Naangu Suvargal
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{{Infobox film
| name = Naangu Suvargal
| image = Naangu Suvargal.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = K. Balachander
| writer = K. Balachander
| producer = V. S. Sharma
P. S. Mani
| starring = Jaishankar
Ravichandran
Vanisri
| music = M. S. Viswanathan
| studio = Screen Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1971|2|6}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Naangu Suvargal ({{translation|Four Walls}}){{Cite book |last=Narwekar |first=Sanjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYUjAQAAIAAJ&q=Four+walls |title=Directory of Indian film-makers and films |publisher=Flicks Books |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-948911-40-8 |pages=24 |author-link=Sanjit Narwekar |access-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113050339/https://books.google.com/books?id=UYUjAQAAIAAJ&q=Four+walls |archive-date=13 January 2023 |url-status=live}} is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Jaishankar, Ravichandran and Vanisri. It was released on 6 February 1971, and failed commercially.
Plot
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Cast
Production
Naangu Suvargal was directed by K. Balachander who also wrote the story and dialogue. It was produced by V. S. Sharma and P. S. Mani under Screen Entertainment,{{Cite AV media |title=Naangu Suvargal |type=motion picture |language=ta |publisher=Screen Entertainment |year=1971 |trans-title=Four Walls |time=0:00 to 2:51 |time-caption=Credits, from}} and was Balachander's first colour venture,{{Cite news |date=23 December 2014 |title=சிகரம் தாண்டிய இயக்குனர் சிகரம் - பாலச்சந்தர்! |language=ta |work=Ithayakkani |url=http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/display_content_front.jsp?linkid=26&content=1326 |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180212153129/http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/display_content_front.jsp?linkid=26&content=1326 |archive-date=12 February 2018}} as well the second collaboration between Jaishankar and Ravichandran as actors.{{Cite web |last=Aravind |first=CV |date=25 September 2017 |title=From 'Pasamalar' to 'Vikram Vedha', Tamil cinema's experiments with multi starrers |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pasamalar-vikram-vedha-tamil-cinemas-experiments-multi-starrers-68975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180212153543/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pasamalar-vikram-vedha-tamil-cinemas-experiments-multi-starrers-68975 |archive-date=12 February 2018 |access-date=12 February 2018 |website=The News Minute}} Srividya portrayed a visually impaired character for which she had to wear contact lenses.{{Cite magazine |date=10 August 1980 |title=கே. பாலசந்தரா பேசினார்? |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1980-08-10/page/n37/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230404022422/https://archive.org/details/kalki1980-08-10/page/n37/mode/2up |archive-date=4 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-03 |magazine=Kalki |pages=36–37 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.{{Cite web |title=Naangu Suvargal songs |url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/311 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808101337/http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/311 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |access-date=8 August 2019 |website=Songs4all}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ninaithal Naan
| note1 =
| lyrics1 =
| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
| length1 =
| title2 = O Maina
| note2 =
| lyrics2 =
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length2 =
| title3 = Odi Vaavena
| note3 =
| lyrics3 =
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, T. M. Soundararajan
| length3 =
| title4 = O Maina
| note4 =
| lyrics4 =
| extra4 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length4 =
| title5 = Naan Oru Paattu
| note5 =
| lyrics5 =
| extra5 = L. R. Eswari
| length5 =
| title6 = Vaanam Bhoomi
| note6 =
| lyrics6 =
| extra6 = Sirkazhi Govindarajan
| length6 =
}}
Release and reception
Naangu Suvargal was released on 6 February 1971,{{Cite web |title=நான்கு சுவர்கள் / Nangu Suvargal (1971) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/nangu-suvargal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204156/https://screen4screen.com/movies/nangu-suvargal |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=23 June 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen}} and was a commercial failure. T. G. Vaidyanathan of Film World described it as a "re-do" of V. Shantaram's Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) as it dealt with rehabilitation of criminals.{{Cite magazine |last=Vaidyanathan |first=T. G. |year=1971 |title=How to make foreign movies in an Indian Language |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ndTAAAAYAAJ&q=naangu+suvargal |url-status=live |magazine=Film World |volume=7 |pages=53–54 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113045744/https://books.google.com/books?id=5ndTAAAAYAAJ&q=naangu+suvargal |archive-date=13 January 2023 |access-date=13 January 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0154932}}
{{K. Balachander}}
Category:1970s Tamil-language films
Category:Films directed by K. Balachander