ராமு (1966)

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Ramu is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Thirulokachandar and written by Javar N. Seetharaman. The film stars Gemini Ganesh and K. R. Vijaya, with Ashokan, Nagesh, V. K. Ramasamy, O. A. K. Thevar and Master Rajkumar—as the title character—in supporting roles. A remake of the Hindi film Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (1964), it revolves around a boy who loses his speech after witnessing his mother's death, and his father attempts to restore his son's speech.

Production

While in Bombay for the production of the film Do Kaliyan (1968), M. Saravanan of AVM Productions chanced upon a film banner featuring Kishore Kumar and a boy. Saravanan learned the Hindi film was Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (1964), and Chinna Menon, the manager of AVM's Bombay branch, told him it was unsuccessful but he was convinced the story was different. After enquiring further about the story, he learned it was about a mute boy.

Saravanan screened Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein for his father A. V. Meiyappan; brothers Murugan and Kumaran; directors Krishnan–Panju; screenwriter Javar N. Seetharaman and director A. C. Thirulokachandar. Krishnan–Panju detested the film and Seetharaman believed a film featuring a child in a prominent role could only succeed if the child had powerful dialogue, evidenced by the success of AVM's Kalathur Kannamma (1960), whereas the boy in Door Gaga…

After Kalathur Kannamma, AVM had not approached Gemini Ganesh for any film. When Ganesh met AVM and asked why, AVM said they could not afford to meet Ganesh's financial demands, which was substantially higher than the ₹10,000–₹20,000 they were paying other actors. Ganesh said he would be willing to act for any amount.

Ramu was mostly filmed in the village of Kaduvetti, Tamil Nadu. The climax scene, depicting Ramu and Seethalakshmi in a burning room, was filmed over five days; kerosene was used to light the fire. When the fire was weakening, more kerosene was added, leading to increased fire. Vijaya was quickly helped out but Rajkumar was tied up so Thirulokachandar ran in and saved him. After R. G.

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The lyrics of all songs were penned by Kannadasan. The song "Nilave Ennidam" is set in the Hindustani raga Bageshri, and "Kannan Vandhan" is set to Yaman. During the recording of this song, the original singer was unable to match the "weighty" singing of co-performer Sirkazhi Govindarajan, so he was replaced with T. M. Soundararajan.

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