Nallavan (1988 film)

Nallavan (transl. Good Man) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu and Ibrahim Rowther. It stars Vijayakanth, Raadhika and M. N. Nambiar. The film, released on 15 August 1988,[1] was a success at the box office.[2]

Nallavan
Title card
Directed byS. P. Muthuraman
Written byKalaipuli S. Thanu
Produced byKalaipuli S. Thanu
Ibrahim Rowther
StarringVijayakanth
Raadhika
M. N. Nambiar
CinematographyT. S. Vinayagam
Edited byR. Vittal
C. Lancy
Music byChandrabose
Production
companies
Kalaippuli International
Tamilannai Cine Creation
Release date
  • 15 August 1988 (1988-08-15)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Gurumoorthy and Raja are twin brothers. Guru is set to marry a collector. On the day of the marriage, Raja is kidnapped and shown a photo where he is stabbing Manju. Raja realises it is Guru in the photo. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Production

Kalaipuli S. Thanu expressed his interest to produce a film with Muthuraman as director and with Vijayakanth with lead which eventually became Nallavan.[3][4] The film featured Vijayakanth in dual roles and most of the scenes involving them together in single frame were shot using Mitchell Camera by the film's cinematographer T. S. Vinayagam.[5]

The stunt scenes and a song were picturised and shot at Kashmir. Muthuraman revealed that the crew faced tough time to shoot at the 600 feet hills for a fight sequence, they had to use horses travel to hills and also used to transport costumes and foods there.[6] The climax fight sequence was shot with 100 lorries which came to Ladakh to provide food to people there.[7]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chandrabose and the lyrics were written by Thanu.[8][9]

SongSingersLength
"Aaraaro Naan"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vanitha04:32
"Mellam Kotti"Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra04:31
"Ullathil Ondru"S. P. Sailaja04:34
"Vaanam Boomi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam06:10
"Vaanmegam"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra04:37
"Vetrimala Vetridhan"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:32

Reception

N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "The script is full of holes [..] Thanu, the producer of the film is credited with the script too. He has only himself to blame. S. P. Muthuraman directs the film as best as he can within the limitations of the canvass".[10] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki also criticised the film for its writing.[11]

References
  1. "Nallavan (1988)". Screen4Screen. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. முத்துராமன், எஸ்.பி. (16 November 2016). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 84: விஜயகாந்தின் நண்பர் இப்ராகிம் ராவுத்தர்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. Muthuraman, S. P. (2 November 2016). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 82: பிரபுவுக்கு விட்டுக்கொடுத்த ரஜினி!" [Try to make a film 82: Rajini, who sacrificed for Prabhu!]. Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. Muthuraman 2017, p. 325.
  5. Muthuraman 2017, p. 326.
  6. முத்துராமன், எஸ்.பி. (9 November 2016). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 83: தாணு கொடுத்த பட்டம்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  7. Muthuraman 2017, p. 327.
  8. "Nallavan (1988)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. "Nallavan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Chandrabose". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  10. Krishnaswamy, N. (26 August 1988). "Nallavan". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  11. ஜெயமன்மதன் (25 September 1988). "நல்லவன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 64. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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