Nalla Neram

Nalla Neram
Poster
Directed by	M. A. Thirumugam
Written by	R. K. Shanmugam (dialogues)
Story by	Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Based on	Haathi Mere Saathi by Salim–Javed
Produced by	Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran K. R. Vijaya
Cinematography	T. M. Sundar Babu V. Selvaraj
Edited by	M. A. Thirumugam M. G. Balu Rao
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production company	Devar Films
Release date	10 March 1972
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nalla Neram (transl. Good Time), is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and K. R. Vijaya. It is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film Haathi Mere Saathi . All three versions were produced by Thevar. The film was released on 10 March 1972. It was Ramachandran's last film with Thevar. It emerged a major success, running for more than 100 days in theatres.

Plot

Raja "Raju" Kumar owns elephants and earns a livelihood by making them perform tricks. He falls in love with Vijaya and they get married. But soon, a problem arises. Vijaya hates elephants because of a personal tragedy in her life. She also feels that Raju spends too much time with his elephant friends. He had to choose between the love of his wife and the friendship of his loyal and devoted pet elephants.

Cast

Production

Nalla Neram is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film Haathi Mera Saathi, which in turn was adapted from Chinnappa Thevar's own Tamil film Deiva Cheyal (1967) which flopped. This film was the last collaboration between Ramachandran and Thevar. For the song "Aagattumda Thambi", Ramachandran drove a '58 Chevrolet Impala.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.