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Nizhal Nijamakirathu

  • 1978
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Nizhal Nijamakirathu (1978)
Drama

An innocent dreamer, Thilagam works as a cook at the house where Venkatachalam& his sister, Indumathi's live. She is coveted by the slow-witted deaf household help, Kasi @ Sevudan (Deaf man)... Read allAn innocent dreamer, Thilagam works as a cook at the house where Venkatachalam& his sister, Indumathi's live. She is coveted by the slow-witted deaf household help, Kasi @ Sevudan (Deaf man) as well as Venkatachalam. In this setting enters Sanjeevi, a modern chap rooted in commun... Read allAn innocent dreamer, Thilagam works as a cook at the house where Venkatachalam& his sister, Indumathi's live. She is coveted by the slow-witted deaf household help, Kasi @ Sevudan (Deaf man) as well as Venkatachalam. In this setting enters Sanjeevi, a modern chap rooted in communist ideals who constantly meddles with the men-hating Indumathi. One fine day, Thilagam be... Read all

  • Director
    • K. Balachander
  • Writers
    • K. Balachander
    • Pamman
  • Stars
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Sumithra
    • Shobha
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    130
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    • Director
      • K. Balachander
    • Writers
      • K. Balachander
      • Pamman
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Sumithra
      • Shobha
    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • Sanjeevi
    Sumithra
    Sumithra
    • Indumathi
    Shobha
    • Thilagam
    Sarath Babu
    Sarath Babu
    • Venkatachalam
    Anumandhu
    • Kasi
    Mouli
    Mouli
    • Manmatha Naidu
    K. Nataraj
    • Ayyavu
    Oru Viral Krishna Rao
    • Kalimuthu
    M.S. Sundari Bai
    • Ponnamma
    • Director
      • K. Balachander
    • Writers
      • K. Balachander
      • Pamman
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    8srikanth_at_mail

    A brilliant movie for the time....

    When I first saw this movie, I thought it was bold idea for the period this was made. Kamal Hasan is at his best, in one of his memorable roles as a young man with revolutionary ideas about life and society (Sanjeevi if I remember right).The story is about Kamal Hasan's friend (played by Sarath Babu) who retracts from admitting the affair with his servant maid that leaves her pregnant (the reason being social inequalities) and Sarath Babu's feminist sister (played by Sumithra) who loves/hates Sanjeevi and his attitude.

    The album has some memorable numbers tuned by M.S Viswanathan (Kamban Emaandhaan, Ilakkanam maarudho...). This is one of the many contemporary cinemas (for that period) from the great K.Balachandar and Kamal Hasan combo who dared to be different amidst a bunch of pathetic movie makers.
    8kamalbeeee

    Epic drama movie...

    I was watch this movie one and only becozz of k.balachander...it never disappointed me and i feel only few dialogues are superb...

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    • Trivia
      This is a remake of the Malayalam movie Adimagal (1969) directed by K.S. Sethumadhavan released in 1969
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Indumathi: Can I come with you?

      Sanjeevi: This is a company car, you can't sit here.

      [drives off. He comes back on a bicycle]

      Sanjeevi: This is my cycle, so you can sit here.

    • Connections
      Remake of Adimagal (1969)

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    • Release date
      • March 24, 1978 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Illusion Becomes Reality
    • Production company
      • Kalakendra Films
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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