Naangu Suvargal
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Directed byK. Balachander
Written byK. Balachander
Produced byV. S. Sharma
P. S. Mani
StarringJaishankar
Ravichandran
Vanisri
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Screen Entertainment
Release date
  • 6 February 1971 (1971-02-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Naangu Suvargal (transl. Four Walls)[1] is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Jaishankar, Ravichandran and Vanisri. It was released on 6 February 1971, and failed commercially.

Plot

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Cast

Production

Naangu Suvargal was directed by K. Balachander who also wrote the story and dialogue. It was produced by V. S. Sharma and P. S. Mani under Screen Entertainment,[2] and was Balachander's first colour venture,[3] as well the second collaboration between Jaishankar and Ravichandran as actors.[4] Srividya portrayed a visually impaired character for which she had to wear contact lenses.[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ninaithal Naan"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 
2."O Maina"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 
3."Odi Vaavena"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, T. M. Soundararajan 
4."O Maina"T. M. Soundararajan 
5."Naan Oru Paattu"L. R. Eswari 
6."Vaanam Bhoomi"Sirkazhi Govindarajan 

Release and reception

Naangu Suvargal was released on 6 February 1971,[7] and was a commercial failure.[4] T. G. Vaidyanathan of Film World described it as a "re-do" of V. Shantaram's Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) as it dealt with rehabilitation of criminals.[8]

References

  1. ^ Narwekar, Sanjit (1994). Directory of Indian film-makers and films. Flicks Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-948911-40-8. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ Naangu Suvargal [Four Walls] (motion picture) (in Tamil). Screen Entertainment. 1971. Credits, from 0:00 to 2:51.
  3. ^ "சிகரம் தாண்டிய இயக்குனர் சிகரம் - பாலச்சந்தர்!". Ithayakkani (in Tamil). 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b Aravind, CV (25 September 2017). "From 'Pasamalar' to 'Vikram Vedha', Tamil cinema's experiments with multi starrers". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "கே. பாலசந்தரா பேசினார்?". Kalki (in Tamil). 10 August 1980. pp. 36–37. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Naangu Suvargal songs". Songs4all. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  7. ^ "நான்கு சுவர்கள் / Nangu Suvargal (1971)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ Vaidyanathan, T. G. (1971). "How to make foreign movies in an Indian Language". Film World. Vol. 7. pp. 53–54. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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