1977 (film)

1977 is a Tamil-language action film directed by G.N.Dinesh Kumar.It stars R. Sarathkumar and Farzana in lead roles.[1]

1977
Poster
Directed byG.N.Dhinesh Kumar
Produced byR. Sarathkumar
Raadhika
Written byG.N.Dhinesh Kumar
StarringR. Sarathkumar
Farzana
Vivek
Namitha
Radha Ravi
Ilavarasu
Music byVidhyasagar
CinematographyK. Boopathy
Edited byAnthony
Production
company
Supreme Film Works
Distributed bySupreme film works
Release date
  • 6 March 2009 (2009-03-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

The film was later dubbed into Hindi as 1977: The History Re-Written in 2010.

Plot

The film begins at a fishing hamlet in Tamil Nadu where an elderly Rajashekar (elder Sarath Kumar) is worshipped as "God Father" by many. His amiable ways of living won him many friends. His son Vetrivel (younger Sarath Kumar) is an acclaimed scientist. He is received with gusto by the whole village after he returns winning awards from Central government. Unfortunately, a glance at a vernacular on a news report on Malaysia shocks Rajashekar, who immediately develops cardiac arrest and dies. Vetrivel comes to know about the incident and decides to unravel the mystery behind the death. He sets off to Malaysia. Vetrivel gets acquainted with a local reporter Inba (Farzana), who falls for him. With her help, he finds out a disturbing truth about his father’s life. Rajashekar is former police officer in Malaysia who falls to the conspiracy of a baddie and is arrested for no fault of his. Rajashekar eventually pays the price for being honest by losing his family and settles down in Tamil Nadu with his young son.

In his quest to prove that his father is innocent, Vetrivel re-opens the case and gets the help of Chandhini (Namitha) a lawyer who is the daughter of erstwhile public prosecutor, Gaandivan, who argued against Rajashekar 30 years ago. He also finds his mother (Jayasudha) in the process. The rest of the movie is all but how Vetrivel rewrites history, proves that his father is innocent, and avenges the bad elements. The climax is a usual replica of a typical Tamil film climax.

Cast

Reception

The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Tamilwire stated Walk into the movie with no expectations for a different script or story. But enjoy the simple and effective pace and manner of the movie. It’s an entertainer all that way.[2] Behindwoods rated 1 out of 5 and stated lackluster show.[3] Thiraipadam rated 71% and stated Sarathkumar donning the roles of both the saintly father and the more action-oriented son is a familiar sight for us Tamil cinema viewers. While the earlier films focused on the relationship between father and son in a small-scale setting, 1977 is more ambitious, spanning multiple countries and generations. But that increased ambition only leads to more amateurishness in the film, which makes all those Vijayakanth films look like spectacular and racy action adventures by comparison.[4]

Box office

The film though had a fantastic exit review opened poor response at the box office owing to the Hero's political debacle at the time of release and struggled to recover its high production budget in tamilnadu but racked big money in its Telugu dubbed version which compensated the loss in tamilnadu...

Soundtrack
1977
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released6 March 2009
RecordedVarsha Vallaki Studios
GenreFeature Film Soundtrack
Length22:21
LanguageTamil
LabelTimes Music
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Sasirekha Parinayam
(2009)		 1977
(2009)		 Peranmai
(2009)

The music was composed by Vidyasagar. Lyrics written by P. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar

Tracklist [5]

1.Arabi Kadal - Sunitha Sarathy

2. Hawai Theevil - KK, Sowmya Raoh

3.Ore Oru - Krithika, Vijay Yesudas

4.Vangha Kadal - Shankar Mahadevan

5.Yenathu Uyire - Madhu Balakrishnan, Sadhana Sargam

References
  1. Tamilnadu Entertainment :: Movie Trading Portal
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/1977.html
  4. http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=797&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
  5. http://tamiltunes.com/1977.html
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