Muthu mani kaNNanukku(sudarum sooravaLiyum)
Pick #432
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Song: muthu mani kaNNanukku
Movie: sudarum sooravaLiyum
Singer : SJanaki
Lyrics: kaNNadasan
MD: MSViswanathan
Year : 1971
Those lovely old 'DD only channel' sundays. You watch the munnottam to catch the title of next week's film. You see name like 'sudarum sooravaLiyum' and go 'oh crap'.
Well the film was anything but crap. It was a compelling tale of trust , love and betrayal. The film had
Gemini ganesh, Muthuraman, venniradai nirmala, Jaya , soban babu etc.
GG played a widower with 2 young children(boy and girl) to support. Unable to find work he helps the villains by doing cheque forgery. He gets caught and
is thrown in jail. Brother and sister are left to fend for themselves. They grow up(Muthuraman and Jaya) not knowing where the father is. Muthuraman falls in love with a doctor(VN) and jaya gets married to a banker(soban babu). GG gets released from jail. The villains still wanting to exploit his forgery talents lures
him by promising to show where his kids are. The bad guys plan a bank heist and during the crime GG
kills one of the banker. He flees from the police and lands up in Muthuramans house . Everyone is overjoyed
with the reunion but its short lived as GG soon learns that he banker he killed is his own son in law.
The death of soban babu will not be revealed to the pregnant Jaya. The rest of the film is about guilt, love
and revelation.
The film had excellent performance from all but the real scene stealer was Jaya. The titles said 'arimugam' Jaya. But her portrayal of a naive innocent girl was better than many experienced performers.
MSV tuned in some good songs.
'anbu vandhadhu'(SPB for GG/TMS,SJ for Muthu and Jaya)
'anubhavam thaane peravendum'(TMS, LRE)
'thaalikku..'(SJ)
The film was directed by seasoned kaNNada director Puttanna kanagal.
Thanks to yvsMani for sending this song.