Nambinar Keduvathillai

1986 film by K. Shankar

23 May 1986 (1986-05-23)

Running time

136 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Nambinar Keduvathillai (transl. Those who believed never get betrayed) is a 1986 Indian Tamil language devotional film, directed by K. Shankar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Jayashree and Sudha Chandran. It was released on 23 May 1986.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Vijayakanth as Murali
Prabhu as Vinoth
Jayashree
Sudha Chandran
Jayamala
M. N. Nambiar
Master Sridhar
Senthil
Jai Ganesh
Sirkazhi Govindarajan
LIC Narasimhan
V. Gopalakrishnan
Vadivukkarasi
V. K. Ramasamy
Manorama
C. K. Saraswathi
Oru Viral Krishna Rao
Suryakanth
Rajeev

Production

The song "Nambinar" was shot at the 18 steps of Sabarimala from 8 to 13 March 1986.^[2]^[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[4]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Nambinar"	K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam
2.	"Gokula Kanna"	K. S. Chithra
3.	"Jyothisa Roobane"	K. S. Chithra
4.	"Aethriya Deepathai"	Vani Jairam
5.	"Swamiye Saranam"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan
6.	"Pathinettam Padikale"	M. S. Viswanathan

Controversy

The film's crew was sued by an Ayyappa devotee for allowing actress Sudha Chandran to enter Sabarimala, at a time when women were not allowed into the temple, and argued that her presence diluted the purity of the temple. The film's director was let off, but Sudha was fined.^[5]

Reception

References

^ "நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்". Cinema Express (in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Watch: When actresses danced on the 18th step at Sabarimala". Onmanorama. 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Sabarimala cinema shoot involving actresses forced rigid curbs on women". Onmanorama. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Nambinaar Keduvathillai – Tamil LP". Bollywood Vinyl. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Sudha Chandran fined while director let off". India Today. 30 September 1990. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.