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Bhaaga Pirivinai
Bhaaga Pirivinai (transl. The Partition) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. Bhimsingh, starring Sivaji Ganesan, M. R. Radha and B. Saroja Devi.[1] The film was released on 31 October 1959.[2] It was remade in Hindi as Khandan (1965), in Telugu as Kalasi Vunte Kaladu Sukham (1961), in Kannada as Muriyada Mane (1964), and in Malayalam as Nirakudam (1977). PlotVaidyalingam and Sundaralingam are brothers devoted to each other and married to Akilandam and Meenakshi respectively. While Vaidyalingam has no children of his own, Sundaralingam has Kannaiyan and Mani. While Kannaiyan had lost the use of his left hand due to an accident turns out to be uneducated; Mani turns out to be healthy, well-educated and almost the surrogate son of Akilandam, who hates the rest of Sundaralingam's family.
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ProductionThe film was produced by G. N. Velumani from Gobichettipalayam, who began life as a costume maker before rising to become a top Tamil producer. The film was shot at Neptune Studio (later Sathya Studio) in Adyar. G. Vittal Rao was the man behind the camera and Bhim Singh himself edited the film. Hari Babu and Gajapathi were in charge of make-up, while G. S. Mani, a musicologist, assisted in composing the music. The dances were choreographed by Madhavan, Chinnilal and Sampath.[4] It was the first film to be shot in Gobichettipalayam.[5] SoundtrackThe music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy.[6] Lyrics were by Kannadasan, A. Maruthakasi and Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram. Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy used only three instruments for the song "Thazhayam Poo Mudichi".[7][8] For the song "En Piranthai Magane", Kalyanasundaram was originally approached to write lyrics; however he was not comfortable writing lyrics for a lullaby so he insisted the producer to chose Kannadasan to write the lyrics. Kannadasan had a misunderstanding with Ganesan after Naane Raja and did not write any songs for him. When producer asked Ganesan to have Kannadasan as the lyricist, he duly agreed.[9]
ReceptionThe Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan appreciated the film stating "Sivaji's acting was fantastic in the role and the film totally fulfilled the expectations of everyone".[10] At the 7th National Film Awards, the film won the President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil.[11] RemakesThe film was remade in Hindi as Khandan (1965),[12] in Telugu as Kalasi Vunte Kaladu Sukham (1961), in Kannada as Muriyada Mane (1964),[13] and in Malayalam as Nirakudam (1977).[14] References
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