Valiba Virundhu

Valiba Virundhu (transl. Youth Party) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Murasoli Maran and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Ravichandran and Bharathi.^[3] It was released on 2 June 1967.

Valiba Virundhu
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Directed by	Murasoli Maran
Written by	M. Karunanidhi
Produced by	Murasoli Maran
Starring	Ravichandran Bharathi
Cinematography	Amirdam
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	Sudarsanam
Production company	Mekala Pictures
Release date	2 June 1967 (1967-06-02)[1]
Running time	180 minutes[2]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

An unemployed youth called Ravi and a vivacious girl called Radha are neighbors who fight frequently on trivial matters. Radha's wealthy father Rajasekaran wants to donate some of his properties for charity. This is objected to by his nephew Moorthy who intends to marry Radha and seize all the properties. When Rajasekaran threatens to expel Moorthy, the latter abducts Rajasekaran and replaces him with a doppelgänger. With the help of the doppelgänger, Moorthy tries to marry Bharati, who is oblivious to the fact that her father has been abducted. However, Ravi successfully exposes Moorthy, rescues the real Rajasekaran and marries Bharati.

Cast

• Ravichandran as Ravi
• Bharathi as Radha
• J. P. Chandrababu as Babu
• T. S. Balaiah as Rajasekaran
• S. A. Ashokan as Moorthy
• Suruli Rajan as Publisher
• Usilai Mani as Appu Iyer
• Vijayrani
• Radhi Devi

Production

Valiba Virundhu was produced and directed by Murasoli Maran under the banner Mekala Pictures.^[2] M. Karunanidhi wrote the story and screenplay.^[3][4] Cinematography was by Amirdham, and the art direction was handled by Nagarajan. Editing was by R. Devarajan, and choreography by the duo Chinni-Sampath while the music was composed by Sudarsanam.^[3] The final length of the film was 3,999 metres (13,120 feet).^[1]

Reception

Kalki praised Maran's direction and called the film entertaining.^[5]