''Vaira Nenjam'' () is a 1975 Indian

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written, directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars

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, R. Muthuraman and K. Balaji. It is a remake of Sridhar's own 1973

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film '' Gehri Chaal''. The film was released on 2 November 1975.

Plot

Cast

as Ananth *

as Geetha * R. Muthuraman as Shankar * K. Balaji as Madhan * Dhulipala as Dharmalingam * C. I. D. Sakunthala as Shoba * Sachu as Shanthi *Aalam as a dancer

Production

After the failure of his previous directorial '' Alaigal'' (1973), Sridhar decided to make an action film with Ganesan in lead role after Sridhar felt audiences were being more receptive to action films than classic films. The film was titled ''Hero 72'', with Sridhar opting to make it a Tamil-Hindi bilingual, with

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starring in the Hindi version that was later titled '' Gehri Chaal''. Production on the Tamil version that was later titled ''Vaira Nenjam'' progressed slowly because of call sheet issues of Ganesan; ''Gehri Chaal'' was completed and released much earlier. In between the delays, Sridhar made ''

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'' (1974) starring

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Soundtrack

All songs were composed by M. S. Viswanathan and penned by

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. The song "Sentamizh Paadum" attained popularity.

Release and reception

''Vaira Nenjam'' was released on 2 November 1975. Kanthan of ''

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'' said the film, despite its title, was not lustrous like a real diamond. Arthur Paris from ''Film World'' wrote, "The film has no soul, no life and is at once dull, pedestrian and moronic". The film was successful only with B and C centre audiences.

References

External links

* {{C. V. Sridhar 1970s action thriller films 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1975 films Films directed by C. V. Sridhar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by C. V. Sridhar Indian action thriller films Tamil remakes of Hindi films Tamil-language Indian films