''Anbe Aaruyire'' () is a 1975 Indian

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-language

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film, directed by

A. C. Tirulokchandar A. C. Thirulokachandar (11 June 1930 – 15 June 2016), also known as A. C. Tirulokchandar, was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked mainly in Tamil films from the 1960s to 1988. He also directed a few films in Hindi and Telugu. ...

. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

and

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. The film, produced by R. Venkatraman under Amutham Pictures, had musical score by

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and was released on 26 September 1975. The film is a remake of the 1967 Telugu film ''

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''.

Plot

R. Sattanathan, a leading criminal lawyer and Bangalore Ramaswamy, his professional competitor, were once friends but now enemies. Sattanathan has vowed that he will win a case against Ramaswamy at least once in his lifetime, for which he even makes his son Saravanan study law, so that if not him at least his son will defeat Ramaswamy. But contrary to Sattanathan's expectation, Saravanan falls in love with Ramaswamy's daughter Devi. Helping them in their love is Ramesh, Ramaswamy's nephew. A lot of hilarious incidents and confusions follow before the lovers are united.

Cast

as Saravanan *

as Sridevi/Devi *

Major Sundarrajan Srinivasan Sundarrajan (17 March 1925 – 28 February 2003), popularly known as Major Sundarrajan, was an Indian actor and director who performed predominantly in Tamil language films and plays. He was well known for his sophisticated and ...

as Advocate Sattanathan * V. K. Ramasamy as Advocate Bangalore Ramasamy * K. A. Thangavelu as Hotel Manager *

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 film ...

as Ramesh *

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as Suruli * Manorama as Alamelu *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Janaki *

Ganthimathi Ganthimathi (30 August 1940 – 9 September 2011) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She acted in over 500 films. Early life Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in the then Ramanathapuram district of India. She started acting in dramas and ...

as Meenakshi * Pushpamala as stage actress *

Venniradai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

as Saibhu (Guest role) * Y. G. Mahendra as Lawrence (Guest role) * T. S. B. K. Moulee as Alamelu's husband (Guest role) * S. Rama Rao as Sattanathan's Assistant * Padmini as Appi, Alamelu's daughter * Dasarathan as Pandu, Hotel room boy * Chandran Babu as Taxi driver

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Reception

A critic from ''Film World'' wrote, "''Anbe Aaruyirey'' could have been a fine comedy if Sivaji didn't work in it and the script had avoided vulgar scenes. It was quite painful to watch Sivaji making faces and behaving like

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. For most part the camera concentrated on Manjula's inadequate bosom and her navel". Kanthan of ''

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'' said Tirulokchandar did not utilise his direction and writing well.

References

External links

* {{A. C. Tirulokchandar 1975 romantic comedy films 1970s Tamil-language films 1975 films Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films set in Chennai Indian romantic comedy films Tamil remakes of Telugu films