Iru Kodugal
Iru Kodugal English Two lines is a 1969 Tamil drama film directed by the veteran director K. Balachander. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Jayanthi, Nagesh, V. S. Raghavan, S. N. Lakshmi and others. The story revolves around one man who got married to two women. Iru Kodugal won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, the first film by Balachander to win the award. The film which was based on a stage play of same name became a superhit. It was remade later by Balachander in Kannada as Eradu Rekhegalu and by other directors in Telugu Collector Janaki and Hindi Sanjog.
The film was based on stage play of same name written by Joseph Anandan. Balachander did not see the play but devoloped the screenplay after hearing the concept. He was paid only Rs. 25000 for the film. According to producer and writer G. Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil Cinema, the basic concept of two lines was said to be inspired from a comedy scene performed by Thangavelu from the film Chakravarthy Thirumagal 1967. In a scene in the film Sowcar Janakis character meets the Chief Minister. Balachander wanted to bring in former Chief Minister C. N. Annadurai he died 1969 for the scene but did not want to use a body double in his place. The Chief Minister is not seen in the scene, only a voice sounding like Annadurais is heard and a pair of glasses on the table and a pen in the foreground are seen, implying that the Chief Minister was Annadurai.The music was scored by V. Kumar who composed four songs for the film. Vaali wrote the lyrics. The songPunnagai mannan poovizhi mannan rukmanikaga, the famous number from the film, is still popular. ........
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