''Annamitta Kai'' () is a 1972 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

-language film written by G. Subramanium and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...

Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...

and Bharathi. It was produced by Ramachandra Productions, owned by M. S. Sivaswamy. ''Annamitta Kai'' was Ramachandran's last black and white film.

Plot

To repair the past errors of their father, the half brothers Durairaj and Selvaraj exchange identities, making Selvaraj the heir. Durairaj is going to take care of Selvaraj's blind mother, and try to get his brother back to a virtuous life.

Cast

as Durairaj (Raju) *

as Seetha * Bharathi as Doctor Kalpana *

Pandari Bai Pandari Bai (1930 – 29 January 2003) was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has acted as both heroi ...

as Sivagami, Selvaraj's mother * M. N. Nambiar as Selvaraj *

R. S. Manohar Rasipuram Subramaniyan Iyer Manohar was an Indian actor who performed roles ranging from hero to villain to comedic characters. He was born at Namakkal in 1925. He acted in over 200 films. He is known for his versatility and dominating personal ...

as The manager Kannaga Rathnam, Kalpana's father * V. K. Ramasamy as postman Yezhaimalai *

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 The assistant-postman Thangaman *

T. S. Muthaiah T. S. Muthaiah (1923 – 12 February 1992) was a Malayalam and Tamil film actor. He was a very popular actor in both film industries who usually played character and supporting roles in 1950s and 1960s. He acted with M. G. Ramachandran in Thayi ...

as Sadhasivam Bhoopathi, Durai raj & Selvaraj's father * Geethanjali as Ladha, girl from Burma * Manorama as nurse Thangam * Seethalakshmi as Chellamma *

S. N. Lakshmi Sennalkudi Narayana Lakshmi (1927 – 20 February 2012) was an Indian actress, who appeared in supporting roles, often playing roles of a mother or grandmother in films. A recipient of the state government's Kalaimamani and Kalaiselvam awards, ...

as Lakshimi, Durairaj's mother * T. K. S. Natarajan as Estate labourer *

Master Sekhar J. V. Sekhar (7 January 1963 – 8 July 2003), better known as Master Sekhar, was an Indian child actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil and Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indi ...

as Durairaj (Child) *

Master Prabhakar Master Prabhakar, (born Prabhakar vaishyan) is an Indian actor, who primarily worked in Tamil cinema, and few Telugu films and acted in about 60 programmes for Doordarshan, between 1977 and 1987 and as a technician he has worked for few Bolly ...

as Selvaraj (Child)

Production

The song "16 Vayathinilae 17 Pillayamma" was shot at Ashley Estate,

Kuttikkanam Kuttikkanam, is a hill station in Idukki district, Kerala, southern India. It is above sea level and surrounded by lush green tea plantations. It is within the territory of Peermade. Kanjirappally and Mundakayam are the nearest towns. Histor ...

, with 17 children.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...

, with lyrics by Vaali.

Release and reception

This was the last film of Ramachandran while he was in the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

. After 1 month of release of this film, he has come out from that party and started his own party (

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

) on 17 October 1972.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0369238 1970s Tamil-language films 1972 films Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan