Annai Oru Alayam

Annai Oru Alayam (1979)

Rajinikanth catches forest animals through traps and sells them. Rajni's mother will tell him to stop his business, but he will not listen. Later he traps a elephant calf and the mother elephant comes in search of its calf.

Date of release
1979-10-19
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
R. Thyagarajan

Casting

Interesting facts

Annai Oru Aalayam is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language adventure film directed by R. Thyagarajan, and a remake of the Hindi film Maa. It was simultaneously shot in Telugu with the title Amma Evarikaina Amma. The film stars Rajinikanth as an animal hunter who helps a baby elephant to reach its mother. Annai Oru Aalayam was released on 19 October 1979 and became a commercial success.

Production

The film prominently features two elephant actors: Ganesh, then a calf, and Rathi, an elder female. It was prominently shot at Sathya Studios, Madras. For the scene in which Rajinikanth's character carries a leopard on his shoulders, the actor refused to use a body double.

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