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'''''Idhaya Veenai''''' ({{Translation|The Heart's [[Veena]]}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[Krishnan–Panju]]. The film stars [[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] and [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]], with [[Sivakumar]], [[M. N. Nambiar]] and [[M. G. Chakrapani]] in supporting roles. It was released on 20 October 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2011 |title=எம்.ஜி.ஆர். நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/MGR_Cinema.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181114041813/http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/MGR_Cinema.jsp |archive-date=14 November 2018 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=Ithayakkani |language=ta}}</ref>
'''''Idhaya Veenai''''' ({{Translation|The Heart's [[Veena]]}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[Krishnan–Panju]]. The film stars [[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] and [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]], with [[Sivakumar]], [[M. N. Nambiar]] and [[M. G. Chakrapani]] in supporting roles. It was released on 20 October 1972.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
''The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned''.
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{{Cast listing|
{{Cast listing|
* [[M. G. Ramachandran]] as Sundaram
* [[M. G. Ramachandran]] as Sundaram
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* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as K. Muthu alias Kalimuthu
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as K. Muthu alias Kalimuthu
* [[Poornam Viswanathan]] as Kumarswamy, Vimala's father
* [[Poornam Viswanathan]] as Kumarswamy, Vimala's father
* [[A. Sakunthala]] as Vasantha, Annamalai's young sister
* [[C. I. D. Sakunthala|A. Sakunthala]] as Vasantha, Annamalai's young sister
* [[G. Sakunthala]] as Mangalam, Sivaraman's wife
* [[G. Sakunthala]] as Mangalam, Sivaraman's wife
* [[Sachu]] as Karmegam's daughter
* [[Sachu]] as Karmegam's daughter
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The film was produced by Udhaya Productions. Parts of ''Idhaya Veenai'' were shot in [[Kashmir]].{{sfn|Kannan|2017|pp=158, 167}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2019 |title=New Kashmir beckons Kodambakkam arc lights |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/new-kashmir-beckons-kodambakkam-arc-lights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125142851/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/new-kashmir-beckons-kodambakkam-arc-lights/ |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
The film was produced by Udhaya Productions. Parts of ''Idhaya Veenai'' were shot in [[Kashmir]].{{sfn|Kannan|2017|pp=158, 167}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2019 |title=New Kashmir beckons Kodambakkam arc lights |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/new-kashmir-beckons-kodambakkam-arc-lights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125142851/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/new-kashmir-beckons-kodambakkam-arc-lights/ |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==<!-- https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil-classic-history-about-shankar-ganesh-music-mgr-movie-idhaya-veenai-1566345 -->
== Soundtrack ==

The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idhaya Veenai (1972) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0001431 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620183048/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001431 |archive-date=20 June 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Kashmir Beautiful" attained popularity.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 August 2016 |title=Crooning TMS' Kashmir |work=[[Business Line]] |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/crooning-tms-kashmir/article8969790.ece |url-status=live |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726084211/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/crooning-tms-kashmir/article64317475.ece |archive-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> Ramachandran suggested Shankar–Ganesh to use veena as background score for the climax fight. 30 veenas were used for this scene and it was completed within half an hour.<ref name="shankar">{{cite magazine |last=சுந்தரம் |first=கே. |date=17 November 1974 |title=சண்டையில் முழங்கிய வீணைகள் |magazine=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=Ta |pages=157–160}}</ref> Veena player Raghavan was initially approached to play the veena but declined due to scheduling conflicts; his son R. Parthasarathy signed on instead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2014 |title='My Heart is in Film Music' |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/dec/09/my-heart-is-in-film-music-691994.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726084231/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/dec/09/My-Heart-is-in-Film-Music-691994.html |archive-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idhaya Veenai (1972) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0001431 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620183048/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001431 |archive-date=20 June 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Kashmir Beautiful" attained popularity.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 August 2016 |title=Crooning TMS' Kashmir |work=[[Business Line]] |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/crooning-tms-kashmir/article8969790.ece |url-status=live |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726084211/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/crooning-tms-kashmir/article64317475.ece |archive-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> Ramachandran suggested Shankar–Ganesh to use veena as background score for the climax fight. 30 veenas were used for this scene and it was completed within half an hour.<ref name="shankar">{{cite magazine |last=சுந்தரம் |first=கே. |date=17 November 1974 |title=சண்டையில் முழங்கிய வீணைகள் |magazine=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=Ta |pages=157–160}}</ref> Veena player Raghavan was initially approached to play the veena but declined due to scheduling conflicts; his son R. Parthasarathy signed on instead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2014 |title='My Heart is in Film Music' |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/dec/09/my-heart-is-in-film-music-691994.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726084231/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2014/dec/09/My-Heart-is-in-Film-Music-691994.html |archive-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>


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| "Pon Andhi" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela || [[Pulamaipithan]] || 05:49
| "Pon Andhi" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela || [[Pulamaipithan]] || 05:49
|-
|-
| "Thirunirai Selvi" || T. M. Soundararajan || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:14
| "Thirunirai Selvi" || T. M. Soundararajan || Vaali || 04:14
|}
|}


== Release and reception ==
== Release and reception ==
''Idhaya Veenai'' was released on 20 October 1972, Ramachandran's first release since his expulsion from the political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sri Kantha |first=Sachi |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=27 December 2019 |title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 54 {{!}} An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031005730/https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' appreciated the performances of Ramachandran, Lakshmi and Sivakumar while also appreciating Krishnan-Panju's direction, Sornam's dialogues and Shanmugam's cinematography.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=29 October 1972 |title=இதய வீணை |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1972-10-29/page/n32/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/u9YJz |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
''Idhaya Veenai'' was released on 20 October 1972, Ramachandran's first release since his expulsion from the political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sri Kantha |first=Sachi |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=27 December 2019 |title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 54 {{!}} An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031005730/https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=4 April 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' appreciated the performances of Ramachandran, Lakshmi and Sivakumar while also appreciating Krishnan–Panju's direction, Sornam's dialogues and Shanmugam's cinematography.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=29 October 1972 |title=இதய வீணை |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1972-10-29/page/n32/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240406132522/https://archive.org/details/kalki1972-10-29/page/n31/mode/2up |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=31 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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* {{IMDb title|id=0233913}}
{{Krishnan–Panju}}
{{Krishnan–Panju}}

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[[Category:1970s Indian films]]
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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Films set in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Films shot in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Films shot in Jammu and Kashmir]]
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 25 July 2024

Idhaya Veenai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKrishnan–Panju
Written byK. Sornam
Produced byS. Maniyan
Vidwan V. Lakshmanan
StarringM. G. Ramachandran
Lakshmi
Manjula
CinematographyA. Shanmugham
Edited byM. Umanath
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Udhayam Productions
Release date
  • 20 October 1972 (1972-10-20)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Idhaya Veenai (transl. The Heart's Veena) is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Lakshmi and Manjula, with Sivakumar, M. N. Nambiar and M. G. Chakrapani in supporting roles. It was released on 20 October 1972.

Plot

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Somewhere in Madras, several years previously, a young Sundaram was driven away from home by Sivaraman, his father, a severe lawyer. Sivaraman denies his son. Sundaram makes a promise to his father, that one day, he will beg him to recognise him. He currently lives in the Kashmir as a tourist guide. When he finds Nalini, his younger sister, in the middle of a group of students, Sundaram decides to go back home, to gain knowledge of her and help the situation. But at the beginning, he incurs only troubles, in particular, with Kirymani, the lover of Nalini and Annamalai, a man with a double life.

Cast

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Production

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The film was produced by Udhaya Productions. Parts of Idhaya Veenai were shot in Kashmir.[1][2]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[3] The song "Kashmir Beautiful" attained popularity.[4] Ramachandran suggested Shankar–Ganesh to use veena as background score for the climax fight. 30 veenas were used for this scene and it was completed within half an hour.[5] Veena player Raghavan was initially approached to play the veena but declined due to scheduling conflicts; his son R. Parthasarathy signed on instead.[6]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Aanandham Indru" T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki Vaali 03:28
"Kashmir Beautiful" T. M. Soundararajan 07:28
"Neeraadum" P. Susheela 03:29
"Oru Vaalum" T. M. Soundararajan 03:38
"Pon Andhi" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela Pulamaipithan 05:49
"Thirunirai Selvi" T. M. Soundararajan Vaali 04:14

Release and reception

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Idhaya Veenai was released on 20 October 1972, Ramachandran's first release since his expulsion from the political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[7] Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the performances of Ramachandran, Lakshmi and Sivakumar while also appreciating Krishnan–Panju's direction, Sornam's dialogues and Shanmugam's cinematography.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Kannan 2017, pp. 158, 167.
  2. ^ "New Kashmir beckons Kodambakkam arc lights". The Times of India. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Idhaya Veenai (1972)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Crooning TMS' Kashmir". Business Line. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  5. ^ சுந்தரம், கே. (17 November 1974). "சண்டையில் முழங்கிய வீணைகள்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). pp. 157–160.
  6. ^ "'My Heart is in Film Music'". The New Indian Express. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ Sri Kantha, Sachi (27 December 2019). "MGR Remembered – Part 54 | An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. ^ காந்தன் (29 October 1972). "இதய வீணை". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 31. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.

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