Idhayakkani


Idhayakkani, is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Pandari Bai, R. S. Manohar and Radha Saluja among others enacting supporting roles.
The film was directed by A. Jagannathan, produced by R. M. Veerappan under his banner Sathiya Movies and had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.
The film was the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, running for 150 days in theatres. It was the only Indian film to be screened at the Tashkent International Film Festival in 1978.

Synopsis

Idhayakkani is the story of the kind-hearted Mohan whose theory of life is 'equality' and who puts it in practice by sharing equally the income of his estate with his labourers. He has another passion - he wants to serve the country - and for that, he has joined the police force as an officer. He meets a needy girl, Lakshmi, and on the advice of and elderly domestic help, he permits her to stay in his house. Tongues start wagging and Mohan decides to marry the girl. However, his happiness is short-lived. He gets the shock of his life when he comes to know that his wife is involved in the murder of a leading scientist. What is the truth? Did Lakshmi murder the scientist or is she innocent. If so, then who is the culprit? How does Mohan go about finding the truth?

Cast

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The songs "Inbame Undhan Per", "Neenga Nalla Irukkanum" became chartbusters. Vijay Antony remixed the former song for the film Mariyadhai.

Production

The director A.Jaganadhan started off as an assistant to T. Prakash Rao and later worked under P. Neelakantan. For 12 films, most of them starring M. G. Ramachandran. It was M. G. Ramachandran, who inaugurated the first show of Jagannathan's debut film, Mani Payal, at Chennai's then Midland theatre. Two years later, it was Idhayakkani that turned to be the vital break of his career.