| Nalla Neram | |
| Director: | M. A. Thirumugam |
| Story: | Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar |
| Producer: | Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar |
| Starring: | M. G. Ramachandran K. R. Vijaya |
| Cinematography: | T. M. Sundar Babu V. Selvaraj |
| Editing: | M. A. Thirumugam M. G. Balu Rao |
| Music: | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Studio: | Devar Films |
| Runtime: | 162 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
Nalla Neram is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and K. R. Vijaya. It is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film Haathi Mere Saathi . All three versions were produced by Thevar. The film was released on 10 March 1972.[1] It emerged a major success, running for more than 100 days in theatres.[2]
Raja "Raju" Kumar owns elephants and earns a livelihood by making them perform tricks. He falls in love with Vijaya and they get married. But soon, a problem arises. Vijaya hates elephants because of a personal tragedy in her life. She also feels that Raju spends too much time with his elephant friends. He had to choose between the love of his wife and the friendship of his loyal and devoted pet elephants.
| Actor | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Raja "Raju" Kumar, a businessman | ||
| Dharmalingham, Vijaya's father | ||
| Velu, the trainer of animals | ||
| Raju's accountant | ||
| Raju's father | ||
| Paramasivan, the ex-famous acrobat-The human torch | ||
| Justin | Hired man of Velu | |
| Ranga, a fairground entertainer and Velu's henchman | ||
| Murugan, a fairground entertainer and Raju's friend | ||
| Viji alias Vijaya, Raju's wife | ||
| Valli, Murugan's lover | ||
| Radhiga ("Magic" Radhika) | Velu's cabaret female dancer | |
| "Kovalai" Kamatchi | ||
| Master Raju Kumar | Raju, child | |
| 4 elephants (Not mentioned) | Ramu (is the friend and the favorite of Raju), Ganga, Meena and Somu |
Nalla Neram is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film Haathi Mera Saathi, which in turn was adapted from Chinnappa Thevar's own Tamil film Deiva Cheyal (1967) which flopped.[3] This film was the sixteenth and final collaboration between Ramachandran and Thevar.[4] [5] For the song "Aagattumda Thambi", Ramachandran drove a '58 Chevrolet Impala.[6]
The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[7]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Agattumda Thambi" | Avinashi Mani | 03:05 | ||
| "Nee Thottal" | 03:22 | |||
| "Odi Odi Uzhaikkum" | T. M. Soundararajan | 03:11 | ||
| "Tick Tick" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | Kannadasan | 03:12 | |
| Dance Music | Instrumental | - | 02:19 |