Meenava Nanban

Meenava Nanban
	Poster
Directed by	C. V. Sridhar
Produced by	K. R. Sadayappa Chettiar
Written by	C. V. Sridhar
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran; Latha; M. N. Nambiar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan
Edited by	M. Umanath
Production; company	La Muthu Enterprise
Release date	14 August 1977;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Meenava Nanban (transl. Friend of fishermen) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Sridhar, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Latha, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh among others enacting supporting roles. It ran more than 100 days and it become blockbuster at the box office.

Plot

Kumaran, a nice adventurer comes to take the defense of the fishermen exploited by Nagaraj, the notable of the place. Kamali, his daughter will fall in love with Kumaran. Together, they will continue the fight against the injustice.

Cast

M. G. Ramachandran as Kumaran
Latha as Kamali
Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Shanti
Sachu as Muthamma
V. K. Ramaswamy as Nagaraj, a chairman
M. N. Nambiar as Arun
P. S. Veerappa as Selvaraj, Arun' father
Nagesh as Ratnam
Thengai Srinivasan as Manickam
K. Kannan as Mahi
K. K. Soundar as In charge of Coolie
Karikol Raju as Fisher man
T. K. S. Natarajan as Varadhan
Loose Mohan as Fisher man

Production

Meenava Nanban was the second and last collaboration of MGR with the director C. V. Sridhar, after Urimaikural (1974). Actor and director Santhana Bharathi who worked as assistant director recalled that another famous director P. Vasu joined as assistant in the film's unit.[1]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics written by Muthulingam, Vaali and Pulamaipithan.[2] Muthulingam recalled that MGR came to know that he did not write any song, he insisted him to write the song "Thangathil Mugam Eduthu" which became a classic.[3] The song "Pongum Kadalosai" is based on Valaji raga.[4]

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nerukku Neraai"	Pulamaipithan	T. M. Soundararajan	4.01
2.	"Pongum Kadalosai"	Vaali	Vani Jayaram	4.36
3.	"Thangathil Mugameduthu"	Muthulingam	K. J. Yesudas & Vani Jayaram	3.15
4.	"Pattathu Rajavum"	Vaali	T. M. Soundararajan	4.32
5.	"Neram Pournami"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Vani Jayaram	4.26
6.	"Kannazhagu Singarikku"	Pulamaipithan	T. M. Soundararajan & Vani Jayaram	3.07
7.	"Instrumental piece enclosing the movie"	No lyrics	MGR and Ladha dance with the community of the fishermen	A few seconds

References

"This character artist's first love is direction". The Hindu. 16 November 2006. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
"Meenava Nanban songs". Retrieved 8 March 2012.
"Evergreen and universal appeal". The Hindu. 22 March 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
"Wake up to Valaji". The Hindu. 17 August 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

External links

Meenava Nanban at IMDb

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[1] "This character artist's first love is direction". The Hindu. 16 November 2006. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[2] "Meenava Nanban songs". Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[3] "Evergreen and universal appeal". The Hindu. 22 March 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[4] "Wake up to Valaji". The Hindu. 17 August 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2020.