''Naan Aanaiyittal'' () is a 1966

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directed by

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. 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. The film was produced and written by

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, with a musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.

Plot

Pandhiya, a member of a notorious robber gang, wishes to bring about a change in his gang and turn them towards a righteous path. Velaiya, a member of that gang, commits a murder and frames Pandhiya. To escape the law, Pandhiya disguises himself as a rich man's long-lost son and stays in his house, while Velaiya and the rich man's manager, Kumar, try to out him.

Cast

as Pandhiya * K. R. Vijaya as Mala *

B. Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films in over six decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" (Saraswathi of ...

as Kannagi / Kaveri * M. N. Nambiar as Velaiya *

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as Kumar * S. A. Ashokan as Chezhiyan *

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 fil ...

as Appu the Great *

Karikol Raju Karikol Raju was a Tamil film veteran actor who appeared in Tamil-language films. He acted in more than 500 films in a career spanning over five decades. He had started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a charac ...

as Mala's relation * C. R. Parthiban as IG * O. A. K. Thevar as Muthuveeran * Sedhupathy as Kanagarathnam

Production

''Naan Aanaiyittal'' was directed by Tapi Chanakya and produced under Sathya Films by

, who also wrote the screenplay. The dialogue was written by Vidwan Lakshmanan and N. Pandurangan.

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was handled by P. N. Sundaram, with editing by Jambulingam.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

Release and reception

''Naan Aanaiyittal'' was released on 4 February 1966. It was initially scheduled to release on 14 January 1966, during

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, but was pushed back to allow the release of another Ramachandran film, ''

Anbe Vaa ''Anbe Vaa'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, with S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, T. R. Ramachandran, P. D. Sambandam, Manora ...

''. ''

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'' wrote that the film "has all the ingredients to make it appealing to the masses" and praised the performances of Ramachandran and Saroja Devi. T. M. Ramachandran of ''

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'' gave a positive review appreciating the film's message, also praising Vidwan Lakshman's dialogue as "sparkling" and M. S. Viswanathan's music as "pleasing," although still being critical of Chanakya's direction, saying it "could have been more inspiring".

References

External links

* {{Tapi Chanakya 1960s Tamil-language films 1966 films Films directed by Tapi Chanakya Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan