Dear Groucho070,
Engiruntho Vanthal was a remake from Hindi "Khilona" (meaning doll). Sanjeev Kumar & Mumtaz(?) played the lead roles. I saw the movie in big screen. Without taking anything away from Sanjeev, he was nowhere near NT. Of course JJ was far better than Mumtaz. It was one of her best performance. During my sequels on NT's political innings, I had mentioned about Rasilar Mandram Conference held at Salem in 1970, Oct 1st & 2nd . I had also mentioned about JJ's participation and her speech where she said that she learnt acting only when she acted in a NT movie and added that EV (to be released on Deepavali day-29th Oct '70) will be a proof for that. The fans at that point of time did not take her seriously and thought that since she had been sidelined for USV ( MGR was shooting at Expo-70 at Osaka in Japan in the second half of September'70) she is coming out with a statement like this. But all were proved wrong when the film released. Another good performance from her was Savale Samali.
About NT's performance, you had written everything. Right from the introduction till the climax (except flashback of Ore Paadal), his body language would be terrific. In the scene preceding climax, when the villain jumps off from the wall, in the close up shot,his face would reflect the turbulence his mind is undergoing and when it returns to normal, his majestic walk would come back, will look at his clothes in a amused manner, a smile would appear and the dialogue delivery would be in a different tone. Total change of Body Language. Another proof that he doesn't need any "technical support" to express "personality changes"
The Dhushyanthan song is another episode where he will be stylish to the core, even without dialogues or lip movement for the song.
Regarding the songs, please refer to Balaji's description of Siripil Undagum Raagathile in this thread, MSV thread and app thread, where he had given a great analysis.
Dear abkhlabhi,
You are right. Iruvar Ullam is not available. There is no copy available even at Annai Illam (NT's house), we recently found out. The only way now is take a CD/DVD of Once More and get a few glimpses of IV. Was just enquiring with Mohanram Sir if the same could be accessed from Prasad Pictures as it was directed by LV Prasad.
Regards
