''Andharangam'' () is a 1975 Indian
Tamil
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* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language
romantic drama film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...
directed by
Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer.
Personal life
V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. He followed all Brahmi ...
. The film stars
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...
,
Deepa
Deepa or Dipa (Hindi : दीपा) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "lamp" and "light".
Notable people named Deepa
* Deepa Bhaskar, Indian actress
* Deepa Bhatia, Indian film editor
* Deepa Chari, Indian act ...
,
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 ...
and
Savitri. It was taken primarily in black and white, but some song scenes were taken in
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. The song "Gnayiru Oli Mazhaiyil" marked Haasan's debut as a singer. The film was a not a hit.
It was dubbed into
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
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S ...
-language as ''Andhala Raja'' and released on 29 October 1977.
Plot
Cast
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Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...
as Kaanthan
*
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 Thangadurai
*
Savitri as Malliga
*
Deepa
Deepa or Dipa (Hindi : दीपा) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "lamp" and "light".
Notable people named Deepa
* Deepa Bhaskar, Indian actress
* Deepa Bhatia, Indian film editor
* Deepa Chari, Indian act ...
as Deepa
*
Thengai Srinivasan
Thengai Srinivasan (21 October 1937 – 9 November 1987) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language, Tamil-language films and plays from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was given the prefix ''Thengai'' (coconut) after his role as a coco ...
as "Coimbatore" Godhandam
*
Cho Ramaswamy
Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, character actor, editor, political satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a p ...
as "Thanjavur" Dhandapani
*
Manorama as Chellamma
*
V. Gopalakrishnan
*
Kathadi Ramamurthy
Sundaresan Ramamurthy (born February 2, 1938) better known as Kathadi Ramamurthy, is an Indian actor, director, writer and dubbing artiste. He is primarily known for his roles as a comedian in Tamil film, theatre and television.
Early life
...
*
LIC Narasimhan
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He has appeared in over 300 films and was also seen on the small screen and in ads.
He was working for LIC as an officer, quit his job to take up a career in ...
as Liquor seller
*
K. K. Sounder as Police constable
*
Sukumari
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as "Madurai" Maragatham
*
Kumari Padmini
Kumari Padmini (Tamil: குமாரி பத்மினி), born as Padmini (died 1980), was an actress who was active in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam industry during the 1960s and 70s.
Bio
Kumari Padmini acted mainly in Tamil films. She ...
as Kanaka
*
Tambaram Lalitha
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She died in 1983.
Partial filmography
# ''Town Bus'' (1955)
# ''Kokil ...
Production
''Andharangam'' was directed by
Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer.
Personal life
V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. He followed all Brahmi ...
, written by A. S. Pragasam. It was Deepa a.k.a.
Unni Mary
Unni Mary (born 12 March 1962) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films, where she had used the screen name Deepa.
Personal life
Unnimary was born to Augustine Fernandes a ...
's acting debut in Tamil cinema.
The film was taken primarily in black and white, but the song scenes of "Gnayiru Oli Mazhaiyil", "Paadaganai Thedikondu" and "Pudhu Mugame" were taken in
Gevacolor Gevacolor is a color motion picture process. It was introduced in 1947 by Gevaert in Belgium, and an affiliate of Agfacolor. The process and company flourished in the 1950s as it was suitable for on location shooting. Both the companies merged in ...
. The final length of the film's prints were long.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
G. Devarajan
Paravoor Govindan Devarajan (1927–2006), popularly known as G. Devarajan or Devarajan master, was an Indian music composer and Carnatic singer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Indian film music. He sco ...
, while the lyrics were written by
Kannadasan
Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...
,
Vaali and Nethaji. The song "Gnaayiru Oli Mazhaiyil" marked Kamal Haasan's debut as a singer.
Reception
''Andharangam'' was released on 12 December 1975. Kanthan of ''
Kalki
Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...
'' said there was no redeemable aspect of the film.
References
External links
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1970s Tamil-language films
1975 films
1975 romantic drama films
Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan
Films scored by G. Devarajan
Indian romantic drama films