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Sadhu Mirandal
Sadhu Mirandal (transl. If the meek are angered) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a bank official murdered for money by three people in a moving car. The film stars Nagesh and T. R. Ramachandran. Released on 14 April 1966, it became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi by Bhimsingh as Sadhu Aur Shaitaan (1969).[1][2] Plot
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ProductionOn 13 November 1958 in Madras (now Chennai), Suryanarayana, a bank official, was murdered for money by his friend Narayana Swamy and associates Vijayakumar and Joginder, while travelling via Narayana Swamy's car after taking a large sum of cash from his bank's head office in Parry's Corner to his branch in T. Nagar. Vijayakumar and Narayana Swamy were apprehended, but Joginder escaped.[6] This incident became known as the "Suryanarayana Murder Case", and inspired A. Bhimsingh to write a screenplay.[5] He produced it under the banner Sree Venkateswara Cinetone as the film Sadhu Mirandal, which his assistants Thirumalai–Mahalingam directed.[5][7] The story and dialogues were written by Usilai Somanathan. Art direction was handled by H. Shantaram, editing by A. Paul Durai Singham and cinematography by G. Vittal Rao.[8] A. Veerappan also contributed to the script, but was not credited.[4] It is the feature film debut of Master Prabhakar.[9] The final length of the film was 3,996 metres (13,110 ft).[7] SoundtrackThe soundtrack was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy.[10][8] Ramamoorthy earlier composed for films with M. S. Viswanathan (under the name Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy) and this was his first film as a solo composer.[11] One song, "A for Apple... B for Biscuit...", written by Thanjai Vaanan and sung by A. L. Raghavan and L. R. Eswari, attained popularity,[5] as did "Arulvaaye Nee Arulvaaye", sung by M. Balamuralikrishna.[12] This song is set in the Carnatic raga Sindhu Bhairavi.[13]
Release and receptionSadhu Mirandal was released on 14 April 1966,[7] and was distributed by Sun Beam.[8] The film became a commercial success,[14] and received a positive review from Kalki for its innovative storyline and making.[15] References
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