Unarchigal
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{{Infobox film
| name = Unarchigal
| image = Unarchigal (1976).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = R. C. Sakthi
| writer = R. C. Sakthi
Kamal Haasan
| producer = K.L. Bose
M. Sardhar
Rameesa Ashraf
| starring = Kamal Haasan
Srividya
| cinematography = R. N. Pillai
| editing = G. Kalyanasundaram
| music = Shyam
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|06|25}}
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Unarchigal ({{translation|Feelings}}) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film co-written and directed by R. C. Sakthi in his directorial debut.{{Cite news |date=22 February 2015 |title=Tamil director R.C Sakthi passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/tamil-director-rc-sakthi-passes-away/article6925668.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908020849/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/tamil-director-rc-sakthi-passes-away/article6925668.ece |archive-date=8 September 2020 |access-date=9 October 2020 |work=The Hindu}} The film stars Kamal Haasan and Srividya. It is a highly sensuous film which deals with sexually transmitted diseases, and subsequently the film ran into trouble with the censor board, prompting a delay in its release. The film was remade in Malayalam as Raasaleela which released in 1975, before the original.
Plot
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Muthu is an 18-year-old simpleton who works in a small village. He is sexually harassed by his landlord's sister, a widow. Unable to bear it any longer, Muthu goes to Madras. However, he is again harassed in a similar way by people whom he meets. He finds work at a hotel as a room boy where he meets Maragadham, a prostitute. He then rescues her once from a raid. After he saves her, she develops a soft spot towards him. He lives in Maragadham's house as a servant but later is thrown out of her home. In the end Muthu gets affected by an STD and is shown in a hospital being treated by a doctor and eventually dies.
Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Muthu
- L. Kanchana as Kamala
- Srividya as Maragadham{{Cite magazine |last=ஸ்ரீவித்யா |author-link=Srividya |date=17 August 1980 |title=உணர்ச்சிகள், கமலைப் பற்றி உணர்ச்சிகள்! |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1980/aug/17-08-1980/p5.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220728043127/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1980/aug/17-08-1980/p5.jpg |archive-date=28 July 2022 |access-date=4 March 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=5 |language=ta}}
- Major Sundarrajan as Doctor
- Lalithasree as a prostitute
- S. V. Ramadas as Bhoopathy
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Balu
- K. K. Soundar as Police Inspector
- Vellai Subbaiah as Subbiah
Production
The story was written by R. C. Sakthi and Kamal Haasan.{{Cite web |last=Haasan |first=Kamal |author-link=Kamal Haasan |date=14 December 2017 |title=என்னுள் மையம் கொண்ட புயல்! - கமல்ஹாசன் - 11 - அரவணைத்தவர்கள்... அன்பு செலுத்தியவர்கள்! |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/136975-simmering-storm-within-me-kamalhaasan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210510143717/https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/136975-simmering-storm-within-me-kamalhaasan |archive-date=10 May 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=Ananda Vikatan |language=ta}} Additionally, Haasan worked as assistant director also. The film was initially supposed to be Haasan's first film as a lead actor after being launched in 1972, however delays meant that the film was only released 4 years later.{{Cite web |date=27 December 2013 |title=Sakthi overwhelmed with Kamal Haasan's gesture |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news-interviews/Sakthi-overwhelmed-with-Kamal-Haasans-gesture/articleshow/28005657.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227130032/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news-interviews/Sakthi-overwhelmed-with-Kamal-Haasans-gesture/articleshow/28005657.cms |archive-date=27 December 2014 |access-date=27 December 2013 |website=The Times of India |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}{{Cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |date=11 September 2014 |title=Kamal and the art of screenplay writing |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kamal-and-the-art-of-screenplay-writing/article6401133.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623213352/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kamal-and-the-art-of-screenplay-writing/article6401133.ece |archive-date=23 June 2020 |access-date=9 October 2020 |work=The Hindu}} The same film was later remade in Malayalam as Raasaleela and released in 1975, before the original had come out.{{Cite web |title=First Look – Rasaleela new version |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/first-look---irasaleelai-new-version--imagegallery-malayalam-mcomsVifihcsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604065722/https://www.sify.com/movies/first-look---irasaleelai-new-version--imagegallery-malayalam-mcomsVifihcsi.html |archive-date=4 June 2021 |access-date=2021-06-04 |website=Sify}}
Soundtrack
All Songs are written by Kannadasan, Pattukottai Dhandayuthapani, Velavendhan, Muthulingam.
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Title !Singer(s) !Length |
| "Nenjathil Poradum"
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |4:20 |
| "Un Aasaiya"
|4:13 |
| "Naan Yenna Cheyiden"
|Various |2:24 |
| "Alainthidum Naan"
|S. Janaki, P. Susheela |5:00 |
Reception
Kanthan of Kalki praised the performances of cast, called Sakthi's dialogues as thought provoking but felt the story died in the beginning itself. The critic also felt Raasaleela did not have any disease and questioned for adding this change in Tamil and concluded did makers thought that Tamil audience lack emotions.{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=11 July 1976 |title=உணர்ச்சிகள் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1976/jul/11-07-1976/p61.jpg |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220728043112/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1976/jul/11-07-1976/p61.jpg |archive-date=28 July 2022 |access-date=3 March 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=61 |language=Ta}}
References
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