Shankar Salim Simon

Shankar Salim Simon
Shankar Salim Simon
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. Madhavan
Written by	Balamurugan
Produced by	T. K. Gopinath
Starring	Vijayakumar; Manjula Vijayakumar; Rajinikanth; Latha; Jai Ganesh; M. S. Vasanthi
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Abhirami
Release date	10 February 1978;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Shankar Salim Simon is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Madhavan. It stars Vijayakumar as Shankar, Jai Ganesh as Salim and Rajinikanth as Simon. The film was inspired by the 1977 Hindi film Amar Akbar Anthony, and was released on 10 February 1978.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Simon and Salim come from a lower class, while Shankar and his sister are the children of a corrupt businessman. Latha falls in love with Simon, while Shankar falls in love with Alamelu and Salim is already married. In different circumstances, Latha is forced to marry a man, but she runs away from him and lives with Simon. The society goes against both Simon and Latha and in the end, Latha explains how bad the man she is married to is and unites with Simon.

Cast

Vijayakumar as Shankar^[3]
Manjula as Alamelu
Rajinikanth as Simon^[3]
Latha as Vasanthi^[3]
Jai Ganesh as Salim
M. S. Vasanthi as Mumtaz
V. S. Raghavan as Sadhasivam
S. V. Ramadas as Jaipal
Suruli Rajan as Kabali
Y. G. Parthasarathy as Vedhachalam
Y. G. Mahendran as Mahesh
Manorama as Mariyamma
Peeli Sivam as Razak Bhai
Vellai Subbaiah as Liquor Seller

Production

Shankar Salim Simon was adapted from the 1977 Hindi film Amar Akbar Anthony, but only retained the concept of the three title characters belonging to different religions of India: Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.^[3]^[4]

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Kannadasan and composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[5]


Title	Singer(s)	Length
"Vanthaale Oru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela	3:00
"Sindhu Nadhi Poovey"	M. S. Viswanathan, S. Janaki	3:05
"Idhu Undhan"	Vani Jairam	3:00
"Gopurathile"	Kovai Sounderarajan	4:17

Reception

References

^ "சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் | சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ ராம்ஜி, வி. (11 February 2023). "ரஜினி சொன்ன 'பரமண்டலத்தில் இருக்கும் எங்கள் பிதாவே... என்னை மன்னித்துவிடு!'". Kamadenu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
^ Maderya, Kumuthan (23 June 2017). "From Amar Akbar Anthony to Baahubali: Whither Indian Cinema's Secularism?". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Shankar Saleem Simon Tamil Film EP VInyl Record by MS Viswanathan". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

External links

Shankar Salim Simon at IMDb

[1] "சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் | சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[2] ராம்ஜி, வி. (11 February 2023). "ரஜினி சொன்ன 'பரமண்டலத்தில் இருக்கும் எங்கள் பிதாவே... என்னை மன்னித்துவிடு!'". Kamadenu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

[Ramachandran-3] Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.

[4] Maderya, Kumuthan (23 June 2017). "From Amar Akbar Anthony to Baahubali: Whither Indian Cinema's Secularism?". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[5] "Shankar Saleem Simon Tamil Film EP VInyl Record by MS Viswanathan". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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