Naan Yen Pirandhen
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Duration | Director M. Krishnan Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 9 June 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Naan Yen Pirandhen (English: Why was I born?) is a 1972 Indian Tamil language film directed by M. Krishnan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with K. R. Vijaya, Kanchana, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh and Major Sundarrajan. This is a rare case where M.G.R took on a role portrayed by A.N.R who is considered to be Andhra's Shivaji Ganesan known for his performance oriented roles.
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Plot
Kannan (MGR), a young man, lives with his wife (K.R. Vijaya) and kid. His mother (S.N. Lakshmi), sister (G. Sakunthala), her husband and children, also live with him as a joint family.
Kannan finds it difficult to make ends meet. So, he takes up a position with a rich businessman (Major Sundararajan), whose daughter (Kanchana), is confined to a wheelchair. She also develops health problems after the sudden death of her mother. Major Sundararajan hires Kannan as his manager, with the hope of marrying off his daughter to him, as he is under the impression that Kannan is a bachelor. Kannan also hides the fact that he is a married man, in order to get the job. He lives in the house of the businessman and his daughter, and faces many problems.
Kannan reaches out to the rich man’s nephew Shankar (V. Gopalakrishnan), who is in America studying medicine, and informs him about the problems he is facing with the rich man’s daughter and requests him to come back soon. All the problems are solved soon, and the hero is reconciled with his wife and family. Shankar marries the rich girl who is now in good health, thanks to the attention and care bestowed on her by Kannan.
Cast
The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned
Around the movie
It is the remake of Telugu film Bratuku Theruvu.
A history between laughter and tears.
Rare fact, MGR is married and father of a little girl from the beginning of the history.
It is the first orchestration of the famous binomial Shankar-Ganesh for a film of MGR.
They take easily the exam.
Their soundtrack is powerful, same even today.
NAAN YEN PIRANDHEN ? was their last movie together for MGR and K. R. Vijaya. (Also for Kanchana with MGR)
BRATUKU THERUVU (1953) by P.S.Ramakrishna Rav, with ANR, Savitri and Sri Ranjani, etc... (Telugu version)
JEENE KI RAAH (1969) by L.V.Prasad, with Jeetendra, Taniya and Andjali Kadham, etc... (Hindi version)
Soundtrack
The music composed by Shankar Ganesh.
Reception
Despite a super star cast and excellent performances by MGR, Kanchana, K.R. Vijaya, superb comedy by Nagesh and pleasing music by Shankar-Ganesh, the film did not do as well as expected, and ran for 90 days, in stark contrast to the thumping success of the Telugu and Hindi versions.
References
Naan Yen Pirandhen WikipediaNaan Yen Pirandhen IMDb