Navagraham
Navagraham | |
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Directed by | K. Balachander |
Written by | K. Balachandar |
Produced by | Rama Arangannal |
Starring | Nagesh R. Muthuraman Srikanth Lakshmi |
Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
Music by | V. Kumar |
Release date |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Navagraham (transl. Nine Planets) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Nagesh, Srikanth, R. Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with Ragini, Sivakumar, Rama Prabha, Y. G. Mahendran (his film debut), V. Gopalakrishnan and G. Sakunthala in supporting roles.[1] It was released on 3 September 1970.[2]
Plot
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Nine people living as a joint family in a house has amongst them varied characters with weird idiosyncrasies. A thief and orphan, Baalu, enters the house and uses this to his advantage playing one family member against another. He then realises that he is the son of Somu, the patriarch of the house, and then sets to reunite the family only to the thrown out by all of them in the end.
Cast
- Nagesh as Baalu[3]
- Sundarrajan as Somu
- Muthuraman as Siva
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Mali
- I. S. R as Mani
- Mahendran as Anumanthu
- Sivakumar as Vatsala's lover
- Srikanth as Eeswaran
- Ragini as Akilaandam
- Rama Prabha as Amirtham
- G. Sakunthala as Saraswathi
- Lakshmi as Vatsala[3]
Production
Navagraham marked Y. G. Mahendran's acting debut in cinema.[4][5] Manorama was supposed to play the love interest of Nagesh but was dropped at the latter's insistence causing a permanent rift between them.[6]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by V. Kumar and lyrics were written by Vaali.[7]
Song | Singer | Length |
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"Ellame Vayathukku" | A. L. Raghavan | 3:35 |
"Yaaro Antha Pakkam" | A. L. Raghavan | 3:20 |
"Unnai Thotta" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & P. Susheela | 3:34 |
"Neenga Navagraham" | A. L. Raghavan, Ponnusaamy & Chorus | 5:41 |
"Akilandam Akilandam" | Ponnusaamy | 4:30 |
References
- ^ "பொன்விழா படங்கள்: 'நவகிரகம்' - ஒரே வீட்டுக்குள் 9 விதமான மனிதர்கள்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Balachandran, Logesh (5 September 2020). "Y Gee Mahendra completes 50 years in cinema: Thanks to the great K Balachander for introducing me". India Today. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b Narayan, Hari (15 August 2016). "The family as a microcosm of the nation". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Nainar, Nahla (21 August 2015). "An interesting character". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Ramesh, V. (11 September 2003). "Stage's where his heart is". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 November 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "அந்த நடிகையுடன் நடிக்க மாட்டேன் : இயக்குநர் பாலச்சந்தருக்கு கண்டிஷன் போட்ட நாகேஷ்!!". Update News 360 (in Tamil). 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Navagraham Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by V Kumar". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
External links
- Navagraham at IMDb
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