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Duration
  

Screenplay
  
S.D.S. Yogi

Writer
  
S.D.S. Yogi

Director
  
Ellis R. Dungan

Running time
  
2h 24m

Producer
  
Ramasamy

Language
  
Tamil


Release date
  
1936

Cast
  
M G Ramachandran
,
M G Chakrapani
,
T S Balaiah
,
KP Kesavan
,
KK Perumal

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Iru Sahodarargal (also spelled as Iru Sakodarargal; English: Two Brothers) is a 1936 Tamil-language drama film directed by Ellis R. Dungan. This was the second film for M. G. Ramachandran (later Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) and Dungan. This film cemented the reputation of Dungan as the most successful Tamil film director of that period. It is one of the earliest Tamil films to be set in a contemporary social setting. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.

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Production

Iru Sahodarargal (lit. Two brothers) was produced by Parameshwaran Chettiar of Coimbatore under the banner of Parameshwar Sound Pictures. It was shot at Saroj Movie tone studios at Bombay. This was the second film for Dungan after Sathi Leelavathi(1935). K. P. Kesavan, a stage actor, was cast as hero. M. G. Ramachandran (credited as G. Ramachandran) was cast as a policeman along with his brother M. G. Chakrapani. Dungan cast seventy-year-old Alamelu Ammal to play the role of the grandmother to lend realism to the role. The screenplay and lyrics were written by Tamil scholar and poet S.D.S. Yogi

Plot

Vijayakumar and Sukumar (K. P. Kesavan) are brothers. Sukumar, the younger brother is an actor and goes to Madras to earn a living. There he gets a break and becomes famous. The money he sends for his family's upkeep is stolen by Vijayakumar and his wife. Because of their greed, the joint family gets split. After some time, the wayward brother and sister in law have a change of heart and repent for their actions. The family is once again reunited.

Cast and crew

  • P. K. Kesavan — Sukumar
  • K. K. Perumal
  • M. M. Radhabai
  • T. S. Krishnaveni
  • T. S. Balaiah
  • S. N. Vijayalakshmi
  • P. G. Venkatesan
  • S. N. Kannamani
  • M. G. Ramachandran
  • M. G. Chakrapani
  • Ellis R. Dungan - Director
  • S. D. S. Yogi- Story, Screenplay and Lyrics
  • Parur S Anantharaman — Music
  • Gopalaswami — Music
  • S. K. Murthy — Art Direction

    • Reception

    The film was released in 1936 at the Elphinstone Cinema House, Madras. It was a modest box office success. It was one of the earliest Tamil films to have a family oriented story. The art magazine Aadal paadal in its January 1937 issue appreciated the film for its social setting and pointed it out as an example for the success of social themed films. Congress leader S. Satyamurti arranged a special screening for Rajaji at the Elphinstone theatre . Rajaji was impressed by the film and appreciated it. The proceeds of the show he attended were donated to the Patel Purse Fund to finance the nationalist cause. Reviewing the film in Ananda Vikatan on 3 January 1937, Kalki Krishnamurthy wrote :

    References

    Iru Sahodarargal Wikipedia
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    Iru Sahodarargal IMDb