Andha Naal

The only negative is that there are many murder mysteries in this period! But at that Time there were only a few. And most of them were from Hollywood. This movie is a crime mystery film and since we have seen a lot of them, we can predict the climax. Yet, the movie is very much interesting, taken in Rashamon effect without any songs at that time was a very big experiment. And then we must say about the performance, It was top notch. This movie though has a predictable climax, we cannot guess it easily. And not only that, the murderer is definitely a twist but the reason is a bigger twist which can never be predicted(but it is not considered as a twist). At 1950's if you had seen this film, then you might have disliked it if you were a commercial cinema lover. But if you had seen it as an art film lover, you would have found this film as a gem. Yet this is a gem. The film is must watch for all. Never miss this film. Available on YouTube for free.

Andha Naal (1954) - 100%

As A Movie Buff, It's My Hobby To Search & Watch Iconic Films Of Various Artists Across India... Few Days Back I Got To Know About One Of The Biggest Stars Of Tamil Cinema, The Legendary Sivaji Ganesan & I Decided To Watch Some Of His Early Films... "Andha Naal" Is The First One & I Want To Salute This Man For The Work He Has Done... Also The Makers Deserve Applause For Making A Mystery Thriller Based On Rashomon Effect At The Time When Most Of The Directors Were Making Routine Commercial Films & Very Few Dared To Take Any Risk... In My Opinion, If A List Is Made On The Most Intelligent Films Made In Indian Cinema, It'll Surely Find A Place In Top 5.

Excellent Movie. Everybody acted very well in the movie. Every scenes in the movie were interesting and thrilling. There is no boring part in the movie. This Movie is one of the Best Tamil Thriller Movie. Excellent Movie.

This movie (as mentioned, is the first without songs) is one of the old b&w that I watched when I was a kid. Later, when I watched movies like Citizen Kane, Rashomon etc., this was the movie which came to my mind, more for the style of narration of the story. I guess this is one inspired by Rashomon, and preserves the style of narration. This is not too much of a thriller suspense, but this is a movie that you can watch any day and enjoy (if you care for movies that are classics). Being a 50s movie, certainly one of the landmarks in tamil movie industry, in spite of not being an original concept. The performances are certainly bit theatrical, but that was how acting was in those days. And that flavor of acting makes the movie all the more evergreen and a good classic to watch.

If i have to select the best 5 tamil films ever made , this will be one among them. For the sheer novelty in story telling, daring to exclude the songs - a mandatory in those days-,electrifying performance from that man Shivaji ganesan,unforgettable climax, this film is a gem.

The story is about a brilliant engineer who betrays his country by selling its military secrets to enemy state ,and getting murdered in mysterious circumstance.The detective interrogates the relatives and friends and find each one of them has motive to kill the man. The climax is a truly surprising one,a sign of all those good mystery movies.

What makes this movie stand apart from the rest is, the stylish story telling where the audience is shown the same incident from each character's version.Inspired by ROSHOMON,this movie is a milestone in Indian cinema. Credit should be given to Shivaji for taking the role of Anti-hero and doing it with his own style and grace.

A must for all who love movies with style and difference.