Shankar Salim Simon

Shankar Salim Simon
Shankar Salim Simon
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. Madhavan
Written by	Balamurugan
Produced by	T. K. Gopinath
Starring	Vijayakumar; Rajinikanth; Jaiganesh; Latha; Manjula Vijayakumar; M. S. Vasanthi
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Abhirami
Release date	10 February 1978;
Running time	112 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Shankar Salim Simon is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Madhavan. It stars Vijayakumar as Shankar, Jaiganesh as Salim and Rajinikanth as Simon. The film was inspired by the 1977 Hindi film Amar Akbar Anthony, and was released on 10 February 1978.^[1]

Plot[]

The movie revolves around three men; Shankar, Salim and Simon who take the responsibility of reforming the society. Simon (Rajinikanth) and Salim (Jaiganesh) come from lower class, while Shankar (Vijayakumar) and his sister (Latha) are the children of (V. S. Raghavan), a corrupt businessman. Latha falls in love with Simon, while Shankar falls in love with Alamelu (Manjula Vijayakumar) and Salim is already married. In different circumstances, Latha is forced to marry a man, but she runs away from him and lives with Simon. The society goes against both Simon and Latha and in the end, Latha explains about how worse the man she is married to and unites with Simon.

Cast[]

Vijayakumar as Shankar^[2]
Manjula as Alamelu
Rajinikanth as Simon^[2]
Latha as Vasanthi^[2]
Jaiganesh as Salim
as Mumtaz
V. S. Raghavan as Sadhasivam
S. V. Ramadoss as Jaipal
Suruli Rajan as Kabali
Y. G. Parthasarathy as Vedhachalam
Y. G. Mahendra as Mahesh
Manorama as Mariyamma
Peeli Sivam as Razak Bhai
Veeraghavan as Village people
T. M. Samikannu as Villager
Vellai Subbaiah as Liquor Seller

Production[]

Shankar Salim Simon was adapted from the 1977 Hindi film Amar Akbar Anthony, but only retained the concept of the three title characters belonging to different religions of India: Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.^[2]^[3]

Soundtrack[]

All songs were written by Kannadasan and composed by M. S. Viswanathan


No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Vanthaale Oru"	Kannadasan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	3:00
2	"Sindhu Nadhi Poovey"		M. S. Viswanathan, S. Janaki	3:05
3	"Idhu Undhan"		Vani Jairam	3:00
4	"Gopurathile"		Kovai Sounderarajan	4:17

References[]

^ Sreekanth, Gayathri (2008). The Name is Rajinikanth. Om Books International. p. 370.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
^ Maderya, Kumuthan (23 June 2017). "From Amar Akbar Anthony to Baahubali: Whither Indian Cinema's Secularism?". PopMatters. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

External links[]

Shankar Salim Simon at IMDb

[1] Sreekanth, Gayathri (2008). The Name is Rajinikanth. Om Books International. p. 370.

[Ramachandran-2] Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.

[3] Maderya, Kumuthan (23 June 2017). "From Amar Akbar Anthony to Baahubali: Whither Indian Cinema's Secularism?". PopMatters. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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