Navarathiri (1964)
நவராத்திரி
After a fight with her father on who her future husband should be, Nalina leaves home on the first night of Navaratri. For the next nine days, she experiences nine types of human behaviour.
- Date of release
- 1964-11-03
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- A. P. Nagarajan
Casting
- Sivaji Ganesan — Widowder Arputhraj/Drunkard/Doctor Karunagaran/Gunman/Villager/Leper/Actor Sathyavaan Singaram/Commissioner Veerapan/Bridegroom Anand
- Savitri — Nalina
- Nagesh — Priest
- Manorama — Mentally Ill Woman
- Kutty Padmini — Lalitha Arputhraj
- K. Sarangapani — Manickam Pillai
- V. K. Ramasamy — Sundaram
- T. P. Muthulakshmi
- C. K. Saraswathi
- C. T. Rajakantham
- E. R. Sahadevan
- P. D. Sambandam — Drama stage Music Player
Interesting facts
Navarathri is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, produced and directed by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Savithri. It was the hundredth film of Ganesan and is well known for his nine distinct roles. The film, released on 3 November 1964, became a box-office hit, with a theatrical run of 100 days. It was remade in Telugu as Navaratri (1966) and in Hindi as Naya Din Nai Raat (1974).
Production
Navarathri is Sivaji Ganesan's 100th film as an actor. At the time of release, it held the record for the most number of characters played by a single actor in an Indian film. Cinematography was handled by W. R. Subba Rao, art direction by Ch. E. Prasad Rao and editing by Rajan.
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