Nangooram

Nangooram (transl. Anchor) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film[1] directed by Timothy Weeraratne. The film stars R. Muthuraman, Lakshmi and Vijaya Kumaranatunga.[2]

Nangooram
Directed byTimothy Weeraratne
Written byDialogues: Pinnai Panneerselvam
Story byJayakumar
Produced byLankal Murugesu
StarringMuthuraman
Lakshmi
Vijaya Kumaranatunga
Fareena Lye
V. S. Raghavan
Suruli Rajan
Ceylon Manohar
CinematographyTimothy Weeraratne
Edited byB. Kandasamy
Music byV. Kumar
Premasiri Khemadasa
Production
company
Lankal Films
Release date
  • 30 November 1979 (1979-11-30)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Cast

The list was taken from the film titles.[2]

Production

The film was produced by Lankal Murugesu and was directed by Timothy Weeraratne. Jayakumar wrote the story while the dialogues were penned by Pinnai Panneerselvam. Cinematography was in charge of Timothy Weeraratne while the operative cameramen were V. Suresh and Lalith. Editing was done by B. Kandasamy, A. Ramasamy was in charge of art direction. Still photography was done by Priyalal and Praveenkumar. The film was shot at Sathya and AVM studios and was processed at Prasath Colour lab.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Kumar and Premasiri Khemadasa. The lyrics were penned by Kannadasan.[3][4]

SongSingersLength
"Illai Illai Illaiye"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki03:27
"Kadhirvel Nayagane"Vani Jairam04:21
"Oru Paarvai Paarkumpodhu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Swarna04:22

Reception

Kausikan of Kalki felt the film did not have much of a story but praised the songs and cinematography.[5]

References
  1. "படத்தில் க்ளாமரும் தேவைப்பட்டது! - 'second show' தயாரிப்பாளர் சிவா சரவணன்". Virakesari (in Tamil). 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  2. Nangooram (motion picture) (in Tamil). Lankal Films. 1979. Opening credits, from 0:00 to 2:02.
  3. "Nangooram Tamil Film LP VInyl Record by V Kumar". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. "Nangooram (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 9 July 1979. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. கெளசிகன் (23 December 1979). "நங்கூரம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 63. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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