Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan - Part 7

அண்மையில் தவமாய் தவமிருந்து படம் பார்த்தேன். அதில் அப்பா வேடத்தில் வரும் ராஜ்கிரண் பாத்திர அமைப்பு நன்றாக இருந்தது.

இது போன்ற பாத்திரங்களில் நம் NT அவர்கள் வியட்நாம் வீடு, கெளரவம் படங்களில் நடித்திருந்தாலும் அது நகர வாழ்க்கையை ஒட்டி அமைத்திருந்தது, எனினும் எங்க ஊர் ராஜா படம் மனதுக்கு நிறைவளித்தது.

நம் தலைவர் ஒரு அட்சய பாத்திரம்.
ஆனால் அவரிடம் இது போன்ற யதார்த்தமான கதைகள் கூறாமல் அன்பே ஆருயிரே, லாரி டிரைவர் ராஜாகண்ணு போன்ற கதையை எடுத்து வீணடித்து விட்டனர்.

குறிப்பாக 1975-1976 ஆண்டு காலகட்டத்தில் இது போன்ற கதைகள் அமையவில்லை என்பது என் ஆதங்கம்.

Thanks Murali, Saradha sister, Raghavendra and Swamthinathan.

What a movie PP and what a collection. As Saradha pointed out there are few section in the media want to hide our god NT's success in box office. At any time our NT movie will beat any actor's box office.

When Murali said about PM, PasaMalar and PP, my first impression was that all these movies 25 weeks movies. But as always our NT movies are competition for NT movies.

Radhakrishnan, I can understand your worries. But for me any movies we can watch just for NT face. I won't mind to watch LDR for 100 times just for NT.

Cheers,
Sathish

Recently I have fortunated to watch 'SATHYAM' (1976) after a long time. Co-starred by Kamal, Jayachitra, Manjula. Fully njoyed the movie.

Another reason for my joy is, Devika paired with NT after long time, but proved she is his best pair. Good songs for Kamal by SPB (kalyAna kOyilin dheiveega kalasam, azagAm kodi siridhu). But I dont like TMs song 'pOttAnE oru pOdu' for NT. Better avoid such songs.

How this movie was received in first release, in Tamilnadu..?.

Dear Karthik,
Happy to read your post on Sathyam. My first surprise was how and where you saw that movie? Because it wasn't telecast in Tamil channels. Raj Video Vision released the VCD of that movie very long back and later on nowhere it is available. May be you might have had access to that old VCD. and it is really worth a watch.

Kamal in many scenes would look a little nervous or uncomfortable. NT had to give a lot of enthusiasm and encouragement for him to act at his will. Halfway SA Kannan made the screenplay to suit that uncomfort of Kamal and made the character that way, I heard.

As you said, KVM was a disappointment in this film. During late 70s I was very much disappointed by KVM in Tamil films. Reason, he used almost all his Telugu tunes in Tamil, whereas during the 60s the tunes of KVM for Tamil stood apart.

Accordingly Sathyam songs made you feel you were watching a Telugu movie. I thought the producers should have invited Mellisai Mannar for this film. Particularly the TMS song was utter disappointment.

Of course, other aspects of the film rose to the occasion. Devika was apt in this film with NT.

This film was also caught amidst the uncomfortable period for NT fans 1976. The only exception being Uthaman, all others suffered the political outcome during that period.

Anyhow, Sathyam was not a fast paced movie and even had it been released in other periods, it would not have made much of a difference.

Sathyam watchable for one and only NT and for a portion, the up and coming Kamal.

Raghavendran

Thanks Raghavendra for giving more details about Sathyam. But I beleive this movie is a 100 days movie. Murali sir and Saradha can give more details.

This movie VCD is available in Madurai still, I have seen VCD when was in Madurai in May 2010 and Raj TV used to show many times

I have watched this movie in Alankar theatre on a Sunday day and made lots of "Allapparai" in the theatre. Devika has acted with our god after long and she was very fatty and in my opinion she was not 100% mathched with NT in this movie.

As Karthik mentioned Kamal songs are very nice. NT song is not bad at all but not listened by viewers in the Radio.

Cheers,
Sathish

Dear Satish.
Murali, Rakesh & I had discused this film in Sept 2007. :D
see this and the next page:
http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewt...=asc&start=585

கேள்வி பிறந்தது! நல்ல பதில் கிடைத்தது! - 126

கே: எட்டையபுரம் பாரதி விழாவின் முழுச் செலவும் நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசனுடையதா? (அப்துல், சென்னை)

ப: ஆமாம்.

(ஆதாரம் : பேசும் படம், அக்டோபர் 1958)

குறிப்பு:
52 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் 1958-ல், செப்டம்பர் 11, 12 தேதிகளில் (11.9.1958 & 12.9.1958), மகாகவி பாரதியாரின் பிறந்த ஊரான எட்டையபுரத்தில், பாரதியாருக்கு அஞ்சலி செலுத்தும் விதமாக. அவரது நினைவைப் போற்றும் வகையில், தேசிய கவிக்கு தனது சொந்த செலவில் மிக விமரிசையாக விழா எடுத்தார் தேசிய திலகம். பாரதிக்கு விழா எடுத்த முதல் நடிகர் சிவாஜி. தேசியம் அவரது இரத்தத்திலும், உயிர் மூச்சிலும் ஊறியிருக்கிறது என்பதற்கு இதை விட வேறென்ன சான்று வேண்டும்.

[இந்த பாரதி விழா பற்றிய விரிவான தொகுப்புக்கள் வெகு விரைவில்]

இன்று 11.9.2010 அமரகவி பாரதியின் 89வது ஆண்டு நினைவு தினம்.

அன்புடன்,
பம்மலார்.

Welcome back Satish! Thanks a lot!

Warm Wishes,
Pammalar.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by mr_karthik

How this movie (Sathyam) was received in first release, in Tamilnadu..?.

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Mr. Karthik,

"Sathyam" - NT's 183rd Film & 47th Color Picture

First released on 6.5.1976 (Thursday) [100 Day Film]

Ran for 100 Victorious days at Theatre Winsor, Jaffna.

Run in Chennai:

Wellington - 56 days

Crown - 50 days

Roxy - 43 days

Noorjehan - 29 days

Some other centres' run:

Madurai - Alankar - 44 days

Salem - 43 days

Tiruchy - 36 days

Kovai - Central - 23 days

Tirunelveli - Central - 36 days

Nagercoil - Rajesh - 29 days

Dindugal - NVGB - 22 days

Overall, "Sathyam" cannot be termed as a Flop or a Failure nor a Hit. It just did AVERAGE BUSINESS in the Box-Office.

Note:

1976 was not a fruitful year for NT. Accepted. But even die-hard fans of NT have a blind perception that all the films in 1976 of NT except "Uthaman" bombed at the Box-Office. This is unfair, false & absurd. After a thorough Box-Office analysis of the films of NT released in 1976, I came to a strong conclusion about the Box-Office status of the NT films of 1976, which can be seen in the list given below:

[In the format of FILM - RELEASE DATE - BOXOFFICE STATUS]

1. Unakkaagha Naan - 12.2.1976 - ABOVE AVERAGE [Ran for more than 50 Days]

2. Grahappravesam - 10.4.1976 - BIG COMMERCIAL HIT [100 Days in Sri Lanka]

3. Sathyam - 6.5.1976 - AVERAGE [100 Days in Sri Lanka]

4. Uthaman - 25.6.1976 - ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS OF 1976 [100 Days at Madurai-Newcinema & 29 Weeks in Sri Lanka]

5. Chitra Pournami - 22.10.1976 - FLOP [I am unable to find a 50-Day print tilldate]

6. Rojavin Raja - 25.12.1976 - ABOVE AVERAGE [Ran for 10 Weeks]

Points to ponder:

1. 'Rojavin Raja' fared well at the Box-Office than 'Unakkaagha Naan'. In fact, 'Rojavin Raja' was cornered by 'Avan Oru Chariththiram' [14.1.1977] on one side & by 'Deepam' [26.1.1977] on the other. Yet, it came out trumps.

2. 'Grahappravesam' completed 100 victorious days at Colombo, Chellamahal.

3. 'Uthaman' in Ceylon:

Colombo - Central - 203 Days

Jaffna - Rani - 179 Days

Mattunagar - Vijaya - 101 Days

NT is always a Smart, Tough Guy.

TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE!

Warm Wishes,
Pammalar.

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Originally Posted by RAGHAVENDRA

This film was also caught amidst the uncomfortable period for NT fans 1976. The only exception being Uthaman, all others suffered the political outcome during that period.
Raghavendran

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Dear Pammalar,
Wonderful. Your analysis and statistics of 1976 makes interesting reading. But what I meant was ... the political outcome had its impact on the running of the films in 1976 and though a few films fared above average the results would have been more success rate if not for the politics. That's what I meant. Because we practically witnessed this impact in the theatres during those days. Even the so called the previous gen die hard fans fell prey to the political propaganda and stopped coming to the theatres for NT movies. This was a fact and I had to convince many of my old friends requesting them to keep politics away. There was not any overwhelming crowd, or crowd enough to keep the theatre packed during the third week onwards for the other films except Uthaman. That was what I came to say. As you might have noticed even Madurai could not see the 50 days run of Sathyam. But that in noway is connected to the quality of the film.

Raghavendran