Raman Ethanai Ramanadi

Raman Ethanai Ramanadi
Directed by	P. Madhavan
Produced by	P. Madhavan
Written by	Bala Murugan
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan K. R. Vijaya R. Muthuraman
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Production company	Arun Prasad Movies
Distributed by	Sivaji Productions
Release dates	15 August 1970 (1970-08-15) [1]
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Raman Ethanai Ramanadi is a 1970 Tamil language drama film directed by P. Madhavan. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya and R. Muthuraman in lead roles. The film, had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year. P. Madhavan also directed the Hindi remake Ram Tere Kitne Nam starring Sanjeev Kapoor.

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Sappattu Raman/Vijayakumar
• K. R. Vijaya as Devaki
• R. Muthuraman
• Kathadi Ramamurthy
• Goundamani as School Bus Driver
• Baby Rani as Younger Sumathi
• M. Bhanumathi as Sumathi
• Master Prabhakar as Younger Gopi
• Sudhir as Gopi
• S. N. Lakshmi as Raman's Grandma

Guest Appearance

• M. N. Nambiar as Poongudi Minor Raja Rathinam
• Padmini as Actress Padmini
• Chittor V. Nagaiah as Chittoor V. Nagaiah
• S. V. Ramadoss as Balu

Production

Ganesan had earlier enacted the character of Maratha King Sivaji in a play "Chandramohan" by C. N. Annadurai and won the title "Sivaji" from E. V. Ramasamy (Periyar). The portion from the stage play has been used in the film. Producers thanked Annadurai's family for permitting them to use the episode in the film. Kannadasan wrote the dialogues for the portion.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[3] G. Dhananjayan wrote "The song Ammadi ponnukku [..] stands out as the best among the lot in this film and became a cult song over the years".^[2]

References

External links

• Raman Ethanai Ramanadi at the Internet Movie Database

Bibliography

• Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. Blue Ocean Publishers.