Nagarame Nandi

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Nagarame Nanni
Directed by A. Vincent
Written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Produced byShobhana Parameswaran Nair
Starring Prem Nazir
Usha Nandhini
Madhu
K. P. Ummer
P. J. Antony
Sukumari
Adoor Bhasi
CinematographyA. Venkat
Music by K. Raghavan
Production
company
Roopavani
Release date
  • 5 October 1967 (1967-10-05)
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Nagarame Nanni is a 1967 Malayalam language film, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by A. Vincent. [1] The film stars Prem Nazir, Usha Nandhini, Madhu and K. P. Ummer among others. The film tells the story of a family that migrates from a village to the city of Madras in search of a better life. The theme was about the lure of the city and how the dreams of villagers are shattered by its inexorable logic of greed. The plot is similar to the 1965 film The Conquerors of the Golden City, directed by Getin Gurtop and the 1964 film Birds of Exile (Gurbet Kuslari in Turkish) by Halit Refig. [2] K. Balachander's Tamil film Pattina Pravesham (1977) was based on all these three films. [2]

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Film expert B. Vijayakumar of The Hindu described the film as "one of the best social movies produced in Malayalam." [2]

Cast

Soundtrack

There are four songs including the romantic hit "Manjani Poonilavu" (sung by S. Janaki), a dance number "Mullappoo Maala Vilkum" (sung by L. R. Easwari) and another hit number "Nagaram Nagaram Mahasagaram" (sung by K. J. Yesudas).

All lyrics are written by P. Bhaskaran; all music is composed by K. Raghavan

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Kanniraavin" P. Susheela  
2."Lillipoo" L. R. Eeswari, Chorus 
3."Manjanippoonilaavu" S. Janaki  
4."Nagaram Nagaram" K. J. Yesudas  

Box office

The film became a commercial success. [3]

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References

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  3. "Remembering the losses". The New Indian Express . 8 December 2009.