Annamitta Kai

Annamitta Kai
Tamil	அன்னமிட்ட கை
Directed by	M. Krishnan Nair
Produced by	M. S. Sivaswamy
Written by	A. L. Narayanan
Screenplay by	G. Balasubramaniam
Story by	G. Balasubramaniam
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran; Jayalalitha; Bharathi; M. N. Nambiar; Nagesh; Pandari Bai; Manorama;
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	K. S. Prasath
Edited by	K. Narayanan
Production; company	Ramachandra Productions
Distributed by	Em. Gee. Yaar. Productions
Release date	15 September 1972;
Running time	164 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Annamitta Kai (transl. The hand that feeds) is a 1972 Tamil-language film written by G. Subramanium and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring M. G. Ramachandran. It was produced by Ramachandra Productions, owned by M. S. Sivaswamy. Annamitta Kai was Ramachandran's last black and white movie.[1]

Plot

To repair the past errors of their father, the half brothers Doreraj (MGR) and Selvaraj (M. N. Nambiar) exchange identities, making Selvaraj the heir. Doreraj is going to take care of Selvaraj's blind mother, and try to get his brother back to a virtuous life.

Cast

M. G. Ramachandran as Durai raj (Raju)
Jayalalitha as Seetha
Bharathi as doctor Kalpana
Pandari Bai as Sivagami, Selvaraj's mother
M. N. Nambiar as Selvaraj
R. S. Manohar as The manager Kannaga Rathnam, Kalpana's father
V. K. Ramaswamy as postman Yezhaimalai
Nagesh as The assistant-postman Thangaman
Muthaiya as Sadhasivam Bhoopathi, Durai raj & Selvaraj's father
Geethanjali as Ladha, girl from Burma
Manorama as nurse Thangame
S. N. Lakshmi as Lakshimi, Doreraj's mother
T. K. S. Natarajan as Estate labor
Master Sekhar as Durai raj (Child)
Master Prabhakar as Selvaraj (Child)

The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned.

Production

The movie originally started filming in 1966 with the 1st scene, but couldn't continue due to MGR's shooting incident. The rest of the movie was taken in 1972. Because the initial scene was in Black & White, the producers continued the rest in Black & White.

This was the second and last time Nagesh and Manorama acted side by side after they split up in 1970 during the Navagraham casting dispute. the first one was in Raman Thediya Seethai the same year (1972).

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[2]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"16 Vayathinilae 17 Pillayamma"	P. Susheela	Vaali	03.32
2	"Annamitta Kai"	T. M. Soundararajan		03.56
3	"Onnonna Onnonna"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela		03.22
4	"Mayangi Vitten"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela		04.11
5	"Azhagukku"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki		04.59

Release and reception

This movie ran for 75 days and was one of the hit movies of (MGR).[3]

This was the last movie of (MGR) while he was in (DMK). After 1 month of release of this movie, he has come out from that party and started his own (AIADMK) party on 17 October 1972.

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References

"Annamitta Kai". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
"Annamitta Kai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
"Annamitta Kai Records". srimgr. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

External links

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[1] "Annamitta Kai". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[2] "Annamitta Kai Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[3] "Annamitta Kai Records". srimgr. Retrieved 29 July 2017.