Shanti Nilayam

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For ashram of Satya Sai Baba, see Prasanthi Nilayam.
Shanti Nilayam
File:Shanti Nilayam.jpg
Theatrical Poster
Directed by G. S. Mani
Produced by G. S. Mani
S. S. Vasan
Written by Chitralaya Gopu[1]
Starring Gemini Ganesan
Kanchana
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography Marcus Bartley
Edited by Umanath
Production
company
Gemini Studios
Release dates
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  • 23 May 1969 (1969-05-23)[2]
Running time
 149 minutes[2]
Country India
Language Tamil

Shanti Nilayam is a 1969 Indian Tamil film produced and directed by G. S. Mani. Starring Gemini Ganesan and Kanchana in the lead roles, it has Nagesh, Pandari Bai, K. Balaji and V. S. Raghavan in supporting roles. The film was a blatant copy of Hollywood blockbuster Sound of Music and it won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for Marcus Bartley.[2]

Plot

Gemini Ganesan and Kanchana play the lead roles in Shanthi Nilayam. Gemini as the father of many kids and Kanchana as the governess are excellent. The children are played by Ramaprabha, Manjula, and Prabhakar.

Pandari Bai plays the rich aunt and Nagesh as her son provides the laughs. K. Balajee plays the villain who blackmails the hero’s father (V.S. Raghavan), for having murdered his servant (K.V. Srinivasan), and later, the hero.

Cast

Production

Shanthi Nilayam was a remake of a Kannada film which was adapted from The Sound of Music (1965).[lower-alpha 1] S. S. Vasan saw the Kannada film and bought the remake rights for it. He assigned Chitralaya Gopu to write the screenplay and dialogues for the Tamil version. Although Vasan liked the screenplay, he felt that the film would not cater to the rural audience. Gopu, in turn, felt that Vasan's doubts would be overcome if Nagesh's comic potential. Vasan's words however proved to be true as the film ran well only in cities and not so much in smaller towns.[3]

Gopu recommendation of Kanchana for the lead heroine role was agreed by the film's director Mani.[3] The film was entirely shot at Ooty and art director Mohana Kumari was in charge of erecting the special sets required to shoot the film's scenes.[3] The flying hellium balloon in the song "Bhoomiyil Iruppadhu" was one of the highlights. Camera techniques were used in the song to show the balloon was flying while in reality it wasn't.[3]

Influences

According to film critic Randor Guy, Shanti Nilayam was influenced by The Sound of Music (1965) and Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.[4]

Songs

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam made his debut in Tamil cinema with this film by singing the song "Iyarkai ennum".[3]

Track list[5]
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Iyarkai ennum"   Kannadasan S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 3.29
2. "Kadavul orunaal"   Kannadasan P. Susheela 4.33
3. "Boomiyil Irupathum Vanathil"   Kannadasan T. M. Soundararajan 3.02
4. "Selvangale"   Kannadasan P. Susheela 3.08
5. "Pennai parthum"   Kannadasan   3.24
6. "Iraivan varuvaan"   Kannadasan P. Susheela 3.52
Total length:
 16.96

Reception

Guy wrote in his review, "The film is remembered for its interesting storyline, excellent performances, brilliant cinematography and pleasing music."[4]

Notes

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Bibliography

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