Nadu Iravil
| Nadu Iravil | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Produced by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Written by | Ve. Laxmanan |
| Story by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Starring |
Sundaram Balachandar Major Sundararajan Pandari Bai Sowcar Janaki |
| Music by |
Sundaram Balachandar D. B. Ramachandran (Background Music) |
| Cinematography | K. V. S. Reddy |
| Edited by | K. Govindasamy |
Production company |
Vahini Studios |
| Distributed by | S. B. Creations |
Release dates | 1970 |
Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nadu Iravil (English: In the middle of the night) is a 1970 Indian Tamil crime thriller film directed and produced by Sundaram Balachander. The film story were written by Ve. Laxmanan and dialogue written by Balachander, who also composed the music.[1] It is loosely based on Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers.[2][3][4]
Cast
- Sundaram Balachandar as Dr. Saravanan
- Sowcar Janaki as Ragini
- Cho Ramaswamy as
- V. R. Thilagam as Leela (Ranga Rajan's Wife)
- M.S.S.Pakkiyam as Neelamegham's wife
- E.R.Sahadevan as Neelamegham
- K.Vijayan as Aravindhan (Vadivambal elder son)
- V. S. Raghavan as Jambulingam (Dhayanandam's younger brother/blind man)
- Sadhan as Kalyam (Aravindan's younger brother)
- Kottappuli Jayaraman as Joseph (Dhayanandam's house maid)
- Maali alias Mahalingam (Mohanambal's Son)
- S.N.Lakshmi as Vadivambal (Dhayanandam's Sister)
- C.V.V.Banthulu as Somanathan
- Kalpana as Anu Radha (Neelamegham's Daughter)
- Major Sundararajan as Dhayanandam
- S.R.Janaki as Mohanambal (Dhayanandam's Sister)
- Pandari Bai as Ponni (Dhayanandam's wife)
- Ramanujam as Mottiyan
- V.Gopalakrishnan as Ranga Rajan (Somanathan's Son-in-law/Leela's husband)
- Saroja as Pankajam (Mottiyan Daughter)
Production and release
After the success of Bommai (1964), Sundaram Balachander made Nadu Iravil the same year. It was based on the 1939 novel And Then There Were None (also known as Ten Little Niggers) by the British writer Agatha Christie. Though he completed the film in 1964-1965, no distributor was willing to buy the film, forcing Balachander to finance and distribute the film himself; Nadu Iravil was eventually released in 1970 and became a major success, prompting several distributors who earlier rejected the film, to return and beg Balachander for distributing it.[5]
Soundtrack
| Nadu Iravil | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Sundaram Balachandar | |
| Released | 1970 |
| Recorded | 1970 |
| Genre | Sareegama |
| Length | 21:01 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Producer | Sundaram Balachandar |
Music composed by Sundaram Balachander and lyrics written by Ve. Laxmanan.
| No | Song | Singer | Lyrics | Length(m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kann Kattum Jadaiyile | P. Suseela | Ve. Laxmanan | 06:11 |
| 2 | Kann Kattum Jadiyile (pathos) | 07:00 | ||
| 3 | Naalu Pakkam Yeri | L. R. Eswari | 04:27 | |
| 4 | Naalu Pakkam Yeri-2 | 03:23 |
References
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/panchathantram-1974/article6452869.ece
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article1436117.ece
- ↑ "Nadu Iravil". In.com India. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ "Nadu Iravil". spicyonion. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ Sampath 2012.
Bibliography
- Sampath, Vikram (2012). Voice of the Veena, S. Balachander: A Biography. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-81-291-1936-0.
- https://wrongtamilcinema.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/100-must-watch-tamil-films-before-you-die/