Server Sundaram
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Krishnan–Panju |
| Produced by | A. V. Meiyappan |
| Written by | K. Balachander |
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Server Sundaram by K. Balachander |
| Starring |
Nagesh R. Muthuraman K. R. Vijaya |
| Music by | Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy |
| Cinematography | S. Maruthi Rao |
| Edited by | S. Panjabi R. Vittal |
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Release date
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11 December 1964 |
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Running time
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165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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Soundtrack album by Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy |
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Language | Tamil |
| Label | Saregama |
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Server Sundaram is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju and produced by A. V. Meiyappan. The film stars Nagesh as the title character. R. Muthuraman and K. R. Vijaya play the other lead roles while S. N. Lakshmi and Major Sundarrajan play supporting roles. The story focuses on the life of a hotel waiter and how he strives to reach greater heights after he becomes an actor to attain the love of his restaurateur's daughter.
The film was adapted from a play of the same name written by K. Balachander, with the play also featuring Nagesh himself in the title role along with Major Sundarrajan and S. N. Lakshmi who reprised their roles in the film. Balachander also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film. Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy composed the film's soundtrack and background music, while Kannadasan and Vaali wrote the lyrics for the soundtrack's songs.
Released on 11 December 1964, Server Sundaram earned positive critical feedback and went on to become a commercial success. At the 12th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil under the Certificate of Merit category, and the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film.
Server Sundaram earned Nagesh and Balachander their breakthrough in Tamil cinema and led to many successful collaborations between the two. It became the first Tamil film to show numerous behind-the-scenes looks at various processes involved in film-making such as the studio interiors and song recording. It was remade into Hindi as Main Sunder Hoon (1971) with Mehmood and Kannada as Server Somanna (1993) with Jaggesh.
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