Nadu Iravil
| Nadu Iravil | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Produced by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| Written by | Ve. Laxmanan |
| Based on |
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie |
| Starring |
Sundaram Balachandar Major Sundararajan Pandari Bai Sowcar Janaki |
| Music by | Sundaram Balachandar |
| 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-language crime thriller film directed and produced by Sundaram Balachander. The film story was written by Ve. Laxmanan and dialogue written by Balachander, 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. Who was the murderer is the remaining story?
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. Though he completed the film in 1964-1965, no distributor was willing to buy it, 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sampath, Vikram (2012). Voice of the Veena, S. Balachander: A Biography. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-81-291-1936-0.