Meendum Vazhven
Appearance
Meendum Vazhven | |
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Cinematography | K. S. Prasad |
Edited by | R. Devarajan |
Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | Rani Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Meendum Vazhven (transl. I will live once more) is a 1971 Indian
Plot
Jagatheesh (
Bharathi
). One night after a bitter argument over the properties, Jagatheesh kills his uncle and abducts his secretary Shanthi to find out about his young son Babu.
Meanwhile, Raju (
Major Sundararajan) is thrown out of his house by his stepmother Shantha Lakshmi (S. Varalakshmi) and lands in the city as a taxi driver. The secretary Shanthi gets abducted in his taxi, the news is in the newspapers and the police start looking for the taxi. Raju then goes after Jagathesh and finds Shanthi locked up in a cell on a remote island. Jagatheesh finds out the whereabouts of the boy but is unable to identify him, so he abducts a busload of boys from that school and forces Shanthi to identify the boy so that he could kill him. Raju, with help of a small-time magician Chithambaram (Nagesh
), rescues Shanthi and the boys after a series of fights with the gangsters. Raju and Shanthi get married.
Cast
- Ravichandran as Raju
- Bharathias Shanthi
- Nagesh as Chithambaram, Raju's friend/Magician
- R. S. Manohar as Jagadesh, Babu's Paternal Father
- Vijaya Lalitha as Lalitha, Jagatheesh's lover
- Major Sundararajanas Chella Durai, Raju and Rathnam's father
- S. Varalakshmi as Shantha Lakshmi, Rathnam's mother
- Thengai Srinivasan as Black Cat, Jagatheesh's Hitman
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Rathnam, Raju's half brother
- Master Sekharas Babu
- Samikkannuas Constable Irudhaya Raj
- MCT. Muthaiah
- Singapore Sundaram
- K. S. Angamuthu
- Jayakumari as dumb woman dancer
- Yasotha
- Malathi
- Surekha
- Syamala
- Jai Vijaya
Soundtrack
Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.[3] The song "Velli Muthukal" attained popularity.[4]
Songs | Singer | Length |
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"Velli Muthukal" | L. R. Eswari S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:17 |
"Valiban Sonna" | L. R. Eswari | 04:06 |
"Thottum Thodathathu" | L. R. Eswari | 04:15 |
"Unna Nenacha Konjam" | L. R. Eswari, A. L. Raghavan | 03:59 |
"Ellarokkum Nalla" | B. Vasantha, L. R. Anjali | 03:41 |
"Vaangayaa Vaanga" | L. R. Eswari, Jikki | 04:22 |
Club Song | Instrumental |
References
- ^ "நான் அறிந்த இசை அரசன் எஸ்.பி.பியும் அவரின் இன்னிசை சாம்ராஜ்யமும்; பகுதி 10 -என்.கே.எஸ். திருச்செல்வம்". Thinakkural (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "மீண்டும் வாழ்வேன் / Meendum Vazhven (1971)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Meendum vazhven - M. S. Viswanathan - ( 7 1枚 ) - 売り手". cdandlp.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "எஸ்.பி.பி. குரலில் மக்களை மயக்கிய பாடல்கள்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
External links
- Meendum Vazhven at IMDb
- Meendum Vazhven at Rotten Tomatoes