Annai Illam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Madhavan
Screenplay byG. Balasubramaniam
Story byDada Mirasi
Produced byM. R. Santhanam
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Devika
CinematographyP. N. Sundaram
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
Production
company
Kamala Pictures
Distributed bySivaji Productions
Release date
  • 15 November 1963 (1963-11-15)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Annai Illam (transl. Mother's home) is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and produced by M. R. Santhanam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Devika. It was released on 15 November 1963, and ran for 100 days in theatres.

Plot

Paramasivam, his wife pregnant Gowri, along with their first son Kumaresan live a lavish and a charitable life. They fall into abject poverty due to their charitable nature. At one instance, desperately in need of money to help his wife's childbirth, Paramasivam goes to borrow money but ends up assaulting the shopkeeper in anger after he insults him. Believing him to be dead and himself to be a murderer, he abandons his family and runs away with his son to be rescued by Rathnam, a friend.


Rathnam takes him to the city and lies to him that his wife and child died in childbirth and the police were looking for him causing him to change his name to Paramanandam. He uses Paramandandam's innate goodness and charitable as well as trustworthy nature to front him to the society for his smuggling business in which he prospers with his assistant Manickam. Adult Kumar falls in love with Public Prosecutor Ramanathan's daughter where Shanmugam, his brother works. They all meet each other without realizing they are related.


As fate would have it, Kumar finds that his father is a smuggler which causes Paramanandam to come clean. Fearing exposure, Rathnam, with Manickam's help, frames Paramanandam for all the crimes including a murder of a constable he committed and sends him to gallows. Kumar struggles to rescue his father but Shanmugan, now the public prosecutor takes up the case in front of judge Ramanathan close the noose on the face of evidence. Rathnam also betrays Manickam so as to leave no loose ends. In the end, Kumar manages to goad Rathnam into a confession, which is secretly witnessed by Ramanthan and cops along with Manickam turning approver and sets his father free.

Cast

Production

Ganesan recommended Madhavan as the director to Santhanam.[1] The dialogues were written by Aaroor Dass.[2] The song "Sigappu Vilakku" was filmed at the Life Insurance Corporation building in Madras.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.[4][5]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ennirandu 16 Vayathu"T. M. Soundararajan3:37
2."Madi Meethu"T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela4:17
3."Nadaiya Idhu Nadaiya"T. M. Soundararajan3:09
4."Enna Illai"A. L. Raghavan2:57
5."Sigappu Vilakku"T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela3:13
Total length:17:13

Release and reception

Annai Illam was released on 15 November 1963,[6] and distributed by Sivaji Productions.[7] Writing for Sport and Pastime, T. M. Ramachandran said, "The conventional and even illogical manner in which the story has been presented creates nothing but feelings of disdain for the makers of the film".[8] A critic from Kalki said the cast performances were the film's only redeeming feature.[9] The film become a hit at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theatres.[10]

Legacy

Sivaji Ganesan's residence is named after the film's title.[11]

References

  1. ^ "ஆரூர் தாஸ் வசனத்தில் ஒரேநாளில் வெளியான எம்ஜிஆர், சிவாஜி படங்கள்!". News18 (in Tamil). 21 November 2022. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ "91-100". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ^ Raman, Mohan (20 August 2020). "#MadrasWeek: The iconic structures that helped establish Madras in namma Tamil movies". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ அன்னை இல்லம் (PDF) (song book) (in Tamil). Kamala Pictures. 1963. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Annai Illam ,Anbukkarangal Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by K.V.Mahadevan ,R.Sudarsanam". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. ^ "நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. ^ "அன்னை இல்லம்". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 22 February 1964.
  8. ^ Ramachandran, T. M. (14 December 1963). "Wither Tamil Films?". Sport and Pastime. Vol. 17. p. 51. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. ^ "அன்னை இல்லம்". Kalki (in Tamil). 8 December 1963. p. 24. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  10. ^ "பிரபல இயக்குநர் பி.மாதவனின் 100 நாள் ஓடிய முதல் திரைப்படம் எது தெரியுமா?". News18 (in Tamil). 16 November 2022. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (30 July 2015). "And the story continues". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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