Arasa Kattalai
| Arasa Kattalai | |
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| Directed by | M. G. Chakrapani |
| Produced by | M. C. Ramamoorthy |
| Written by | Sornam |
| Screenplay by |
R. M. Veerappan Ve. Lakshmanan S. K. T. Samy |
| Starring |
M. G. Ramachandran B. Saroja Devi Jayalalitha M. N. Nambiar S. A. Asokan |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | A. Shanmugam |
| Edited by | K. Narayanan |
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Production
company |
Sathyaraja Pictures
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| Distributed by | Sathyaraja Pictures |
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Release date
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19 May 1967 |
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Running time
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132 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Aras Kattalai (Tamil: அரச கட்டளை English: King's Order), is a 1967 Indian Tamil written and directed by M. G. Chakrapani, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Saroja Devi, J. Jayalalitha, M. N. Nambiar and S. A. Asokan among others enacting supporting roles.
The film ran for 70 days.
Of the time of big Indian kings...
A monarch (P. S. Veerappa) estimates to have committed a terrible fault and commits suicide to repair her, not without having indicated his successor : Vijayan (MGR), a man of the people, that one even, who had come punish him, a fearless knight, for a big bravery.
Before dying, he (P. S. Veerappa) also orders him (MGR) to protect his subjects and to put back the power in the hands of the people.
So by acting, the deceased king had also just thwarted the machiavellian intentions of its Minister (R. S. Manohar).
Indeed, this traitor intends to seize the throne.
But it will be for another time, because this sinister dignitary (R. S. Manohar) is going to make every effort to put sticks in wheels in the reforms of Vijayan.
To begin by eliminating him...
The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned
The film ran for 70 days.
Two important things to notice: P.S.Veerappa volunteered to appear in the movie as a Guest Star because of MGR's shooting incident. And the 2nd was MGR refused to speak with B.Saroja Devi during filming of the final scene because it was taken after the shooting incident: during MGR's hospital stay only she made the announcement that she's not going to work with MGR any longer and going to try other major stars. This announcement forcefully made this movie become her last one with MGR.
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