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[SN23]

Neel: This song is for Saradha and CID.Sakunthala. CID comes as Rental mother for the child born for Muthuraman, whereas Saradha is wife of MR, who could not become a mother. Puratchigaramana story but did not click.

[rajeshkrv]

yes neel it's sabitha anand in pillai thoonga thaalattu

watch the song here

[vel1970]

Very nice song by PS and LRE. Correct Swami.. it is for A.Sagunthala (PS) and Saradha (LRE). A.S has to leave after the delivery of child; she has rights only to give birth but nothing else. Fantastic singing with hidden emotion by PS. I thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks Neel.

One more correct Swami. Pillai thoonga song is for Sabita anand and Arjun.

[Neel D]

baroque & vel1970, you are welcome.

madhu,
Thanks. Yes, those P.Bhanumati songs are from the same film. I have not seen the film. Wasn't there a similar story in the later film "Avan Aval Athu"?

SN23, thanks for the details.

rajeshkrv, thanks.

[Neel D]

Pick #619

Song: thamiz pAdattum
Film: Nermai
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Singers: S.Janaki, S.P.Balasubramanyam
Lyrics: Pulamaipithan
Year: 1985

அனைவருக்கும் இனிய புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துகள்!

"Nermai" directed by R.Krishnamurthi and produced by K.R.G was a formula Sivaji film of the 70s and 80s that Sivaji kept churning out year after year. This is a long story. But it is a Sunday. So, after your holiday meal, pour yourself a cup of coffee and start reading. You may need another cup when you hit the second half.

Sivaji Ganesan is a college professor who teaches economics. Prabhu is one of his students. Radhika is Sivaji's sister who is also a student at the same college. Prabhu is a troublemaker who carries out student strikes, beats up canteen workers, teases college girls, etc. Anuradha also goes to the same college. She is crazy about Prabhu but he is just friends with her. Anuradha's father M.N.Nambiyar, Prabhu's father Jaisankar and a lecherous bachelor Thengai Srinivasan are three rich crooks who together traffic in illegal narcotics.

Jaisankar is disappointed that Prabhu spends his time causing trouble and is poor in academics. He wants his son to get a good education and live a respectable life unlike him. So, Jaisankar seeks Sivaji's help and begs him to give private tutoring to Prabhu. Sivaji is not thrilled about private tutoring nor is it allowed per college rules. But he agrees to tutor Prabhu to help him get better. Prabhu comes to Sivaji's house and while waiting for Sivaji to arrive he picks a fight with Radhika, who also lives in the same house. The fight gets serious and Prabhu twists Radhika's arm and that is when Sivaji walks in on him, gets angry and throws him out.

Prabhu is humiliated and angry. He decides to take revenge. He steals the question paper of the semester exam from Sivaji's office and brings the answers written on bit papers to the exam hall. He lets himself get caught while copying during the exam. The principal sees that Prabhu has answers to all questions in the exam and thinks that he must have gotten the question paper from Sivaji and decides to suspend Sivaji. But Sivaji resigns his job to avoid embarrassment. While cleaning his office Sivaji finds Prabhu's lighter in the file cabinet. He figures that Prabhu stole the question paper to avenge. He finds Prabhu in the hallway and returns the lighter to him.

Prabhu is emabarassed and humbled. He apologizes and begs Sivaji to take him back as his private student. Sivaji forgives him and tutors him. Prabhu passes the exams coming first in the state. In the meantime Radhika develops a liking for him. The two sing today's pick soon after the exam results are announced . Sivaji's wife Sujata respects Prabhu for turning his life around. Sujata suffers from a heart condition and is slowly dying. Only Radhika and Sujata know about it. They don't tell Sivaji.

Around this time Rajiv, a CBI officer and Sivaji's old student, is trasnferred from Delhi and moves to the same city. He looks up Sivaji and starts spending time with Sivaji family. Thengai Srinivasan finds out about this and is concerned that Sivaji may tell on him and his two friends to the authorities. Of course Sivaji knows what Jaisankar does for a living, but does not care enough to go after him. Now that college education is over Anuradha tells her father Nambiyar that she wants to marry Prabhu. Nambiyar talks to Jaisankar. But Jaisankar tells Nambiyar that Prabhu is going to marry Sivaji's sister Radhika. Nambiyar and Thengai are concerned about Jaisankar's relationship with Sivaji. They seriously suspect that Jaisankar is going to turn approver. So, they decide to buy Sivaji out. They make him a big offer to be their accountant. But Sivaji refuses. Threatened that they may get caught if they don't do something they decide to kill Jaisankar.

SPOILER ALERT! Do not read the next four paragraphs if you do not want to know how the film ends.

Jaisankar goes to Sivaji's house to ask Radhika in marriage to his son. While leaving, at Sivaji's doorstep, Jaisankar is killed by a gunman sent by Nambiyar. Sivaji is shocked and confused. Nambiyar calls him on the phone and threatens that he will frame him as Jaisankar's killer if he does not agree to become their partner and keep their secrets safe. Sivaji does not give him an answer one way or the other. He takes Jaisankar's body to Thangai's house, leaves the body at his doorstep. Thengai finds the body, panics, and takes it to Nambiyar's house. Nambiyar's plan to frame Sivaji does not quite work out. So he asks Prabhu to come to his house. Prabhu comes and finds his father dead. Nambiyar admits to killing him and ties up Prabhu in chains and advises him to change his mind about marrying Radhika, to stay within the crime family and to marry Anuradha. Then Nambiyar and Thengai go in search of Sivaji before he goes to police.

Sujata does not understand what is going on with a murder in her house, Sivaji driving away the body, etc. When Sivaji comes home she fights with him to know what is going on. Sivaji does not tell her anything. She gets angry, cries, shouts and faints holding her chest. Radhika brings her medication and Sivaji asks what is with the chest pain and medicine. Radhika tells him the truth about Sujata's health. Sivaji breaks down and asks Radhika to rush and bring the doctor. While Radhika is gone Sujata's condition gets worse and Sivaji drives her to the hospital himself. But he is stopped on they way by Nambiyar and Thengai and they get in a fight. At the same time Anuradha secretly releases Prabhu from the chains and he escapes, but not without fighting with the guards who try to stop him from escaping. Radhika and the doctor run into Sivaji on the road fighting with Nambiyar and Thengai. When Radhika's car arrives Nambiyar, Thengai and their men run away. The doctor attempts to save Sujata but she dies.

Sivaji, Prabhu and his friends swear at Sujata's grave to take revenge. They go to Nambiyar's house and a long fight ensues. Nambiyar attempts to shoot Sivaji but Y.G.Mahendra takes the bullet for him (Oh yes, YGM is there in the film too. From the beginning till the end. As Prabhu's friend and collegemate. Some comedian he is! Never made me laugh in any film). Though he takes the bullet for Sivaji, he survives (I guess so that he can live on to tell more jokes that no one can laugh to. ).

Police comes to Nambiyar's house and arrests all the villains and their men. Sivaji goes back to his professor job. Prabhu and Radhika happily repeat few lines of their duet. And... Vanakkam!

SPOILER ENDS!

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...iz_padattum.rm

[madhu]

Hi Neel...

wow story ! ....

athu ->

[baroque]

Neel for the story!

[Plum]

Neel, You said it on YGM!
However, considering that he delivered 'monumental' performances like Pareetchaikku Neramachu when not inflicting torturous 'comedy', one might have to thank one's stars that he wasnt taken any more 'seriously' than he was.
Even VA Moorthy has a better strike rate than him in terms of comic acts hitting bulls' eye. And thats saying a lot!

[Neel D]

madhu, thanks. That was my holiday feast for you.

baroque, you are welcome. Now tell me. Did you really read the story?

Plum, thanks. "tortorous" best describes YGM's comedy(?). He proves again and again that comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

[Neel D]

Pick #620

Song: kELAthO kAthal nenjcin
Film: Mella Pesungal
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singer: Krishnachandar
Lyrics: ?
Year: 1983

Thanks to Priya for sending this rare song.

http://raretfm.mayyam.com/stream/pow...atho_kathal.rm