Neethikku Thandanai Explained

Director:S. A. Chandrasekhar
Cinematography:Indu Chakravarthi
Editing:D. Shyam Mukherjee
Music:M. S. Viswanathan
Studio:Lalithanjali Fine Arts
Runtime:143 minutes
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Neethikku Thandanai is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Radhika, Nizhalgal Ravi and Charan Raj. It was released on 1 May 1987. The film was remade in Hindi as Kudrat Ka Kanoon (1987) and in Telugu as Nyayaniki Siksha (1988).[1] [2]

Production

In the late 1980s, politician and writer M. Karunanidhi was arrested and S. A. Chandrasekhar thought the law was wrong to do so; this inspired the title for their next film Neethikku Thandanai.[3] Karunanidhi wrote the script while in prison.[4] [5] The original title was Idhu Nyayama, but Chandrasekhar changed it to Neethikku Thandanai.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[6] Swarnalatha, who made her playback singing debut with the song "Chinnanchiru Kiliye", based on the poem by Subramania Bharati, was chosen to sing the song by Viswanathan after he was impressed with her rendition of his composition "Paal Polave" from Uyarndha Manithan (1968), which he had asked her to sing during the song's audition.[7] The film's "Chinnanchiru Kiliye" is set in Harikambhoji raga.[8]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Chinnachiru Kiliye" Subramania Bharati04:50
"Paavai Meethu Parijatham" 04:18
"Neethane Maharani" Shoba Chandrasekhar, P. Susheela06:14
"Chinna Chiru Kiliye" (Slow) Shoba Chandrasekhar 01:54
"Manithargale O Manithargale" Surendran Bharathiyar 04:09

Release and reception

Neethikku Thandanai was released on 1 May 1987.[9] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote that the "story and narration are so thoroughly mired in preposterous situations". He went on to say, "M. S. Viswanathan has tuned a Bharathi song to good effect, but how come Bharathi agreed to write a song for this film?".[10]

Controversy

The film became controversial as the dialogues were by the former chief minister Karunanidhi. The then ruling party AIADMK, led by the incumbent chief minister M. G. Ramachandran, tried to halt the release by filing a case that the film may disrupt law-and-order situation in Tamil Nadu, but Chandrasekhar overcame the case.[11]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sri . 10 February 2006 . Nachaki . Interview : Director Tatineni Rama Rao . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060515121820/http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/stars/tatineniramaraointerview.php . 15 May 2006 . 19 February 2021 . Telugucinema.com.
  2. News: Tripathi . Salil . Venkatramani . S. H. . 15 June 1988 . Censorship: Wide disparities exist between censor boards . . live . 19 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190820061700/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19880615-censorship-wide-disparities-exist-between-censor-boards-797335-1988-06-15 . 20 August 2019.
  3. News: 12 August 2018 . Up close and personal with late DMK chief Kalaignar Karunanidhi . . live . 19 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200201070219/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/aug/12/up-close-and-personal-with-late-dmk-chief-kalaignar-karunanidhi-1856623.html . 1 February 2020.
  4. Web site: 29 July 2018 . Karunanidhi's tryst with tinsel town . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219105359/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/karunanidhis-tryst-with-tinsel-town/article24547292.ece/photo/2/ . 19 February 2021 . 19 February 2021 . . slide 2.
  5. News: Naig . Udhav . 30 November 2014 . 'Politicians do not want actors to enter the fray' . . live . 19 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219111421/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/politicians-do-not-want-actors-to-enter-the-fray/article6646860.ece . 19 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Neethikku Thandanai . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219112036/https://gaana.com/album/neethikku-thandanai-tamil . 19 February 2021 . 19 February 2021 . Gaana.
  7. News: Ashok Kumar . S.R. . 8 May 2009 . My first break – Swarnalatha . . live . 19 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150517060208/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/my-first-break-swarnalatha/article3021458.ece . 17 May 2015.
  8. Web site: ஏழிசை எம்எஸ்வி பயோகிராபி . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200626130400/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/msv/ . 26 June 2020 . 7 July 2024 . . Ta.
  9. Web site: 27 July 2018 . திரையுலகில் கலைஞர் . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010637/https://www.dinamalar.com/karunanidhi/newsdetail.asp?id=8 . 6 January 2019 . 19 February 2021 . . ta.
  10. News: Krishnaswamy . N. . 8 May 1987 . Law in the dock . 17 December 2018 . . 12 . Google News Archive.
  11. Web site: Maderya . Kumuthan . 2010 . Rage against the state: historicizing the "angry young man" in Tamil cinema . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809043053/http://ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/text.html . 9 August 2016 . 2 December 2021 . Jump Cut.

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