''Anadhai Anandhan'' ( ) is a 1970 Indian

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-language film directed by

Krishnan–Panju R. Krishnan (1909–1997) and S. Panju (1915–1984), collectively referred to as Krishnan–Panju, were Indian film directors. The duo directed more than 50 films in South Indian languages and in Hindi. Early life R. Krishnan was born on 18 ...

and produced by Muthuvel Movies. It stars A. V. M. Rajan, Muthuraman, R. S. Manohar and

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in '' Lava Kusa'' as well as for the title roles in movies like Chenchu ...

. The bond between the lead heroine

Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...

with the orphaned child played by

Master Sekhar J. V. Sekhar (7 January 1963 – 8 July 2003), better known as Master Sekhar, was an Indian child actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil and Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Ind ...

was the highlight of the film. The film was simultaneously made in

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as '' Chanda Aur Bijli'', which was released earlier in 1969. It was a successful film on its release. This film was remade in Telugu as '' Akka Thamudu'' in 1972.

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by

Kannadasan Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important l ...

Release

''Anadhai Anandhan'' was released on 4 September 1970, and emerged a commercial success.

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* {{AVM Productions 1970 films 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films AVM Productions films Films about orphans Films directed by Krishnan–Panju Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language Indian films