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Annai Velankanni (தமிழ்: அன்னை வேளாங்கன்னி) is 1971 Indian drama film in Tamil. The film starred Gemini Ganesan, Jayalalitha, Padmini and K. R. Vijaya. Kamal Hassan briefly appears in an uncredited role as Jesus Christ. The film was directed by noted choreographer K. Thangappan. It comprises three stories pertaining to Christian beliefs. Velankanni, where the film is set, is a real village in India, and has a large church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. This film was dubbed into Malayalam language in 1977 as Velankanni Mathavu and in 1979 Hindi as Mata Velankanni.
Plot
The story pivots around the centuries - old Basilica of our lady of health at Velankanni village near Nagapattinam in Thanjavor district in Tamil Nadu. While the miracle of the presiding deity of the Basilica, Mother Mary performs in lives of the devotee is narrated as flashback, the story involving Nurse Marry(Jayalalitha) and Susainathan(Gemini Ganesan) in the present.
Marry(Jayalalitha) is a nurse in a hospital at Nagapattinam and is a devotee of Mother Mary of Velankanni. She narrates the story of Kamakshi(K. R. Vijaya), a milk maid and her son Sundaram in Velankanni Village to a child patient Baby Sumathi. Mother Mary appears before Sundaram, who is on his way to the land lord(R. Muthuraman) house at Nagapattinam to deliver milk. The Landlord, a bureaucrat, is an atheist. Sundaram gives milk to mother Mary to feed the Infant Jesus. The Landlord is annoyed in milk and does not believe the story of "A Lady with a Child" that caused the shortage. A miracle occurs - the milk pot overflows spontaneously. The Mother Mary appears before the landlord and he becomes a believer, a devotee of mother mary he generously help his tenant Karuppayyan(S. V. Ramadoss) in the conduct his daughter's marriage Chellayi(Srividya) to her rich lover(Sivakumar).
The story of Swarnam(Padmini and her lame son Raja(Master Sekhar) in Velankanni Village is narrated by Doctor Sundararajan(Major Sundararajan) to his assistant. Villagers often poked fun at Swarnam and Raja becomes of his lameness. On his way to the market to sell Curd and Milk, Mother Mary appears before Raja and cures him. Mother Mary assigns Raja the task of building a Church for her in the spot where she appeared before him under supervision of the Priest Francies(S. V. Subbaiah).
Meanwhile, Mary rejects marriage proposals from Young doctors in the hospital. She is waiting for mother Mary's Oracle to decided her marriage and the miracle occurs. Both Susainathan(Gemini Ganesan) the son of rich landlord in Nagapattinam and Mary have the same dream. Both of them singing praises of the Mother Mary. The meet each other in the Church and eventually get married. While Mary is away from the hospital meeting Susainathan the Kind mother attends to Mary's duties disguised as a nurse.
Cast
- Srividya as Chellayi
- Sivakumar as
- Jayalalithaa as Nurse Marry
- Gemini Ganesan as Susai Nathan
- Padmini as Swarnam
- Master Sekhar as Raja
- Major Sundarrajan as Chief Doctor
- K. R. Vijaya as Kamkshi
- R. Muthuraman as Land Lord
- Devika as Land Lord's Wife
- Sachu
- Manorama as Doll Seller Women
- Senthamarai
- Nagesh
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Sreekanth as Doctor James
- Kamal Haasan
Annai Velankanni
Maanavan (English: The Student) is a Tamil language Social Satirical film was directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under his productions Dhandayudhapani Films. The script were written by Balamurugan. Music by Shankar - Ganesh assets to the film. The film starring Jaishankar and Muthuraman lead with Sowcar Janaki, Lakshmi, Nagesh and Sachu played pivotal roles. Kamal Haasan appears only for a dance sequence along with Kutty Padmini. This was Kamal Haasan's first adult role after a 7-year hiatus. The film also marks the debut of many character actors and comedians like Pandu, Kathadi Ramamurthy among others.
Cast
- Jaishankar
- R. Muthuraman
- Lakshmi
- Nagesh
- S.A. Ashokan
- Sowkar Janaki
- Kamal Haasan
- Kutty Padmini
- Major Sundararajan
- V. S. Raghavan
- O. A. K. Thevar
- Sachu
- Master Prabhakar
- Master Krishnakumar
- Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
- Senthamarai
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Jayakumari
- Radha Bai
- Pandu
- Kathadi Ramamurthy
Crew
- Art = A. K. Ramasamy
- Stills = R. N. Nagaraja Rao
- Design = Barani and Upalut
- Processing = V. D. S. Sundaram by Vijaya Laboratory
- Publicity = Elegant
- Properties = Cine crafts
- Audiography(Song) = T. S. Rangasamy and J. J. Manickam
- Audiography(Dialogue) = G. V. Ramanan and M. Santhanam
- Re - Recording = S. P. Ramanathan
- Choreography = P. S. Gopalakrishnan and Thangappan
- Stunt = Thiruvarur Doss
Maanavan
Anandha Jodhi (Tamil: ஆனந்த ஜோதி) is a 1963 Tamil language drama film directed by V. N. Reddy and A. S. A. Sami. The film features M. G. Ramachandran, M. R. Radha and Devika in lead roles, while Kamal Haasan played as child artist. The film, produced by P. S. Veerappa, had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and was released on 28 June 1963.The film was average at box-office and ran for 70 days. It was the only film of Devika with M.G.R.
Cast
- M. G. Ramachandran as Anandhan, a drill master
- Devika as Jothi
- M. R. Radha as Punniyakodi
- S. A. Ashokan as Inspector Baskar
- S. V. Sahasranamam as Muthaiah Pillai
- S. V. Ramadas as Abhu Salim
- Javar Seetharaman as CID Sundar
- Kamal Haasan as Balu
- P. S. Veerappa as Jambu
- Manorama as Mano
Ananda Jothi – MGR, Devika, Kamal Haasan – Tamil Full Movie
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