Uyarnthavargal

Uyarnthavargal (transl. Noble people) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by T. N. Balu, starring Kamal Haasan and Sujatha. The film deals with a deaf-mute couple and their struggle in society. It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film Koshish, which itself was inspired by the 1961 Japanese film Happiness of Us Alone.^[1]

Uyarnthavargal
Title card
Directed by	T. N. Balu
Screenplay by	T. N. Balu
Story by	Gulzar
Produced by	H. R. Mehra
Starring	Kamal Haasan Sujatha
Cinematography	N. K. Viswanathan
Edited by	R. Bhaskaran
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Raasleela Pictures
Release date	14 January 1977 (1977-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Aarumugam and Aarthi are deaf-mute. They meet and fall in love and later get married. They get blessed with a child, but the child accidentally dies due to a petty thief which devastates the couple. Aarumugam and Aarthi's life comes back to normal after their second child is born. They take all care in bringing him up to be well educated. Ironically, their employer's daughter is also deaf-mute. They want to get their son married to the employer's daughter, but the son opposes the matrimonial alliance.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan as Aarumugam^[2]
• Sujatha as Aarthi^[3][4]
• Thengai Srinivasan
• Srikanth as the thief
• Pandari Bai
• Master Sridhar
• Typist Gopu
• Loose Mohan

Guest actors

• Sanjeev Kumar
• Prem Nazir
• Jaishankar as Sankar
• Manorama
• M. Balamuralikrishna
• Suruli Rajan
• S. A. Ashokan

Production

Uyarnthavargal was produced under production banner Raasleela Pictures. The final length of the film was 3,982.51 metres (13,066.0 ft).^[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.^[6]

Song	Singers
"Iraivan Irandu Bommaigal"	K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam
"Raman neeye"	M. Balamuralikrishna
"Uyarthavargal"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Release and reception

Uyarnthavargal was released on 14 January 1977.^[7] Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the film for not having fight sequences or duet songs picturised on the lead characters, considering their deaf-muteness.^[8]