Ramu (1966 film)


Ramu is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film features Gemini Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya and Master Rajkumar in lead roles. The film, produced by AVM Productions, had
musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is a remake of the Hindi film Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein. It was remade in Telugu
with the same name starring N. T. Rama Rao and Jamuna.

Cast

Ramu was a remake of the Hindi film Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein which was enacted and directed by playback singer Kishore Kumar. Though the Hindi version was not commercially successful, A. V. Meiyappan still decided to remake it since he liked the script. Javar Seetharaman wrote the screenplay for the remake.
Meiyappan and his team initially planned to cast Jaishankar and K. R. Vijaya but Gemini Ganesan expressed interest to do the film. Though the sons of Meiyappan were keen on casting Jaishankar, they were agreed with the choice of Ganesan. Contrary to the love based characters which he was known for at that point of career, Gemini enacted a depressed character in this film. He was paid 40,000 for directing the film. The final length of the film was.

Soundtrack

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The lyrics of all songs were penned by Kannadasan. The song "Nilave Ennidam" is based on Bhagasri raga.

Release

Ramu was released on 10 June 1966. The film was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.