Neerum Neruppum
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Director P. Neelakantan Country India | 6.8/10 Music director M. S. Viswanathan Language Tamil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 18 October 1971 (1971-10-18) Genres Tamil cinema, World cinema Cast Similar movies Related P Neelakantan movies |
Neerum neruppum
A prince, along with his twin brother, sets out to exact revenge on those responsible for setting his castle on fire.
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Neerum Neruppum (Tamil: English: By Water and By Fire), is a 1971 Swashbuckler Indian Tamil directed by P. Neelakantan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role and J. Jayalalitha, R. S. Manohar, Cho Ramaswamy among others.
Neerum Neruppum, is a 1971 Indian Tamil directed by P. Neelakantan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role and J. Jayalalitha, R. S. Manohar, Cho Ramaswamy among others. The movie is a remake of 1949 M. R. Radha movie Apoorva Sagodharargal.
Plot
The story is about twins Princes Manivannan (MGR) (Neerum) and Karikalan (MGR) (Neruppum). The twins are separated. But Karikalan can feel whatever feelings Manivannan is in. Karikalan wanted to avenge those people who have set fire to his castle.
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
The movie was commercially successful. The movie created box office record of all time.
The movie is a remake of 1949 M. K. Radha movie Apoorva Sagodharargal. The role of M. K. Radha was enacted by MGR and Banumathis role by J. Jayalalitha. The movie is remade in Hindi in 1972 as Gora Aur Kala with Rajendra Kumar. This movie is inspired by the French novel, The Corsican Brothers / Les Freres corses of Alexandre Dumas Pere, published in 1845.
In the credits of the beginning, MGR is presented, for the first time, with Pon Manai Tchemals title (given by Kirupanandha Variyar), before that of Puraitchy Nadhigar (given by Karunanidhi). The clothes of MGR are drawn one more time splendidly by the dressmaker M.A. Muthu. Puraitchy Thalaivar screens them very well.
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