1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Soundtrack

4. Reception

5. References

6. External links

Irulum Oliyum ({{trans|The Darkness and the Light}}) is a 1971 Tamil romantic drama film, directed by Puttanna Kanagal. The film was produced by G. S. Mani, N. Nagasubramaniam and M. v. M. Azhagappa under producers combines. The film's dialogue was written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram and story by Aryammba Pattabi respectively. Music was by K. V. Mahadevan. It stars Vanisri (playing dual role) and A. V. M. Rajan playing lead, with S. V. Ranga Rao, Chittoor V. Nagaiah, Nagesh and Rama Prabha playing pivotal roles.^[1][2] The film was a remake of Kanagal's own Kannada film Kappu Bilupu (1969).

Plot

In the film, Vanisri plays the dual role of Banu and Chandra, cousins who look alike. They switch places for a few days to escape from each of their family problems. How their lives change after the switch forms the rest of the story. One of the identical cousins, Chandra, is dark and old-fashioned, whereas the other, Banu, is modern and fair, who takes life easy and meets the poor but well-educated young man (Muthuraman), who falls in love, but she does not respond at first, and disappointed, he commits suicide. She realises her folly later, and in the final climax, she too commits suicide. The dark girl, Chandra, is ill-treated by her stepmother (Sundari Bai), and her loving father (Subbaiah) loses money in business and also his job, and after getting his job back thanks to his daughter, he dies later of heart failure, leaving the daughter orphaned. Soon, the twin cousins switch identities, which is the main crux of the story, and how the problems are solved forms the second half of the film, with a somewhat predictable climax.

Cast

• Vanisri as Banu/Chandra
• A. V. M. Rajan as Thyagu
• R. Muthuraman as Ramu
• S. V. Ranga Rao
• Nagesh
• S. V. Subbaiah
• Rama Prabha
• M. S. Sundari Bai
• Chittoor V. Nagaiah
• Kumari Rukmini
• Venniradai Moorthy
• Senthamarai
• Natarajan
• Ganapathi Butt
• Karuppaiah

Soundtrack

Music was by K. V. Mahadevan^[3] and lyrics were by Kannadasan

Reception

Vanisri, in a double role, deserves full credit and steals the thunder; she gets ample scope to exhibit her talent. The film fared fairly well at the box office.

References

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