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Pa.Neelakandhan |
| Produced by | T. Govindarajan |
| Written by | Sornam |
| Starring |
M. G. Ramachandran Jayalalithaa M. N. Nambiar S. A. Ashokan R. Muthuraman |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | V. Ramamoorthy |
| Edited by | C. P. Jambulingam |
Production company |
Venus Pictures |
| Distributed by | Venus Pictures |
Release dates |
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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.
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
The Telugu version is Poola Rangadu (24 November 1967). It 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.
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
| Tracklist[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". 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.
External links
En Annan at the Internet Movie Database