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Ethiroli
1970 film by K. Balachander From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ethiroli (pronounced [eðiroli] transl. Echo) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. The film was released on 27 June 1970.
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Plot
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The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gives his daughter seven principles to follow. However, in a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up violating each principle, leading to misery in both his case and personal life. The film concludes with his daughter gifting him the same seven principles, which he intends to follow once again.
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Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Advocate Shankar[1]
- K. R. Vijaya as Vijaya[2]
- S. S. Rajendran as Raju[2]
- Jyothi Lakshmi as Shanti[2]
- Sivakumar as Sundaram[2]
- Lakshmi as Kalpana[2]
- Major Sundarrajan as Manickam[2]
- V. S. Raghavan as Public Prosecutor[2]
- T. S. Balaiah as Singapur Minor Balaiya[2]
- Nagesh as Krishna Rao[2]
- G. Sakunthala as Radhamani
- Roja Ramani as Raji
- O. A. K. Thevar as Thevar
- Vijaya Lalitha as Valli
- Peeli Sivam as Doctor
- S. R. Prabhakar as Chittor
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Production
Edhiroli was the first and only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan.[3][4] This was Balachander's first collaboration with Sivakumar.[5]
Themes
Ethiroli revolves around the "moral decay of men".[6]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Vaali.[7]
Release and reception
Ethiroli was released on 27 June 1970.[8] The Indian Express wrote, "this is quite a different movie. It makes a fairly successful and quite an interesting study of blackmailer and the blackmailed".[9]
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