Moondrezhuthu
| Moondrezhuthu | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | T. R. Ramanna |
| Written by | T. N. Balu |
| Produced by | T. K. Ramarajan |
| Starring | Ravichandran Jayalalithaa Srividya Sheela |
| Cinematography | M. A. Rehmaan |
| Edited by | M. S. Mani |
| Music by | T. K. Ramamoorthy |
Production company | Sree Vinayaga Pictures |
Release date | 10 May 1968 |
Running time | 176 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Moondrezhuthu (transl. Three letters) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language crime film, directed by T. R. Ramanna, produced by T. K. Ramarajan and written by T. N. Balu. Music was by T. K. Ramamoorthy.[1] The film stars Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Srividya and Sheela.
Plot
The film revolves around a chest filled with valuable items and a handful of people competing for it. One character is a greedy old man with a long tuft (S. A. Asokan), whose daughter is the heroine Jayalalithaa. A manager (Major Sundararajan) is trusted with the chest which needs to be handed over to its legitimate claimants (Sriranjani Jr. and her suffering family). In his efforts to deliver the box to the rightful owners, he is forced to murder and is sent to jail. His son, the film's hero Ravichandran, to whom he narrates the events, buries the treasure in a village and writes down the clues to find it on three different pieces of paper, with three different Tamil letters, தி (Thi) மு (Mu) க (Ka). After many twists and turns, the three villains decipher that the Tamil letters are a clue to the name of the village where the box is buried&they end up going there. Now, the land is in the possession of a factory coming up in its place, and another villain (Manohar) also goes after the treasure by killing the others with heavy equipment. How the hero assisted by Nagesh deals with this forms the rest of the story. At the end, the villains are exposed and the box is handed over to its rightful owners. The lovers, Jayalalithaa and Ravichandran, are united too.[2]
Cast
- Ravichandran as Maran
- Jayalalithaa as Selvi
- Srividya as Malathi
- Sheela
- Major Sundarrajan
- Sedhupathy
- Sriranjani Jr
- Ennatha Kannaiya as Sukadi (Sumgling Gang Leader, Enemy role)
- C. L. Anandan as Maran (Duplicate role)
- R. S. Manohar as Karmegam (Enemy role)
- S. A. Ashokan as Rajarathnam Pillai (Sukadi Partner, Selvi Father)
- Ganthimathi as Selvi Mother
- O. A. K. Thevar
- Nagesh
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Suruli Rajan
- Vasanthi
- Kalavathi
- Master Prabhakar
Soundtrack
| Moondrezhuthu | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1968 |
| Recorded | 1968 |
| Genre | Sareegama |
| Length | 21:29 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Producer | T. K. Ramamoorthy |
Music was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[3][4]
| No. | Song | Singer | Lyrics | Length (min:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aadu Paarkalam Aadu" | T. M. Soundararajan | Kannadasan | 03:22 |
| 2 | "Pettiyilae Pottadaitha" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | 03:34 | |
| 3 | "Iravil Vantha" | T. M. Soundararajan, S. V. Ponnusamy | 03:16 | |
| 4 | "Konjum Kili" | T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari | 04:52 | |
| 5 | "Pachai Kili" | L. R. Eswari | 03:27 | |
| 6 | "Kaadhalan Vandhan" | P. Susheela, S. V. Ponnusamy | 03:38 |
Reception
Film historian Randor Guy said the film would be remembered for the "melodious music, the fine photography and outstanding performance of Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Ashokan".[2]
References
- ^ "Moondrezhuthu". The Indian Express. 24 May 1968. p. 3.
- ^ a b Guy, Randor. "Moondrezhuthu (1968) TAMIL". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Moondrezhuthu". JioSaavn. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Moondrezhuthu 1972". mio. Retrieved 15 June 2016.