''Idhayathil Nee'' () is 1963 Indian

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, directed by V. Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy. The film's story and dialogues were written by Ma. Ra and the story was written by Dharma Rajan. Soundtrack was composed by

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. The film stars

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, and was released on 14 June 1963.

Plot

Cast

as Advocate Anandhan *

as Radha *

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as Maari Muthu * Lakshmi Rajyam as Kamala *

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as Arjunan *

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as Kanmani, Anandhan's brother * M. Saroja as Soodamani *

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as Gopalakrishna Mudaliyar * V. Gopalakrishnan as Shankar/Chinna Kannu *

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as Anandhan's Step Mother/Kanmani's mother * Sattaampillai K.N.Venkatraman as Soodamani's father * V. S. Raghavan as Nellaiyappan, Radha's grandpa

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

and lyrics were written by Vaali and Mayavanathan. A duet number, "Thingalukku", had been recorded but was omitted from the final cut as singer

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felt it was too similar to "Azhagukkum Malarukkum" from '' Nenjam Marappathillai'' (1963).

Release and reception

''Idhayathil Nee'' was released on 14 June 1963. In ''

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'', T. M. Ramachandran said the film is "so deplorable that every discriminating movie-goer will consider it a sheer waste of celluloid."

References

External links

* {{Muktha Srinivasan 1960s romance films 1960s Tamil-language films 1963 films Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian black-and-white films Indian romance films