Sadhu Mirandal
1966 film by A. Bhimsingh
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Sadhu Mirandal (transl. If the meek are angered) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a bank official murdered for money by three people in a moving car. The film stars Nagesh and T. R. Ramachandran. Released on 14 April 1966, it became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi by Bhimsingh as Sadhu Aur Shaitaan (1969).[1][2]
| Sadhu Mirandal | |
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| Directed by | Thirumalai–Mahalingam |
| Screenplay by | A. Bhimsingh |
| Story by | Usilai Somanathan |
| Produced by | A. Bhimsingh |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | G. Vittal Rao |
| Edited by | A. Paul Durai Singham |
| Music by | T. K. Ramamoorthy |
Production company | Sree Venkateswara Cinetone |
| Distributed by | Sun Beam |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Cast
- Nagesh as the taxi driver[3]
- T. R. Ramachandran as Pasupathy[4]
- O. A. K. Thevar as Narasimhan[4]
- Manorama as Karpagam[5]
- Kalpana as Kalpana[5]
- Kutty Padmini as the bank manager's daughter[5]
- Master Prabhakar as the bank manager's son[5]
Production
On 13 November 1958 in Madras (now Chennai), Suryanarayana, a bank official, was murdered for money by his friend Narayana Swamy and associates Vijayakumar and Joginder, while travelling via Narayana Swamy's car after taking a large sum of cash from his bank's head office in Parry's Corner to his branch in T. Nagar. Vijayakumar and Narayana Swamy were apprehended, but Joginder escaped.[6] This incident became known as the "Suryanarayana Murder Case", and inspired A. Bhimsingh to write a screenplay.[5] He produced it under the banner Sree Venkateswara Cinetone as the film Sadhu Mirandal, which his assistants Thirumalai–Mahalingam directed.[5][7] The story and dialogues were written by Usilai Somanathan. Art direction was handled by H. Shantaram, editing by A. Paul Durai Singham and cinematography by G. Vittal Rao.[8] A. Veerappan also contributed to the script, but was not credited.[4] It is the feature film debut of Master Prabhakar.[9] The final length of the film was 3,996 metres (13,110 ft).[7]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy.[10][8] Ramamoorthy earlier composed for films with M. S. Viswanathan (under the name Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy) and this was his first film as a solo composer.[11] One song, "A for Apple... B for Biscuit...", written by Thanjai Vaanan and sung by A. L. Raghavan and L. R. Eswari, attained popularity,[5] as did "Arulvaaye Nee Arulvaaye", sung by M. Balamuralikrishna.[12] This song is set in the Carnatic raga Sindhu Bhairavi.[13]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Arulvaaye Nee Arulvaaye" | Alangudi Somu | M. Balamuralikrishna | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Pattali Thozhilalarkalai" | Alangudi Somu | S. C. Krishnan, L. R. Eswari | 7:54 |
| 3. | "A for Apple... B for Biscuit..." | Thanjai Vanan | A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari, S. V. Ponnusamy, Sundar–Surendran, Lalitha | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Nadakame Intha Ulagam" | Thanjai Vanan | A. L. Raghavan | 6:45 |
| Total length: | 22:19 | |||
