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Gurudhakshaneiy
1969 Indian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gurudhakshaneiy (transl. Gift for the teacher) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Padmini and K. Balaji. It was released on 14 June 1969.[1]
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Plot
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Kannan is an uneducated, hardworking, village farmer who is known to be quick in anger. Kanni is his lover. To the village, comes Devaki who is a teacher. Jealous elements start to spread rumors about Kannan and Devaki much to the chagrin of her father. However, Devaki is already engaged to Vasudevan, whose opinion alone matters to Devaki. Kanni also trusts Kannan. In the climax, it is revealed that Kannan has been secretly getting educated unable to bear the shame of doing so in public. Vasudevan absolutely trusts Devaki even without questioning as does Kanni and everyone's doubts are cleared.
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Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Kannan
- Jayalalithaa as Kanni
- Padmini as Devaki
- K. Balaji as Vasudevan
- Major Sundarrajan as Devaki's father
- S. V. Sahasranamam as Vasudevan's father
- M. N. Nambiar as Singapur Singaram
- T. S. Balaiah as Nambothiri
- K. A. Thangavelu as Raouthar
- T. R. Ramachandran as Mama
- T. Rama Rao as Nayar
- P. D. Sambandam as James
- Manorama as Ponnathal
- Rama Prabha as Valli
- G. Sakunthala as Savithiri
- Senthamarai as Sevathan
- Pakoda Kadhar as Student
- Master Prabhakar as Vadivelu
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by Pukazhenthi, supervised by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.[citation needed]
Release and reception
Gurudhakshaneiy was released on 14 June 1969.[2][3] The Indian Express called it "a sad attempt at portraying an unlettered villager becoming not only literate but a hero capable of great sacrifice."[4]
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