Moondrezhuthu

Moondrezhuthu (English: Three Letters) is a 1968 Tamil-language crime drama film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by T. K. Ramarajan. The film's script was written by T. N. Balu. Music was by T. K. Ramamoorthy. The film stars Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Srividya and Sheela playing lead roles.

Moondrezhuthu
Poster
Tamilமூன்றெழுத்து
Directed byT. R. Ramanna
Produced byT. K. Ramarajan
Written byT. N. Balu
StarringRavichandran
Jayalalithaa
Srividya
Sheela
Major Sundarrajan
Sriranjani Jr
Ennatha Kannaiya
C. L. Anandan
R. S. Manohar
S. A. Ashokan
Ganthimathi
Nagesh
Thengai Srinivasan
Suruli Rajan
Music byT. K. Ramamoorthy
CinematographyM. A. Rehmaan
Edited byM. S. Mani
Production
company
Barani Studios
Distributed bySree Vinayaga Pictures
Release date
10 May 1968
Running time
176 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The film revolves around a big box filled with cash and jewellery and a bunch of people vying for it. One of them is a greedy old man with a long tuft (S. A. Asokan), whose daughter is the heroine Jayalalithaa. A manager (Major Sundararajan) is trusted with the box which needs to be handed over to its legitimate claimants (Sriranjani Jr. and her suffering family). In his efforts to deliver the box to the rightful owners, he is forced to kill and is sent to jail. His son, the film's hero Ravichandran, to whom he narrates the events, buries the treasure in a village and writes down the clues to find it on three different pieces of paper, with three different Tamil letters, Thi... Mu... Ka.

After many twists and turns, the three villains decipher that the Tamil letters are a clue to the name of the village where the box is buried — Kamuthi — and go there. Now, the land is in the possession of a factory coming up in its place, and another villain (Manohar) also goes after the treasure by killing the others with earth-moving equipment. How the hero assisted by Nagesh deals with this forms the rest of the story.

At the end, the villains are exposed and the box is handed over to its rightful owners. The lovers, Jayalalithaa and Ravichandran, are united too.[1]

Cast

Soundtrack
Moondrezhuthu
Soundtrack album by
T. K. Ramamoorthy
Released1968
Recorded1968
GenreSareegama
Length21:29
LanguageTamil
ProducerT. K. Ramamoorthy

Music was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[2][3] The playbacksinger consists of T. M. Soundararajan P. Suseela L. R. Eswari and S. V. Ponnusamy.

No.SongSingerLyricsLength(m:ss)
1"Aadu Paarkalam Aadu"T. M. SoundararajanKannadasan03:22
2"Pettiyilae Pottadaitha"T. M. Soundararajan P. Suseela03:34
3"Iravil Vantha"T. M. Soundararajan S. V. Ponnusamy03:16
4"Konjum Kili"T. M. Soundararajan L. R. Eswari04:52
5"Pachai Kili"L. R. Eswari03:27
6"Kaadhalan Vandhan"P. Suseela S. V. Ponnusamy03:38

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy said the film would be remembered for the "melodious music, the fine photography and outstanding performance of Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Ashokan".[1]

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References
  1. Guy, Randor. "Moondrezhuthu (1968) TAMIL". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. "Moondrezhuthu 1968". saavan. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. "Moondrezhuthu 1972". mio. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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