En Annan | |
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Directed by | Pa.Neelakandhan |
Produced by | T. Govindarajan |
Written by | Sornam |
Starring | |
Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Cinematography | V. Ramamoorthy |
Edited by | C. P. Jambulingam |
Production
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Venus Pictures
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Distributed by | Venus Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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170 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
En Annan (English: My Elder Brother), is a 1970 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by Pa.Neelakandhan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role and J. Jayalalitha, M. N. Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan, Cho Ramaswamy among others. In the year 1970, it was one of the super hit movie of MGR and ran 100 days in Chennai, Madurai and Trichy.
The film is a remake of Telugu movie Poola Rangadu (24 November 1967) which was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, with A.N.R. and Jamuna.
The 2 movies that are loosely based on A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place.
At the end of the 60s, in the Tamil Country...
Ranga (MGR) is the heroic elder brother of this story.
His father Velappan (T. K. Bagavathy), was a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Karunagaran (S.M.Thirupadhisamy).
He is sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit.
Ranga, only since, works hard to get his sister Thangam (Vijaya Nirmala) educated.
She marries a doctor, Murali (R. Muthuraman), who happens to be Karunagaran's son.
When he finds out she is Velappan's daughter, he leaves her.
Ranga is enraged and beats Nagappan (Thengai Srinivasan), Vaalee (Jayalalitha) 's brother, who informs Murali.
Ranga is sent to jail.
There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out.