Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu

Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu (transl. Unity is lifeblood) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars M. R. Radha, E. V. Saroja, Prem Nazir and R. Muthuraman. It was released on 15 July 1960.^[1]

Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu
Directed by	T. R. Ramanna
Screenplay by	(Dialogues) Thuraiyur K. Moorthy
Story by	Vinothkumar
Produced by	Kanagaraj Ramakrishnan
Starring	M. R. Radha E. V. Saroja Prem Nazir R. Muthuraman
Cinematography	T. K. Rajabathar
Edited by	M. V. Rajan
Music by	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Production company	Ranga Pictures
Release date	15 July 1960 (1960-07-15)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The moral of the story is that people cannot live without inter-dependence.

Cast and Crew

The details are compiled from the database of Film News Anandan^[1] and film credits.

Cast

• M. R. Radha
• Prem Nazir
• R. Muthuraman
• Kaka Radhakrishnan
• E. V. Saroja
• Malini
• M. Saroja
• P. D. Sambandam
• A. Veerappan
• Sayeeram
• Peer Mohamed
• Kolathu Mani
• Karuppiah
• Natarajan
• Sami

Dance

• Sukumari
• Reddi

Crew

• Producers: Kanagaraj, Ramakrishnan
• Director: T. R. Ramanna
• Story: Vinothkumar
• Dialogues: Thuraiyur K. Moorthi
• Cinematography: T. K. Rajabadhar
• Editing: M. V. Rajan
• Art: Gnanayudham
• Choreography: P. S. Gopalakrishnan, Thangaraj, Rajkumar, Ramasamy
• Photography: R. N. Nagaraja Rao
• Laboratory: Vijaya
• Studio: Vijaya Vauhini Studios

Soundtrack

Music was composed by the duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and the lyrics were penned by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram.^[2]

Song	Singer/s	Length
"Chaayaa Chaayaa Karam Chaayaa"	A. L. Raghavan	02:50
"Ulagathile .. Kalangadhe Kavalaipadadhe"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan, K. Jamuna Rani, L. R. Eswari and group	04:43
"Endha Naalum Sandhoshame"	K. Jamuna Rani	03:20
"Unmaiyai Sonnavanai Ulagam"	Sirgazhi Govindarajan
"Enga Vaazhkaiyile Ulla Suvai"	P. Susheela & K. Jamuna Rani	04:58
"Annaachi Vandhaachi Arivu Thelivaachu"	L. R. Eswari
"Thunindhaal Thunbamillai"	P. Susheela	03:10
"Chala Chala Raagathile"		03:11
"Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu"	T. M. Soundararajan & Jikki	03:08
"Ellorum Innaattu Mannare"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. C. Krishnan, Jikki and group

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "Ondru Pattal Undu Vazhvoo is yet another Tamil production trying to cash in on the current box office trend of sublimating the workers' cause."^[3]