Amudha

Amudha
Poster
Directed byK. Venkatraman
Written byMara. Tamilselvan
Produced byM. A. Rahman
K. Babu
StarringRavichandran
R. Muthuraman
C. R. Vijayakumari
Rajasree
Nagesh
CinematographyS. V. Srikanth
Edited byR. Shanmugam
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Sri Poongavanathal Pictures
Release date
  • 2 November 1975 (1975-11-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Amudha (transl. Elixir) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Venkatraman in his debut and written by Mara. Tamilselvan. The film stars Ravichandran, R. Muthuraman, C. R. Vijayakumari, Rajasree and Nagesh. It began production in 1969, but was released on 2 November 1975.

Plot

Cast

Production

Amudha is the directorial debut of Venkatraman. The film began production in 1969, and was almost completed but halted due to the producer M. A. Rahman's financial troubles. A few years later, when production resumed, lead actor Ravichandran's market value was declining, and Vijayakumari was by now only playing character roles. Whereas Muthuraman's role was originally secondary, it was decided to shift the focus to him, and Rajasree's market value had declined. Rahman met Muktha Srinivasan for help, who called the film's music composer M. S. Viswanathan. Viswanathan composed a tune and asked the film's lyricist Kannadasan to write lyrics. Kannadasan did so, and the song was "Anbe Amudha". Both men did not accept payment for the song's composition and writing. The song became immensely popular, and was frequently played on Radio Ceylon. Because of this, Rahman decided to release the film. It became a major success mainly due to the success of that song, and paid off Rahman's debts.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Maalai Mayakkathil"L. R. Eswari 
2."Anbe Amudhe"T. M. Soundararajan 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gupta, Chhaya (10 July 2024). "Baby names: Unique boy and girl names starting with 'A'". News9live. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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  3. ↑ "'அமுதா' வருகிறாள்" ['Amudha' is coming]. Pesum Padam (in Tamil). November 1975. Archived from the original on 20 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026 – via Roja Muthiah Research Library.
  4. ↑ "தற்கொலைக்கு முயன்ற தயாரிப்பாளர்... தடுத்து நிறுத்திய ஒற்றை பாடல் : கண்ணதாசன் - எம்.எஸ்.வி கூட்டணி செய்த மேஜிக்". The Indian Express (in Tamil). 29 January 2024. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "ஒரே பாட்டு... ஓஹோன்னு படம் ஹிட்: தற்கொலை திட்டத்தில் இருந்த தயாரிப்பாளர் வாழ்வையே மாற்றிய எம்.எஸ்.வி- கண்ணதாசன் காம்போ". The Indian Express (in Tamil). 29 September 2024. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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