Nenjam Marappathillai

Nenjam Marappathillai is a 1963 Indian Tamil romantichorror film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar. The lead roles were played by Kalyan Kumar and Devika, M. N. Nambiar, S. V. Sahasranamam, Nagesh and Manorama played supporting roles. The film was produced by M. S. Kasi Viswanathan under his banner Manohar Pictures, had music composed by ViswanathanRamamoorthy, cinematography by A. Vincent and editing by N. M. Shankar. The story was by M. S. Kasi, and Sridhars brother C. V. Rajendran worked as the associate director. The film dealt with reincarnation and Sridhar was inspired by news paper articles.

Nenjam Marappathillai is considered a Tamil cinema classic. Director Ameer Sultan named it one of his most favorite films and said, Nenjam Marappadhillai not only breaks free from the formulaic screenplay but director Sridhar does something revolutionary by introducing new faces in it. Recently I read in a paper that the film has been remade in Hindi. This is the power of Sridhars script. Cinematographer P. C. Sreeram stated, I still remember how terrified I was while returning home after watching Nenjam Marapathillai and Athey Kangal. Spooky themes were great entertainers. M. N. Nambiar said that it was one of his favourite films he acted in.

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