Nenjirukkum Varai (1967)

Original title

நெஞ்சிருக்கும் வரை

Directed by

C. V. Sridhar

Country

India

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A man struggles with poverty and falls in love with his landlord's daughter. The film was shot in black-and-white to emphasize the theme of hardship.

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What happens

Nenjirukkum Varai (transl. As long as there is a heart) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Gopalakrishnan, K. R. Vijaya and Geethanjali. It revolves around a man struggling with poverty, falling in love with his house owner's daughter. Sridhar initially decided to make Nenjirukkum Varai as revolving around the theme of war between India and Pakistan; the story was dropped after Sridhar learnt that Lal Bahadur Shastri and Muhammad Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Declaration. Retaining the title, he developed a new story inspired by the Bengali play Shudha (transl. Hunger). The film was shot in black-and-white to emphasise the central theme of poverty, and none of the cast members applied make-up for much of the film. Nenjirukkum Varai was released on 2 March 1967 and failed at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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