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Sadhu Mirandal (transl. If the meek are angered) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a man being murdered for money by two friends in a moving car. The film stars Nagesh and T. R. Ramachandran. Released on 14 April 1966, it became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi as Sadhu Aur Shaitaan (1969).[1][2]

Sadhu Mirandal
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Directed by	Thirumalai–Mahalingam
Screenplay by	A. Bhimsingh
Story by	Usilai Somanathan
Produced by	A. Bhimsingh
Starring	Nagesh T. R. Ramachandran
Cinematography	G. Vittal Rao
Edited by	A. Paul Durai Singham
Music by	T. K. Ramamoorthy
Production company	Sree Venkateswara Cinetone
Distributed by	Sun Beam
Release date	14 April 1966 (1966-04-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

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Cast

• Nagesh as the taxi driver[3]
• T. R. Ramachandran as Pasupathy[4]
• O. A. K. Thevar as Narasimhan[4]
• Manorama as Karpagam[5]
• Kalpana as Kalpana[5]
• Kutty Padmini as the bank manager's daughter[5]
• Master Prabhakar as the bank manager's son[5]

Production

On 13 November 1958 in Madras (now Chennai), Suryanarayana, a bank official, was murdered for money by his friend Narayana Swamy and associates Vijayakumar and Joginder, while travelling via Narayana Swamy's car after taking a large sum of cash from his bank's head office in Parry's Corner to his branch in T. Nagar. Vijayakumar and Narayana Swamy were apprehended, but Joginder escaped.[6] This incident became known as the "Suryanarayana Murder Case", and inspired A. Bhimsingh to write a screenplay.[5] He produced it under the banner Sree Venkateswara Cinetone as the film Sadhu Mirandal, which his assistants Thirumalai–Mahalingam directed.[5][7] The story and dialogues were written by Usilai Somanathan. Art direction was handled by H. Shantaram, editing by A. Paul Durai Singham and cinematography by G. Vittal Rao.[8] A. Veerappan also contributed to the script, but was not credited.[4] It is the feature film debut of Master Prabhakar.[9] The final length of the film was 3,996 metres (13,110 ft).[7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy,[10][11] while the lyrics were written by Alangudi Somu and Thanjai Vanan.[8] Ramamoorthy earlier composed for films with M. S. Viswanathan (under the name Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy) and this was his first film as a solo composer.[12] One song, "A for Apple... B for Biscuit...", written by Thanjai Vaanan and sung by A. L. Raghavan and L. R. Eswari, attained popularity,[5] as did "Arulvaaye Nee Arulvaaye", sung by M. Balamuralikrishna.[13] This song is set in the Carnatic raga Sindhu Bhairavi.[14]

Release and reception

Sadhu Mirandal was released on 14 April 1966,[7] and was distributed by Sun Beam.[8] The film became a commercial success,[15] and received acclaim from Kalki for its innovative storyline and making.[16]

References

Bibliography

• Gahlot, Deepa (2015). "Sadhu Aur Shaitan". Take-2: 50 Films That Deserve a New Audience. India: Hay House. ISBN 978-93-84544-82-9.
• Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (2015). Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9789351501213.

External links

• Sadhu Mirandal at IMDb

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