Urimaikural

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Urimaikural
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Poster
Directed byC. V. Sridhar
Written byC. V. Sridhar
Produced byY. Kannaiah
StarringM. G. Ramachandran
Latha
Anjali Devi
V. S. Raghavan
CinematographyN. Balakrishnan
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Chitralaya
Release date
  • 7 November 1974 (1974-11-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Urimaikural (transl. Voice for Rights) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by C. V. Sridhar and produced by Y. Kannaiah. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Latha, Anjali Devi and V. S. Raghavan. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It was released on 7 November 1974, and became a silver jubilee hit.[1]

Plot[]

Gopi and his elder brother Sundaram Pilai are very close, live under the same roof, and are very respected farmers. Gopi shares his time also to tease the young women of his village and particularly, the very beautiful Radha, his betrothed, endowed with a temperament, brave and very roguish. But above everything, 2 young people love each other profoundly and do not dare to declare it overtly. Of teasings in mutual harmless quarrels, 2 lovers who only yesterday, bickered, do not joke any more at the moment. They are not any more for the party, because a good-for-nothing son of the only big landed family of neighbourhood, Duraisamy wishes Radha ardently for his wife. Grasping this, the father of the young woman sees the opportunity there to grow rich and forget the promise made to Gopi' s family.

Another drama comes to darken more profoundly the picture of this family so welded: a strong sum of money collected in the village and under the responsibility of Sundaram Pilai is stolen from him by unknowns. Duraisamy is behind this theft because he was always jealous of Gopi and so wishes to damage the brothers, to soil their honour especially. He quenches so his vengeance to have been corrected by Gopi, some time previously. To fight this terrible test, Gopi and Sundaram mortgage their most precious good: their land. They are given one year to resolve the situation. But other painful events are going to precipitate things, very negatively.

Cast[]

Production[]

C. V. Sridhar, who was reeling under financial problems, decided to collaborate with M. G. Ramachandran who agreed to act under his direction.[2][3]

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[4] The song "Vizhiye Kadhai Ezhudhu" is set to Kambhoji raga.[5] Penned by Kannadasan, it was added by Sridhar when political issues led to a widening rift between Ramachandran and Kannadasan. But Sridhar could not get a satisfactory response to the situation. So Sridhar and Viswanathan decided to convince Ramachandran to have Kannadasan's song and Ramachandran okayed the proposal as he bore no personal grudge against the lyricist.[6][7]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length
1 "Ambilaingala Ninga" L. R. Eswari Kannadasan 04:03
2 "Kalyana Valayosai" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela Vaali 04:33
3 "Mattikittaradi" L. R. Eswari 04:59
4 "Nethu Poothaley" T. M. Soundararajan 05:16
5 "Oru Thai Vayitril" T. M. Soundararajan 04:45
6 "Ponna Porandha" T. M. Soundararajan 04:32
7 "Vizhiye Kathai Ezhudhu" K. J. Yesudas, P. Susheela Kannadasan 05:38

References[]

  1. ^ செல்வராஜ், என். (20 March 2017). "வெள்ளி விழா கண்ட தமிழ் திரைப்படங்கள்". Thinnai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (21 July 2016). "The director's fine cut". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ Veeravalli, Shrikanth (2013). MGR: A Biography. Rainlight. p. 45. ISBN 9788129129062.
  4. ^ "Urimaikural". Songs4all. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 168. OCLC 295034757.
  6. ^ Kantha, Sachi Sri (27 December 2019). "MGR Remembered – Part 54 | An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  7. ^ Kantha, Sachi Sri (15 March 2021). "MGR Remembered – Part 60 | Tackling rivals Karunanidhi – Kamaraj and tending Sridhar". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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