Directed by T. R. Ramanna Written by T. N. Balu Cinematography M. A. Rehmaan | Produced by T. K. Ramarajan Music by T. K. Ramamoorthy | |
Starring Ravichandran
Jayalalitha
Nagesh
Sheela
S. A. Ashokan
R. S. Manohar | ||
Moondrezhuthu (தமிழ்: மூன்றெழுத்து, English: Three Letters) is a 1968 Tamil Crime Drama film was directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by T. K. Ramarajan. The film's script were written by T. N. Balu. Music by T. K. Ramamoorthy assets to the film. The film starring Ravichandran Jayalalitha Nagesh Sheela S. A. Ashokan and R. S. Manohar played lead role to protagonist.
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Plot
The film revolves around a big box filled with cash and jewellery and a bunch of people vying for it. One of them is a greedy old man with a long tuft (S.A. Asokan), whose daughter is the heroine Jayalalithaa. A manager (Major Sundararajan) is trusted with the box which needs to be handed over to its legitimate claimants (Sriranjani Jr and her suffering family). In his efforts to deliver the box to the rightful owners he is forced to kill and is sent to jail. His son, the film’s hero Ravichandran, to whom he narrates the events, buries the treasure in a village, and writes down the clues to find it in three different pieces of paper, with three different Tamil alphabets, Thi... Mu... Ka.
After many twists and turns, the three villains decipher that the Tamil letters are a clue to the name of the village where the box is buried — Kamuthi — and go there. Now, the land is in the possession of a factory coming up in its place, and another villain (Manohar) also goes after the treasure by killing the others with earth-moving equipment. How the hero assisted by Nagesh deals with this forms the rest of the story.
At the end, the villains are exposed and the box is handed over to its rightful owners. The lovers, Jayalalithaa and Ravichandran, are united too.
Cast
Soundtrack
Music composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan. The playbacksinger consists of T. M. Soundararajan P. Suseela L. R. Eswari and S. V. Ponnusamy.
Reception
Film historian Randor Guy said the film would be remembered for the "melodious music, the fine photography and outstanding performance of Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Ashokan."