Nalla Neram

Nalla Neram (transl. Good Time), is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh and others.[2] This film was the 16th and last collaboration of MGR and Chinnappa Devar and the only one color movie in the list. It is a remake of the 1971 Hindi movie Haathi Mere Saathi which itself was based on the 1967 Tamil movie Deiva Cheyal. All three versions were produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. It ran more than 100 days in Chennai and in all major cities in Tamil Nadu.

Nalla Neram
Directed byM. A. Thirumugam
Produced by"Sandow" M.M.A.Chinnappa Devar
Written byR. K. Shanmugam (dialogues)
Story bySandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Based onHaathi Mere Saathi
by Salim–Javed
StarringM. G. Ramachandran
K. R. Vijaya
Major Sundarrajan
Nagesh
S. A. Ashokan
Thengai Srinivasan
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyT. M. Sundar Babu
V. Selvaraj
Edited byM. A. Thirumugam
M. G. Balu Rao
Production
company
Devar Films
Distributed byDevar Films
Release date
10 March 1972[1]
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Raju (MGR) owns elephants and earns a livelihood by making them perform tricks. He falls in love with Vijaya (K. R. Vijaya) and they get married. But soon, a problem arises. Vijaya hates elephants because of a personal tragedy in her life. She also feels that Raju spends too much time with his elephant friends. He had to choose between the love of his wife and the friendship of his loyal and devoted pet elephants.

Cast
ActorRole
M. G. RamachandranRaja "Raju" Kumar, a businessman
S. A. AshokanDharmalingham, Vijaya's father
Major SundarrajanVelu, the trainer of animals
Thengai SrinivasanRaju's accountant
S.V.RamadassRaju's father
V. GopalakrishnanParamasivan, the ex-famous acrobat-The human torch
Justin[3]Hired man of Velu
"Sandow" M.M.A.Chinnappa DevarRanga, a fairground entertainer and Velu's henchman
NageshMurugan, a fairground entertainer and Raju's friend
K. R. VijayaViji alias Vijaya, Raju's wife
Kumari SatchouValli, Murugan's lover
Radhiga ("Magic" Radhika)[4][5]Velu's cabaret female dancer
"Kovalai" Kamatchi
Master Raju Kumar[6]Raju, child
4 magnificent elephants (Not mentioned)Ramu (is the friend and the favorite of Raju), Ganga, Meena and Somu

Production

The film was a remake of 1971 Hindi film Haathi Mera Saathi starring Rajesh Khanna. It was the adaptation of Chinnappa Thevar's other film Deiva Cheyal (1967) which flopped.[7]

For the song "Aagattumda Thambi", Ramachandran drove a '58 Chevrolet Impala.[8]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[9]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Agattumda Thambi"T. M. SoundararajanAvinashi Mani03:05
2"Nee Thottal"T. M. Soundararajan, P. SusheelaKannadasan03:22
3"Odi Odi Uzhaikkum"T. M. SoundararajanPulamaipithan03:11
4"Tick Tick"T. M. Soundararajan, P. SusheelaKannadasan03:12
5Dance MusicInstrumental-02:19

References
  1. "Nalla Neram". asklaila. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. "Nalla Neram". Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. "Justin". 29 August 2013.
  4. "Magic Radhika". 11 August 2013.
  5. "FANTASTIKINDIA : Item-girls : 1960-1975, Helen ou la bombe H". www.fantastikindia.fr.
  6. Kunabalasingham, Arul (7 October 2015). "Master Rajkumar".
  7. Dhananjayan, G. (15 August 2016). "Artistic amends – Flops a reservoir of hot story ideas". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. "A vintage ride to the world of Tamil cinema". The New Indian Express. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  9. "Nalla Neram Songs". raaga. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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