''Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal'' () is a 1980

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film. The directorial debut of

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, it starred

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 ...

in the lead role, opposite actor

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (born 31 July 1951), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 200 films. He has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and ...

. It was the last Tamil film to release with Jayalalithaa in the lead role. The film is based on the novel written by

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Plot

Cast

Fatafat Jayalaxmi Jayalakshmi, whose popular screen name was Fatafat Jayalakshmi (also Phataphat Jayalaxmi) (1958–1980), was an Indian actress active mainly in Tamil and Telugu films. In Malayalam movies she was known as Supriya. She acted about 66 movies in T ...

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* Jamila

Production

Jayalalithaa agreed to act opposite Sarath Babu at the insistence of her co-star in many films, Rama Prabha, Sarath Babu’s then wife. The other reason for accepting to act in this film was the debutant director

, son of

A. Bhimsingh A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in ...

, who had directed her in '' Paadhukaappu'' and ''

Kanavan Manaivi ''Kanavan Manaivi'' () is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by A. Bhimsingh and written by Kalaignanam. The film stars R. Muthuraman and Jayalalithaa, with K. A. Thangavelu, Sachu, Srikanth Suruli Rajan and V. S. Raghav ...

''. It was not released at every centre in Tamil Nadu, as most film distributors did not buy rights from producers, citing that casting Jayalalithaa, who had a superstar image, with actors who were considered lesser mortals, would not be acceptable to the public. This film is rarely screened on television and its clear print is rarely available on any site or video parlour. The songs were composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...

. Two videos of the songs – "Thavikuthu Thayanguthu", which was sung by S. P. Sailaja with P. Jayachandran and "Engoyo Etho Paatondru", sung by P. Susheela, became popular on radio and television before the release of the film. However, the last film in which she worked and her last release as the lead heroine was the Telugu film in 1980, named ''

Nayakudu Vinayakudu ''Nayakudu Vinayakudu'' is a 1980 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner and directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jayalalitha, with music composed by T. Chalap ...

'', which became the highest grosser of the year 1980 in Telugu.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. Lyrics written by

Panchu Arunachalam Panchanathan Arunachalam (22 March 1941 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist who worked in Tamil cinema. He was mentored by poet Kannadasan who was his uncle. He also worked as a lyricist in the Tamil cin ...

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* {{IMDb title, 0277916 1980 directorial debut films 1980 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja