''Idhaya Veenai'' () is a 1972 Indian
Tamil-language film, directed by
R. Krishnan and S. Panju. 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 ...
,
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...
and
Manjula, with
Sivakumar,
M. N. Nambiar and
M. G. Chakrapani in supporting roles.
Plot
Somewhere in
Madras, several years previously, a young Sundaram was driven away from home by Sivaraman, his father, a severe lawyer. Sivaraman denies his son. Sundaram makes a promise to his father, that one day, he will beg him to recognize him. He currently lives in the
Kashmir as a tourist guide. When he finds Nalini, his younger sister, in the middle of a group of students, Sundaram decides to go back home, to gain knowledge of her and help the situation. But at the beginning, he incurs only troubles, in particular, with Kirymani, the lover of Nalini and Annamalai, a man with a double life.
Cast
The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned.
Production
The film was produced by Udhaya Productions. Parts of ''Idhaya Veenai'' were shot in
Kashmir.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Shankar–Ganesh
Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 50 years.
Career
They started as assistants to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy in 1964 an ...
. The song "Kashmir Beautiful" attained popularity. Veena player Raghavan was initially approached to play the veena, but declined due to scheduling conflicts; his son R. Parthasarathy signed on instead.
Release
''Idhaya Veenai'' was released on 20 October 1972, Ramachandran's first release since his expulsion from the political party
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 ...
and started a party
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
References
Bibliography
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External links
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{{Krishnan–Panju
1970s Tamil-language films
1972 films
Films directed by Krishnan–Panju
Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh