Bharatha Vilas

Bharatha Vilas is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. It stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya in the lead roles. The film features an ensemble cast, with prominent actors from other languages playing guest roles in a song.

Bharatha Vilas
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Directed byA. C. Tirulokchandar
Produced byA. C. Tirulokchandar
Screenplay by'Madurai' Thirumaran
Story byA. C. Tirulokchandar
StarringSivaji Ganesan
K. R. Vijaya
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
CinematographyM. Viswanatha Rai
Edited byB. Kanthasamy
Production
company
Cine Bharath Productions
Release date
24 March 1973
Running time
143 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Gopal (Sivaji Ganesan) and Gowri (K. R. Vijaya) are salespeople in competing organisations. They are professional rivals and end up sharing rooms in the same house belonging to an Englishman. Naidu (M. R. R. Vasu) and his Kannada wife (Manorama) are caretakers of the house where they both stay. In due course, Gopal and Gowri get married and quit their jobs on the same day. Naidu and his wife lend them some money to start a business. Gopal's business becomes successful. Gowri and Gopal, who have a son, are about to have another baby.
A Punjabi family led by Baldev Singh (Major Sundarrajan) move into one of the portions. A Malayalee Muslim led by Ibrahim (V. K. Ramasamy) family take up residence in other part of the same house. After some initial hiccups, the four families settle down and become close friends. Gopal's secretary Kalaivani (C.I.D.Sakunthala) tries to entice him and her cunning brother takes a photo of the two of them together. He begins to blackmail Gopal, whose neighbours help him fight the blackmailer off, thus sealing the bond between the families even more strongly. When the house owner decides to sell the house and return to England, the families buy the house together with Gopal paying Naidu's share. They call the house Bharatha Vilas, since it houses people from all parts of the country.
The movie fast-forwards to a few years later, which sees Gopal successful and slightly arrogant about his wealth. His grown-up daughter is very close to Ibrahim's family and she considers Ibrahim's son Hamid as her brother. After receiving an anonymous letter implying wrongly that they are in a relationship, an irate Gopal cuts off all contact with Ibrahim and fixes his daughter's wedding with one of his relatives.

Ibrahim kicks Hamid out of the house, and Hamid joins the army, which is to go to war. He is killed in the war and a letter he wrote before he left for battle makes it clear to Gopal that his daughter and him were just like siblings. Gopal and Ibrahim reconcile. Meanwhile, Gopal's son and Baldev Singh's daughter – who are both medical students – are in love without their parent's knowledge. Gopal suddenly suffers a huge loss in business and is unable to pay the dowry for his daughter. When the groom's family pressures him, his neighbours offer to contribute towards the dowry. Gopal is humbled by their generosity, and he requests Naidu to have his son marry his daughter. Naidu agrees on the condition that Gopal gets his son married to Baldev Singh's daughter. The neighbours finally become one large happy family.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[2] The song "Indhiya Naadu" had "lyrics that stressed on the importance of sharing river waters and the significance of national integration".[3]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Sakka Podu Podu Raja"T. M. Soundararajan,Vaali03:53
2"Min Mini Poochigal"L. R. Eswari04:28
3"Naapathu Vayasil"Sivaji Ganesan, P. Susheela03:54
4" Indhiya Naadu"T. M. Soundararajan, M. S. Viswanathan, A. L. Raghavan, K. Veeramani, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Malaysia Vasudevan05:39

References
  1. Dheenadhayalan, Pa (4 June 2016). "சரோஜா தேவி: 7. கோபால்...!". Dinamani (in Tamil). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  2. "Bharatha Vilas Songs". raaga. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. Rangarajan, Malathi (16 October 2002). "Down melody lane..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 March 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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