Navagraham
| Navagraham | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | K. Balachander |
| Written by | K. Balachandar |
| Produced by | Rama Arangannal |
| Starring | Nagesh R. Muthuraman Srikanth Lakshmi |
| Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
| Music by | V. Kumar |
Release date |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Navagraham (transl. Nine Planets) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Nagesh, Srikanth, R. Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with Ragini, Sivakumar, Rama Prabha, Y. G. Mahendran (his film debut), V. Gopalakrishnan and G. Sakunthala in supporting roles.[1] It was released on 3 September 1970.[2]
Plot
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Nine people living as a joint family in a house have amongst them varied characters with weird idiosyncrasies. A thief and orphan, Baalu, enters the house and uses this to his advantage playing one family member against another. He then realises that he is the son of Somu, the patriarch of the house, and then sets to reunite the family only to be thrown out by all of them in the end.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Nagesh as Baalu[3]
- Sundarrajan as Somu
- Muthuraman as Siva
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Mali
- I. S. R as Mani
- Mahendran as Anumanthu
- Sivakumar as Vatsala's lover
- Srikanth as Eeswaran
- Ragini as Akilaandam
- Rama Prabha as Amirtham
- G. Sakunthala as Saraswathi
- Lakshmi as Vatsala[3]
Production
[edit | edit source]Navagraham marked Y. G. Mahendran's acting debut in cinema.[4][5] Manorama was supposed to play the love interest of Nagesh but was dropped at the latter's insistence causing a permanent rift between them.[6]
Soundtrack
[edit | edit source]The soundtrack was composed by V. Kumar and lyrics were written by Vaali.[7]
| Song | Singer | Length |
|---|---|---|
| "Ellame Vayathukku" | A. L. Raghavan | 3:35 |
| "Yaaro Antha Pakkam" | A. L. Raghavan | 3:20 |
| "Unnai Thotta" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & P. Susheela | 3:34 |
| "Neenga Navagraham" | A. L. Raghavan, Ponnusaamy, Major sundararajan, Ragini, Muthuraman, Srikanth, Ramaprabha, G.Sakuntala & Chorus | 5:41 |
| "Akilandam Akilandam" | Ponnusaamy | 4:30 |
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External links
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- Navagraham at Rotten TomatoesLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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