Nandri

Nandri
Nandri
	Poster
Directed by	Rama Narayanan
Screenplay by	Rama Narayanan
Story by	A. L. Abbaiah Naidu
Produced by	A. V. M. Rajan
Starring	Karthik; Nalini; Mahalakshmi; Arjun
Cinematography	N. K. Viswanathan ; K. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	Goudhaman
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production; company	Rajmahal
Distributed by	Sujatha Films
Release date	17 August 1984;
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nandri (transl. Thanks) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language thriller film, directed and scripted by Rama Narayanan, with story written by Abbaiah Naidu. It stars Karthik, Nalini, Mahalakshmi and Arjun, with a dog named Brownie in a pivotal role. Arjun made his acting debut in Tamil with this film.^[2] It is a remake of the Kannada film Thaliya Bhagya.^[3] The film was released on 17 August 1984.^[4]

Plot

Cast

Karthik as Officer Shankar
Nalini as Lakshmi
Mahalakshmi as Saratha
Arjun as Murugan
Sangili Murugan as Sathyanathan, the village chairman
S. S. Chandran as Punniyakodi
A. V. M. Rajan as D. I. G.
Brownie as Raja (Dog), Shankar's pet
M. R. K as Dharmalingam
Peeli Sivam as Inspector
Master Vimal as Ramu
Shankar–Ganesh as Mentally Challenged (guest appearance)
Senthil as guest appearance
Anuradha as guest appearance

Production

Nandri is the Tamil debut of Arjun. When approached by Rama Narayanan, he was initially reluctant due to his then poor grasp of the language, but Rama Narayanan still cast him. According to Arjun, the character being mute benefited him.^[5]

Soundtrack

Music was by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics were written by Vaali.^[6]

Song	Singers	Length
"Naan thaan Rukumani"	S. P. Sailaja	04:05
"Vaa Vaa En Thalaivan"	P. Jayachandran Vani Jairam	04:21
"Thaai Seitha Paavam"	P. Susheela	04:41
"Madhurai Nagarinile"	Raju Jayaram Vani Jairam	04:54

References

^ "நன்றி". Anna (in Tamil). 24 August 1984. p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.
^ Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (24 July 2017). "150 and counting: Tamil 'action King' Arjun". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Kumar, K. Naresh (22 June 2020). "He wrote the script for Chiru hit ' Punnami Nagu'". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "நன்றி / Nandri (1984)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ Suganth, M (22 June 2017). "I've completed 150 films; let me experiment at least now". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "Nanri Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

External links

Nandri at IMDb

[1] "நன்றி". Anna (in Tamil). 24 August 1984. p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.

[2] Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (24 July 2017). "150 and counting: Tamil 'action King' Arjun". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[3] Kumar, K. Naresh (22 June 2020). "He wrote the script for Chiru hit ' Punnami Nagu'". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[4] "நன்றி / Nandri (1984)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[5] Suganth, M (22 June 2017). "I've completed 150 films; let me experiment at least now". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[6] "Nanri Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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v t e Films directed by Rama Narayanan
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2010s	Kutti Pisasu / Bombat Car / Cara Majaka (2010) Kalpana (2012) Cinta Beruang (2012) Arya Surya (2013) Billa (2015)

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