Annamitta Kai

Annamitta Kai () is a 1972 Tamil-language film written by G. Subramanium and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring M. G. Ramachandran. It was produced by Ramachandra Productions, owned by M. S. Sivaswamy. Annamitta Kai was Ramachandran's last black and white movie.

Plot
To repair the past errors of their father, the half brothers Doreraj (MGR) and Selvaraj (M. N. Nambiar) exchange identities, making Selvaraj the heir. Doreraj is going to take care of Selvaraj's blind mother, and try to get his brother back to a virtuous life.

Cast
M. G. Ramachandran  as Durai raj (Raju)
Jayalalitha  as Seetha
 Bharathi as doctor Kalpana
 Pandari Bai as Sivagami, Selvaraj's mother
 M. N. Nambiar as Selvaraj
 R. S. Manohar  as The manager Kannaga Rathnam, Kalpana's father
 V. K. Ramaswamy  as postman Yezhaimalai
 Nagesh as The assistant-postman Thangaman
 Muthaiya as Sadhasivam Bhoopathi, Durai raj & Selvaraj's father
 Geethanjali  as Ladha, girl from Burma
 Manorama  as nurse Thangame 
 S. N. Lakshmi  as Lakshimi, Doreraj's mother
T. K. S. Natarajan as Estate labor
Master Sekhar  as Durai raj (Child)
 Master Prabhakar  as Selvaraj (Child)

The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned.

Production
The movie originally started filming in 1966 with the 1st scene, but couldn't continue due to MGR's shooting incident. The rest of the movie was taken in 1972. Because the initial scene was in Black & White, the producers continued the rest in Black & White.

This was the second and last time Nagesh and Manorama acted side by side after they split up in 1970 during the Navagraham casting dispute. the first one was in Raman Thediya Seethai the same year (1972).

Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.

Release and Reception
This movie ran for 75 days and was one of the hit movies of (MGR).

This was the last movie of (MGR) while he was in (DMK). After 1 month of release of this movie, he has come out from that party and started his own (AIADMK) party on 17 October 1972.

References

External links
 
 
 Annamitta kai - Thamizhisai

Category:Indian films
Category:1972 films
Category:1970s Tamil-language films
Category:Tamil film scores by K. V. Mahadevan
Category:Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair