Idhaya Veenai

Idhaya Veenai (transl. The Heart's Veena) is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Lakshmi and Manjula, with Sivakumar, M. N. Nambiar and M. G. Chakrapani in supporting roles. It was released on 20 October 1972.

Plot

Somewhere in Madras, several years previously, a young Sundaram was driven away from home by Sivaraman, his father, a severe lawyer. Sivaraman denies his son. Sundaram makes a promise to his father, that one day, he will beg him to recognise him. He currently lives in the Kashmir as a tourist guide. When he finds Nalini, his younger sister, in the middle of a group of students, Sundaram decides to go back home, to gain knowledge of her and help the situation. But at the beginning, he incurs only troubles, in particular, with Kirymani, the lover of Nalini and Annamalai, a man with a double life.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Udhaya Productions. Parts of Idhaya Veenai were shot in Kashmir.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh. The song "Kashmir Beautiful" attained popularity. Ramachandran suggested Shankar–Ganesh to use veena as background score for the climax fight. 30 veenas were used for this scene and it was completed within half an hour. Veena player Raghavan was initially approached to play the veena but declined due to scheduling conflicts; his son R. Parthasarathy signed on instead.

Release and reception

Idhaya Veenai was released on 20 October 1972, Ramachandran's first release since his expulsion from the political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the performances of Ramachandran, Lakshmi and Sivakumar while also appreciating Krishnan–Panju's direction, Sornam's dialogues and Shanmugam's cinematography.

References

Bibliography

• Kannan, R. (28 June 2017). MGR: A Life. New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-93-86495-88-4.

External links

• Idhaya Veenai at IMDb

1. Manjula Vijayakumar
2. Shankar–Ganesh
3. Sivakumar
4. C. I. D. Sakunthala
5. List of films: I
6. Sekhar (actor)
7. Lakshmi (actress)
8. G. Sakunthala
9. M. G. Ramachandran filmography
10. M. N. Nambiar
11. M. G. Chakrapani
12. Isari Velan
13. Vaali (poet)
14. List of songs written by Kannadasan
15. Poornam Viswanathan
16. T. M. Soundararajan
17. Krishnan–Panju
18. Idichapuli Selvaraj
19. Needhikku Thalaivanangu
20. Ennathe Kannaiah