Uyira Maanama

Uyira Maanama (transl. Life or Reputation?) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film stars Jaishankar, Vijaya Nirmala, R. Muthuraman and Krishna Kumari. It was released on 21 October 1968 (Diwali day), and was commercially successful.

Uyira Maanama
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
Written by	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
Produced by	K. S. Sabarinathan
Starring	Jaishankar Vijaya Nirmala R. Muthuraman Krishna Kumari
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Amarjothi Movies
Release date	21 October 1968 (1968-10-21)
Running time	188 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Jaishankar as Kannan
• Vijaya Nirmala as Radha
• R. Muthuraman^[1]
• M. N. Nambiar as Nagappan
• Nagesh
• S. Varalakshmi as Kamala
• T. K. Bhagavathi as Santhanam
• B. Saroja Devi
• Krishna Kumari as a Russian woman^[1][2]
• G. Sakunthala as Nagappan's wife
• Radhabhai

Production

Uyira Maanama was written and directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan, and produced by K. S. Sabarinathan under Amarjothi Movies.^[3] One of the shooting locations was Yercaud.^[4] The final cut of the film was 5,136 metres (16,850 ft).^[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kodiyil Irandu"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	3:18
2.	"Kutrala Malaiyile"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari	4:31
3.	"Savaale Samali"	T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari	4:22
4.	"Aathirathil thudupeduthai"	P. Susheela	3:22
Total length:			15:33

Release and reception

Uyira Manama was released on 21 October 1968 (Diwali day),^[3] and was commercially successful.^[7]