Moondrezhuthu

Moondrezhuthu (transl. Three letters) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language crime film, directed by T. R. Ramanna, produced by T. K. Ramarajan and written by T. N. Balu. Music was by T. K. Ramamoorthy.[1] The film stars Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Srividya and Sheela.

Moondrezhuthu
Poster
Directed byT. R. Ramanna
Produced byT. K. Ramarajan
Written byT. N. Balu
StarringRavichandran
Jayalalithaa
Srividya
Sheela
Music byT. K. Ramamoorthy
CinematographyM. A. Rehmaan
Edited byM. S. Mani
Production
company
Sree Vinayaga Pictures
Release date
10 May 1968
Running time
176 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The film revolves around a chest filled with valuable items and a handful of people competing for it. One character is a greedy old man with a long tuft (S. A. Asokan), whose daughter is the heroine Jayalalithaa. A manager (Major Sundararajan) is trusted with the chest which needs to be handed over to its legitimate claimants (Sriranjani Jr. and her suffering family). In his efforts to deliver the box to the rightful owners, he is forced to murder and is sent to jail. His son, the film's hero Ravichandran, to whom he narrates the events, buries the treasure in a village and writes down the clues to find it on three different pieces of paper, with three different Tamil letters, தி (Thi) மு (Mu) க (Ka). After many twists and turns, the three villains decipher that the Tamil letters are a clue to the name of the village where the box is buried&they end up going there. Now, the land is in the possession of a factory coming up in its place, and another villain (Manohar) also goes after the treasure by killing the others with heavy equipment. How the hero assisted by Nagesh deals with this forms the rest of the story. At the end, the villains are exposed and the box is handed over to its rightful owners. The lovers, Jayalalithaa and Ravichandran, are united too.[2]

Cast

Soundtrack
Moondrezhuthu
Soundtrack album by
T. K. Ramamoorthy
Released1968
Recorded1968
GenreSareegama
Length21:29
LanguageTamil
ProducerT. K. Ramamoorthy

Music was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[3][4]

No.SongSingerLyricsLength (min:ss)
1"Aadu Paarkalam Aadu"T. M. SoundararajanKannadasan03:22
2"Pettiyilae Pottadaitha"T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela03:34
3"Iravil Vantha"T. M. Soundararajan, S. V. Ponnusamy03:16
4"Konjum Kili"T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari04:52
5"Pachai Kili"L. R. Eswari03:27
6"Kaadhalan Vandhan"P. Susheela, S. V. Ponnusamy03:38

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy said the film would be remembered for the "melodious music, the fine photography and outstanding performance of Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Ashokan".[2]

References
  1. "Moondrezhuthu". The Indian Express. 24 May 1968. p. 3.
  2. Guy, Randor. "Moondrezhuthu (1968) TAMIL". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. "Moondrezhuthu". JioSaavn. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. "Moondrezhuthu 1972". mio. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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