Nadu Iravil
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| Directed by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Produced by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Starring | Sundaram Balachandar Major Sundararajan Pandari Bai Sowcar Janaki |
| Cinematography | K. V. S. Reddy |
| Edited by | K. Govindasamy |
| Music by | Sundaram Balachandar |
Production company | Vahini Studios |
| Distributed by | S. B. Creations |
Release date | 1970 |
Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nadu Iravil (English: In the middle of the night) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed and produced by Sundaram Balachander. The film story was written by Sundaram Balachander and dialogue written by Ve. Laxmanan, who also composed the music.[1] It is based on Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None.[2][3][4]
Plot
Dhayanandam is a rich man who takes care of his wife Ponni, they have no children. Dr.Saravanan was the close friend of Dhayanandam and tells about his blood cancer and he died in 20 days. Dhayanandam's all assets are going in vein. Dr.Saravanan give an idea, to call all his relations and they have come. Unfortunately, they are murdered one by one in the midnight. All are terrified. The doubt on the murderer shifts onto Dr.Saravanan only to be revealed the real murderer is Dhayanandam's handicapped brother.
Cast
- Major Sundarrajan as Dhayanandam
- Pandari Bai as Ponni (Dhayanandam's wife)
- Sundaram Balachandar as Dr. Saravanan
- Sowcar Janaki as Ragini
- Cho Ramaswamy as Servar Mose
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Ranga Rajan, (Somanathan's Son-in-law/Leela's Husband)
- 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 servant)
- 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)
- S.R.Janaki as Mohanambal (Dhayanandam's Sister)
- Ramanujam as Mottaiyan
- Saroja as Pankajam (Mottaiyan's 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.[5] Unlike the novel, it features the characters in an urban house rather than being stranded on an island, but "dutifully follows the same idea of each one dying, with the assets of the deceased out for the taking".[6] Though Balachander completed the film in 1964-1965, no distributor was willing to buy it, prompting him 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
The soundtrack was composed by Sundaram Balachander while lyrics for the songs were 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
- ^ Vijayakumar, B. (28 September 2014). "Panchathantram: 1974". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Author of incredible reach". The Hindu. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Nadu Iravil". In.com India. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Nadu Iravil". spicyonion. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ a b Sampath, Vikram (2012). Voice of the Veena, S. Balachander: A Biography. Rupa & Co. p. 77. ISBN 978-81-291-1936-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Aboard the mystery train". The New Indian Express. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
External links
- Nadu Iravil at IMDb