Gurudhakshaneiy

1969 Indian film

14 June 1969 (1969-06-14)

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Gurudhakshaneiy (transl. Gift for the teacher) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Padmini and K. Balaji. It was released on 14 June 1969.^[1]

Plot

Kannan is an uneducated, hardworking, village farmer who is known to be quick in anger. Kanni is his lover. To the village, comes Devaki who is a teacher. Jealous elements starts to spread rumors about Kannan and Devaki much to the chagrin of her father. However, Devaki is already engaged to Vasudevan, whose opinion alone matters to Devaki. Kanni also trusts Kannan. In the climax, it is revealed that Kannan has been secretly getting educated unable to bear the shame of doing so in public. Vasudevan absolutely trusts Devaki even without questioning as does Kanni and everyone's doubts are cleared.

Cast

Sivaji Ganesan as Kannan
Jayalalithaa as Kanni
Padmini as Devaki
K. Balaji as Vasudevan
Major Sundarrajan as Devaki's father
S. V. Sahasranamam as Vasudevan's father
M. N. Nambiar as Singapur Singaram
T. S. Balaiah as Nambothiri
K. A. Thangavelu as Raouthar
T. R. Ramachandran as Mama
T. Rama Rao as Nayar
P. D. Sambandam as James
Manorama as Ponnathal
Rama Prabha as Valli
G. Sakunthala as Savithiri
Senthamarai as Sevathan
Pakoda Kadhar as Student
Master Prabhakar as Vadivelu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Pukazhenthi, supervised by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^{[citation needed]}

Songs	Singer
"Oram Kiragamadi"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
"Athooram Maramirukku"	P. Susheela
"Ondre Ondru Ulagil"	P. Susheela
"Paru Paru Nallaparu"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan
"Kettimelam Kottavechu"	T. M. Soundararajan

Release and reception

Gurudhakshaneiy was released on 14 June 1969.^[2]^[3] The Indian Express called it "a sad attempt at portraying an unlettered villager becoming not only literate but a hero capable of great sacrifice."^[4]

References

^ "121-130". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ "Gurudhakshaneiy". The Indian Express. 14 June 1969. p. 5. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
^ "நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Weak story". The Indian Express. 21 June 1969. p. 5. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.