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Punnagai

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Plot
Cast
Production
Soundtrack
Critical reception
References
External links

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| name = Punnagai
| image = Punnagai poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = K. Balachander
| producer = R. Venkatraman
K. Arumugam
H. Nagaraja Rao
S. S. Nachammai
| screenplay = K. Balachander
| story = Narayan Sanyal
| starring = Gemini Ganesan
R. Muthuraman
Nagesh
M. R. R. Vasu
Jayanthi
| music = M. S. Viswanathan
| cinematography = N. Balakrishnan
| editing = N. R. Kittu
| studio = Vauhini Studios
| distributor = Amutham Pictures
| released = 5 November 1971^[1]
| runtime = 154 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

Punnagai ({{literal translation|Smile}}) is a 1971 Tamil-language drama film directed and written by K. Balachander. It is a remake of the Hindi film Satyakam (1969). The film stars Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, M. R. R. Vasu and Jayanthi.

Plot

Sathya (Gemini Ganesan), Rajan (R. Muthuraman), Rajbabu (Nagesh), Mandiramoorthi (M. R. R. Vasu) and Haniff (V. Gopalakrishnan) are friends who graduate from the same college. In order to celebrate it, they go on a drive around Madras in Haniff's car, singing about the then ideals in life. The car crashes and Haniff dies, leaving his friends shocked. Rajan, Rajbabu and Mandiramoorthi later succumb to corrupt lifestyles while Sathya vows to remain a righteous person. He meets a young women Kanchana (Jayanthi), who has been seduced, raped, impregnated and abandoned by a playboy (S. V. Ramadoss). She gives birth to a son Kumar; Sathya marries her, knowing about her history and raises Kumar as his own. The playboy meanwhile, leaves his wealth to his illegitimate son, but Kanchana rejects it. In the meantime, Sathya's kidneys are affected and all of his friends walk away when the doctor asks them of any of them would donate their kidneys for their friend. In the end Sathya dies, his wife realises that she has successfully up held the values that her husband had taught her. The story is narrated by Rajbabu, who wants to write a book and requests his rich friend to get it published. All these sequences are narrated by him and acted by the artistes as chapters of the book. Finally, Sathya's friends realise their folly and bring out the book with the title as Punnagai.

Cast

Gemini Ganesan as Sathya
R. Muthuraman as Rajan
Nagesh as Rajbabu
M. R. R. Vasu as Mandiramoorthi
V. S. Raghavan as Mohan Ram
V. Gopalakrishnan as Haniff
Jayanthi as Kanchana
S. V. Ramadoss as the playboy
A. Sakunthala as Sakunthala
Baby Mythili as Kumar, Kanchana's son
K.K. Soundar as Interviewer
S.N. Parvathi

Production

Punnagai is a remake of the Hindi film Satyakam (1969), with some changes made in the screenplay. Although Gemini Ganesan was generally billed with the sobriquet "Kaadhal Mannan" (King of Romance) in film credits, this was the first film where he was billed as "Nadippu Selvam". The cinematography was handled by N. Balakrishnan.^[2]

Soundtrack

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| artist = M. S. Viswanathan
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| recorded = 1971
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| genre = Saregama
| length = 13:39
| language = Tamil
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Music by M. S. Viswanathan and Lyrics written by Kannadasan.^[2]

No	Songs	Singer	Lyrics	Length(m:ss)
1	Naalai Naamoru Rajangam	T. M. Soundararajan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. Veeramani, Saibaba	Kannadasan	04:38
2	Aanaiyiten Nerungathe	S. Janaki		05:15
3	Naanum Kooda Rajathaane	T. M. Soundararajan		03:46

Critical reception

According to film historian Randor Guy, the film was not a commercial success, but was considered a classic by critics. He praised the performances of Ganesan, Jayanti, Muthuraman and Sakunthala.^[3]

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://vellitthirai.com/movie/%e0%ae%aa%e0%af%81%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%a9%e0%ae%95%e0%af%88/ |title=புன்னகை |website=Vellitthirai |access-date=23 February 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://gaana.com/album/punnagai/ |title=Punnagai |website=Gaana.com |access-date=11 August 2016}}
3. ^¹{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/gemini-ganesh-and-jayanthi-punnagai-1971/article8952758.ece |title=Blast from the Past Punnagai 1971 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=6 August 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=11 August 2016 |author-link=Randor Guy}}

External links

{{IMDb title|0155067}}
{{Rotten Tomatoes|punnagai}}

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