Sorgam Naragam


Sorgam Naragam is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, who wrote the screenplay. It is a remake of the 1975 Telugu film Swargam Narakam. The film stars Sivakumar, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Vijayakumar and Padmapriya. It was released on 29 July 1977, and did not perform well at the box office.

Plot

Cast

Sivakumar and Vijayakumar, who last acted together in Ponnukku [Thanga Manasu], reunited for this film. It was colourised via Eastmancolor.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Kannadasan. Sivakumar told Thevar that there should be a song where the protagonist sings to himself about the misery of having a good wife but a hellish life. Thevar and Sivakumar then told Kannadasan that they wanted a song that would explain how a loving wife – a loving companion – loved her husband too much; and that is why doubts arose and how the doubts ruined their lives. This led to the creation of the song "Thanneerai Neruppu Enru".

Release and reception

Sorgam Naragam was released on 29 July 1977. Naagai Dharuman of Anna praised the cast performances, dialogues by Ma. Ra., and cinematography by V. Ramamoorthy.