''Nalla Neram'' (), 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 action drama film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam. The film stars

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 ...

and

K. R. Vijaya Deivanayaki better known by her stage name K. R. Vijaya is an Indian actress who has featured in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She started her career in 1963 and has been acting for more than five decades in South Indian cinema. ...

. It is a remake of the 1971

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

film '' Haathi Mere Saathi'' . All three versions were produced by Thevar. The film was released on 10 March 1972. It was MGR's last film with Devar Films. It emerged a major success, running for more than 100 days in theatres and became blockbuster at the . It was one of the biggest hits of 1972 after Vasantha Maligai.

Plot

Raja "Raju" Kumar owns elephants and earns a livelihood by making them perform tricks. He falls in love with Vijaya and they get married. But soon, a problem arises. Vijaya hates elephants because of a personal tragedy in her life. She also feels that Raju spends too much time with his elephant friends. He had to choose between the love of his wife and the friendship of his loyal and devoted pet elephants.

Cast

Production

''Nalla Neram'' is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film '' Haathi Mera Saathi'', which in turn was adapted from Chinnappa Thevar's own Tamil film ''

Deiva Cheyal ''Deiva Cheyal'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by M. G. Balu and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, who also wrote the story. The film stars Major Sundarrajan, R. M ...

'' (1967) which flopped. This film was the last collaboration between Ramachandran and Thevar. For the song "Aagattumda Thambi", Ramachandran drove a '58

Chevrolet Impala The Chevrolet Impala () is a full-size car built by Chevrolet for model years 1958 to 1985, 1994 to 1996, and 2000 to 2020. The Impala was Chevrolet's popular flagship passenger car and was among the better-selling American-made automobiles in ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.

References

External links

* {{Salim-Javed 1970s Tamil-language films 1972 films Films about elephants Films directed by M. A. Thirumugam Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed Tamil remakes of Hindi films