Annaiyin Aanai


Annaiyin Aanai is a Tamil language drama film starring Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri and Pandari Bai in the lead roles. The film, directed by Ch. Narayana Murthy, had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and was released on 4 July 1958. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 1959.

Cast

Annaiyin Aanai was produced by A. M. M. Issmayil under Paragon Pictures. Ch. Narayana Murthy directed the film besides writing the story and screenplay, while Murasoli Maran wrote the dialogues. C. Raghavan was the art director, M. A. Perumal was the editor, B. Hiralal was the choreographer, and J. G. Vijayam was the cinematographer. One scene in the film required Savitri's character to become emotional, grab Ganesan's character by the shirt and shake him excessively. Savitri tore Ganesan's shirt and clawed his chest, resulting in him bleeding heavily. Afterwards when he pretended to hit her with a towel, she controlled her emotions and stopped.

Soundtrack

The music composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. Lyrics by A. Maruthakasi, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, Ka. Mu. Sheriff, K. S. Gopalakrishnan & Va. Somanathan. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, C. S. Jayaraman, P. Leela, P. Suseela, Jikki, A. P. Komala & A. G. Rathnamala.

Awards

;National Film Awards