Ellorum Nallavare Explained

Ellorum Nallavare
Director:S. S. Balan
Story:Gorur Ramasawamy Iyengar
Producer:S. S. Balan
Starring:R. Muthuraman
Manjula Vijayakumar
Jayanthi
Music:V. Kumar
Studio:Gemini Studios
Country:India

Ellorum Nallavare is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by S. S. Balan. It is a remake of the 1974 Kannada film Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu. It was simultaneously produced in Telugu and Hindi languages as Andaroo Manchivare and Ek Gaon Ki Kahani . The trilingual was the last production of Gemini Studios; except for the Telugu version, it emerged a box-office bomb and led to the studio's collapse.

Plot

The story line includes characters like a greedy moneylender and his repentant son, a good Samaritan, who is a victim of the unscrupulous moneylender, his son, the enmity that springs up, romance thrown in for good measure, the fury unleashed by a remorseless nature, and the terrible wages that evil earns.

Cast

Production

Ellorum Nallavare was produced and directed by S. S. Balan. It was the final film produced under the Gemini Studios banner.[1] [2] It was a trilingual, produced in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.[3] The Telugu version was titled Andaroo Manchivare,[4] and the Hindi version was titled Ek Gaon Ki Kahani.[5] The film was entirely shot at Kalasapura village, they built house sets there specifically for the film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by V. Kumar.[6] [7]

SongSinger(s)Lyrics
"Sivappukkal"Pulamaipithan
P. Susheela
"Padaithaane Bramma Devan"S. P. Balasubramaniyan
"Yamma Kannu"
"Pagai Konda Ullam"K. J. Yesudas

Reception

Ellorum Nallavare was a box-office bomb,[8] and led to the collapse of Gemini Studios.[9] Ek Gaon Ki Kahani too did not succeed, but the Telugu version did.[10] Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the performances of the cast and crew particularly appreciating cinematography for the flood scene and concluded that the film's producer and director S. S. Balan reminds of S. S. Vasan and called it an exciting colour film.[11]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: 2 November 2015 . தேவரை தியேட்டருக்கு வரவழைத்த வாசன்! (தமிழ்சினிமா முன்னோடிகள்: தொடர் -14) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228085829/https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/politics/54532- . 28 February 2023 . 27 February 2018 . . ta.
  2. Book: Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran . Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Tamil Cinema . . 2015 . 978-93-5150-212-8 . India . 100.
  3. News: Vaidiyanathan . K. . Dinamani . 23 December 2014 . S S Balan was the doyen of Tamil journalism . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180320070145/http://www.exchange4media.com/Print/S-S-Balan-was-the-doyen-of-Tamil-journalismK-Vaidiyanathan_58585.html . 20 March 2018 . 20 March 2018 . Exchange4media.
  4. Web site: Bhaskar . Vijaya . 14 January 2006 . 1975 – The mother of all years . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020184353/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/sobhanbabu1975.html . 20 October 2018 . 19 October 2018 . Idlebrain.
  5. Web site: EK GAON KI KAHANI (1975) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180413192621/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8afec275 . 13 April 2018 . 13 April 2018 . British Film Institute.
  6. Web site: Ellorum Nallavare . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041319/http://www.saregama.com/album/ellorum-nallavare_14000 . 28 February 2018 . 27 February 2018 . Saregama.
  7. Web site: BOLLYWOOD INDIAN Ellorum Nallavare P. SUSHEELA Sounderarajan 7" 45 RPM EMI Columbia EP 1975 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221111191622/https://www.ecrater.com/p/2368498/bollywood-indian-ellorum-nallavare-p-susheela . 11 November 2022 . 11 November 2022 . ecrater.
  8. Web site: Raj . Michael . 19 December 2017 . விகடன் எம்.டி பாலசுப்ரமணியம் காலமான தினமின்று ... . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180413193631/http://nellaitimesnow.com/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3/ . 13 April 2018 . 13 April 2018 . Nellai Times Now . ta.
  9. Book: Ashokamitran . Ashokamitran . Fourteen Years with Boss . . 2016 . 978-0-14-342329-4 . 161.
  10. News: Kandavel . Sangeetha . 24 November 2011 . Tamil director Gautham Vasudev Menon making India's first trilingual film . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019122106/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/tamil-director-gautham-vasudev-menon-making-indias-first-trilingual-film/articleshow/10851285.cms . 19 October 2018 . 19 October 2018 . The Economic Times.
  11. காந்தன் . 27 April 1975 . எல்லோரும் நல்லவரே . live . https://archive.today/20230228114044/https://archive.org/details/kalki1975-04-27/page/n39/mode/2up . 28 February 2023 . 28 February 2023 . . 39 . Ta . Internet Archive.

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