Annan Oru Koyil

Annan Oru Koyil
Annan Oru Koyil
	Poster
Directed by	K. Vijayan
Written by	Vietnam Veedu Sundaram (dialogues)
Story by	Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Produced by	Santhi Narayanasamy,; T. Manohar
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan; Sujatha; Sumithra; Jaiganesh
Cinematography	G. Or. Nathan
Edited by	B. Kanthasamy
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Sivaji Productions
Release date	10 November 1977;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Annan Oru Koyil (transl. The Elder Brother is a Temple) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by K. Vijayan and produced by Santhi Narayanasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Suruli Rajan and Jaiganesh. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.^[2] The film was a remake of Kannada film Devara Kannu. The film become a blockbuster at the box-office, running for over 100 days in all over Tamil Nadu.^[3]

Cast[]

Sivaji Ganesan as Dr.Ramesh
Sujatha as Janaki
Sumithra as Lakshmi (Ramesh's Sister)^[4]
Jaiganesh as Dr. Ananth (Lakshmi Husband)
Mohan Babu as Baskar
Major Sundarrajan as Lawyer
S. V. Ramadas as (Janaki's Guardian Uncle)
V. R. Thilagam as (Janaki's Aunt)
Thengai Srinivasan as (Police Inspector)
Suruli Rajan as Ranga (Constable)
A. Karunanidhi as (Constable)
Manorama as Jayamuniyamma (Thief Lady)
Premanand as Sankar (Baskar's Friend)
ISR as Selvam
Pushpamala as (Police Inspector's Wife)
Veeraraghavan as (Station Master)

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[5]^[6]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Annan Oru Kovil"	P. Susheela	Kannadasan	04:03
2	"Annan Oru Kovil"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam		04:15
3	"Kunguma Kolagal"	Vani Jairam		03:04
4	"Maligai Mullai"	T. M. Soundararajan		04:45
5	"Naalupakkam Vedarundu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam		03:33

Reception[]

Ananda Vikatan rated the film 53 out of 100, praising Ganesan's performance.^[7]

References[]

^ "நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல்". Seithi Saral (in Tamil). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "191-200". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan Part 9".
^ "From Padmini to Nayanthara: Malayali women actors who've ruled Kollywood". The News Minute. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Annan Oru Kovil". AVDigital. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Annan Oru Kovil (1977)". Raaga.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "அண்ணன் ஒரு கோயில்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 1977. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

External links[]

Annan Oru Koyil at IMDb

[1] "நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல்". Seithi Saral (in Tamil). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[2] "191-200". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[3] "Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan Part 9".

[4] "From Padmini to Nayanthara: Malayali women actors who've ruled Kollywood". The News Minute. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[5] "Annan Oru Kovil". AVDigital. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[6] "Annan Oru Kovil (1977)". Raaga.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "அண்ணன் ஒரு கோயில்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 1977. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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