Or Iravu

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Or Iravu
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Directed by P. Neelakantan
Screenplay by C. N. Annadurai
P. Neelakantan
Based onOr Iravu
by C. N. Annadurai
Produced by A. V. Meiyappan
Starring K. R. Ramasamy
Lalitha
Cinematography S. Maruti Rao
Edited by K. Shankar
Music by R. Sudarsanam
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 April 1951 (1951-04-11)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Ore Iravu (transl. One Night) is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Neelakantan and co-written by him and C. N. Annadurai. Produced by AVM Productions, it is based on Annadurai's play of the same name. The film stars K. R. Ramasamy, reprising his role from the play. It was released on 11 April 1951 and received well by critics, but failed commercially.

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Plot

A thief breaks into a rich man's house without knowing that the man is his own father who had abandoned him and his mother long ago.

Cast

Choreographers [2]

Production

Or Iravu was a stage play written by C. N. Annadurai. It was originally written for K. R. Ramasamy's Krishnan memorial drama company by Annadurai. A. V. Meiyappan of AVM Productions decided to make a film based on the play. Annadurai was paid ₹10,000 for writing the screenplay. Annadurai went to AVM studios and wrote the entire script and dialogues totalling 300 pages in a single night. The screenplay was later modified by the director and the producer of the film. This was the third film to be made based on Annadurai's plays after Velaikari (1949) and Nallathambi (1949). P. Neelakantan, who had begun working for AVM in the 1947 film Naam Iruvar as assistant director, made his directorial debut with this film. [3] Per Annadurai's recommendation, Ramasamy was hired to play the hero, reprising his role from the play. The play depicted events that happen in a single night, and older incidents were depicted using flashbacks, but in the film version, flashbacks were replaced with a linear narration. The completed film was 14,980 feet in length. [4] [5] [6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. Sudarsanam ("Thunbam Nergaiyil Yaazhedutthu" is based on a composition by Dandapani Desikar). Lyrics were by Mahakavi Bharathiyar, Bharathidasan, T. K. Shanmugam, K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam & Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam. [1] The song "Ayya Saami Aaoji Saami" is based on "Chico Chico from Puerto Rico" from the 1945 American film Doll Face . [7]

Songs list [8]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength
1"Vasandha Mullaiyum Malligaiyum" M. S. Rajeswari K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam03:20
2"Puvimel Maanamudan...Pennaaga Pirandhaale"T. S. BagavathiKu. Ma. Balasubramaniyam03:23
3"Kottu Murase Kottu Murase" K. R. Ramasamy, M. S. Rajeswari & V. J. Varma Mahakavi Bharathiyar 02:38
4"Ayyaa Saami Avoji Saami" M. L. Vasanthakumari K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam03:08
5"Thunbam Nergaiyil Yaazhedutthu"M. S. Rajeswari & V. J. Varma Bharathidasan 03:28
6"Enna Ulagamadaa Idhu Ezhaikke Naragamadaa"K. R. RamasamyK. P. Kamatchi Sundharam04:35
7"Arumbu Pol Meesai...Paartthu Paartthu Kanngal Rendum"V. J. Varma, T. S. Bagavathi & M. S. RajeswariK. P. Kamatchi Sundharam06:06
8"Boologam Thanai Kaana Varuveer"M. L. Vasanthakumari & T. S. Bagavathi T. K. Shanmugam 05:12
9"Padutthurangum Podhu...Akkam Pakkam Yaarum Illai"M. S. RajeswariK. P. Kamatchi Sundharam03:51
10"Azhagu Naadu...Engal Naadu Idhu Engal Naadu"T. S. BagavathiT. K. Shanmugam03:40

Release and reception

Or Iravu was released on 11 April 1951. [2] The film was a box office failure, but was received well by critics and contemporary writers of Annadurai. [4] Meiyappan theorised that the film failed either due to the modifications made to the original script or the changes the director did to adapt it for the big screen. [4]

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  4. 1 2 3 ""ஓர் இரவு" படத்துக்கு ஒரே இரவில் 300 பக்க வசனம்! அண்ணா எழுதிக் கொடுத்தார்" [Annadurai wrote 300 pages of script in a single night for Or Iravu]. Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 2 October 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
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