Ethiroli (transl. Echo) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by K. Balachander, featuring Sivaji Ganesan. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and became a commercial success. It was also the only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan.[1][2]
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Directed by | K. Balachander |
Screenplay by | K. Balachander |
Story by | K. V. R. Acharya |
Produced by | G. N. Velumani |
Starring | Sivaji Ganesan K. R. Vijaya |
Cinematography | N. Balakrishnan |
Edited by | N. R. Kittu |
Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Navarathna Films |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gifts 7 principles to his daughter which he wants her to follow. In a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up breaking each principle which causes misery in his case and personal life. The film ends with his daughter gifting him the same 7 principles, which he intends to follow again.
Ethiroli revolves around the "moral decay of men".[5]
The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[6]
No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
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1 | "Kalyanam Kalyanam" | A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari | Vaali | 04:04 |
2 | "Kunguma Chimizh" | T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari | 04:10 | |
3 | "Maraththa Vachavan" | L. R. Eswari | 03:22 | |
4 | "Rajavum Vanthituvar" | L. R. Eswari | 02:58 | |
5 | "Unga Nalla Manasukku" | L. R. Eswari | 03:54 |
Ethiroli was released on 27 June 1970.[7][8] The Indian Express wrote, "this is quite a different movie. It makes a fairly successful and quite an interesting study of blackmailer and the blackmailed".[9]