Ethiroli

Ethiroli (pronounced [eðiroli] transl. Echo) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. The film was released on 27 June 1970.

Ethiroli
Poster
Directed by	K. Balachander
Screenplay by	K. Balachander
Story by	K. V. R. Acharya
Produced by	G. N. Velumani
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan K. R. Vijaya
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production company	Navarathna Films
Release date	27 June 1970 (1970-06-27)
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gives his daughter seven principles to follow. However, in a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up violating each principle, leading to misery in both his case and personal life. The film concludes with his daughter gifting him the same seven principles, which he intends to follow once again.

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Advocate Shankar^[1]
• K. R. Vijaya as Vijaya^[2]
• S. S. Rajendran as Raju^[2]
• Jyothi Lakshmi as Shanti^[2]
• Sivakumar as Sundaram^[2]
• Lakshmi as Kalpana^[2]
• Major Sundarrajan as Manickam^[2]
• V. S. Raghavan as Public Prosecutor^[2]
• T. S. Balaiah as Singapur Minor Balaiya^[2]
• Nagesh as Krishna Rao^[2]
• G. Sakunthala as Radhamani
• Roja Ramani as Raji
• O. A. K. Thevar as Thevar
• Vijaya Lalitha as Valli
• Peeli Sivam as Doctor
• S. R. Prabhakar as Chittor

Production

Edhiroli was the first and only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan.^[3][4] This was Balachander's first collaboration with Sivakumar.^[5]

Themes

Ethiroli revolves around the "moral decay of men".^[6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Vaali.^[7]

Song	Singers	Length
"Kalyanam Kalyanam"	A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari	04:04
"Kunguma Chimizh"	T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari	04:10
"Maraththa Vachavan"	L. R. Eswari	03:22
"Rajavum Vanthituvar"	L. R. Eswari	02:58
"Unga Nalla Manasukku"	L. R. Eswari	03:54

Release and reception

Ethiroli was released on 27 June 1970.^[8] The Indian Express wrote, "this is quite a different movie. It makes a fairly successful and quite an interesting study of blackmailer and the blackmailed".^[9]

References

1. National Film Archive of India [@NFAIOfficial] (12 March 2021). "#FridayFeeling: Sivaji Ganesan is seen here as Advocate Shankar in Ethiroli (1970), marking his rare collaboration with filmmaker K. Balachander. #fridaymorning" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via Twitter.
2. "பொன்விழா படங்கள்: எதிரொலி - கே.பாலச்சந்தர் இயக்கத்தில் சிவாஜி நடித்த ஒரே படம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
3. Nayar, Aashmita (24 December 2014). "7 Must Watch K Balachander Movies On Youtube". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. "பாலசந்தருக்கு சிவாஜிகணேசனுடன் ஏற்பட்ட அனுபவங்கள்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
5. "சிவகுமார் 101 | 11–20" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 8 July 1979. pp. 62–64. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
6. Rajasekaran, Ilangovan (23 January 2015). "Trend breaker". Frontline. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
7. "Ethiroli". Songs4all. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
8. "பாலசந்தர் இயக்கத்தில் சிவாஜி நடித்த ஒரேயொரு படம் எது தெரியுமா?". News18 (in Tamil). 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
9. "Cinema". The Indian Express. 4 July 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via Google News Archive.

External links

• Ethiroli at IMDb