Meendum Vazhven

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Meendum Vazhven
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by T. N. Balu
Written byT. N. Balu
Produced byV. C. Jain
G. C. Lal Vani
Starring Ravichandran
Bharathi
Nagesh
R. S. Manohar
Vijaya Lalitha
CinematographyK. S. Prasad
Edited byR. Devarajan
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Rani Productions
Release date
  • 23 April 1971 (1971-04-23)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Meendum Vazhven (transl. I will live once more) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language thriller film, written and directed by T. N. Balu. The film stars Ravichandran, Bharathi, Nagesh, R. S. Manohar and Vijaya Lalitha playing lead, with Major Sundararajan, S. Varalakshmi, Thengai Srinivasan and Master Sekhar playing supporting roles. [1] It was released on 23 April 1971. [2]

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Plot

Jagatheesh wants to grab the properties of his businessman paternal uncle, Rajamanickam Pillai, by killing him and his young son Babu, who is studying in a distant boarding school. Knowing his evil intention, the paternal uncle keeps his son's whereabouts a secret which is known only to his loyal personal secretary Shanthi. One night after a bitter argument over the properties, Jagatheesh kills his uncle and abducts his secretary Shanthi to find out about his young son Babu.

Meanwhile, Raju, son of a rich man Chinna Durai is thrown out of his house by his stepmother Shantha Lakshmi and lands in the city as a taxi driver. The secretary Shanthi gets abducted in his taxi, the news is in the newspapers and the police start looking for the taxi. Raju then goes after Jagathesh and finds Shanthi locked up in a cell on a remote island. Jagatheesh finds out the whereabouts of the boy but is unable to identify him, so he abducts a busload of boys from that school and forces Shanthi to identify the boy so that he could kill him. Raju, with help of a small-time magician Chithambaram, rescues Shanthi and the boys after a series of fights with the gangsters. Raju and Shanthi get married.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. [3] The song "Velli Muthukal" attained popularity. [4]

SongsSingerLength
"Velli Muthukal" L. R. Eswari S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 04:17
"Valiban Sonna"L. R. Eswari04:06
"Thottum Thodathathu"L. R. Eswari04:15
"Unna Nenacha Konjam"L. R. Eswari, A. L. Raghavan 03:59
"Ellarokkum Nalla" B. Vasantha, L. R. Anjali03:41
"Vaangayaa Vaanga"L. R. Eswari, Jikki 04:22
Club SongInstrumental

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