Nalla Neram


Nalla Neram, is a 1972 Indian Tamil language action drama film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh and others. This film was the 16th and last collaboration of MGR and Chinnappa Devar and the only one color movie in the list. It is a remake of the 1971 Hindi movie Haathi Mere Saathi which itself was based on the 1967 Tamil movie Deiva Cheyal. All three versions were produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. It ran more than 100 days in Chennai and in all major cities in Tamil Nadu.

Plot

Raju 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.

Cast

Production

The film was a remake of 1971 Hindi film Haathi Mera Saathi starring Rajesh Khanna. It was the adaptation of Chinnappa Thevar's other film Deiva Cheyal which flopped.
For the song "Aagattumda Thambi", Ramachandran drove a '58 Chevrolet Impala.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.