Sandhippu

1983 Indian film

16 June 1983 (1983-06-16)

CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Sandhippu (transl. Rendezvous) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language masala film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Santhi Narayanasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sridevi, Sujatha, M. N. Nambiar and Prabhu.^[1] It is a remake of the 1981 Hindi film Naseeb.^[2] The film ran for over 175 days in theatres, becoming a silver jubilee hit.^[3]

Plot

Ramanathan is the trustee of the town temple and Muthayya is the dharmagatha. The two men are highly respected in town and their families are also close. Rajavelu works for Ramanathan but it is a cover to scope the temple and steal the jewelry. He and his partner Vedagiri drug Ramanathan, kill Muthayya and steal the jewels. Ramanathan finds them but they threaten his family to force him to sign a confession then beat him up. The police believe Ramanathan to be the thief and the incensed townspeople drive his wife, Lakshmi, and his sons out of town. Lakshmi and the boys – Raja and Vijay – are separated. Many years later, Raja works as a waiter at a club and a part-time boxer to put Vijay through college. Lakshmi is the adoptive mother to singer Geetha who performs at the same club as Raja. Vijay is in love with collegemate Chithra. She is the deceased Muthayya's daughter but neither is aware of their connection. Raja and Geetha also fall in love but have to contend with Prem – the new co-owner of the club and Vedagiri's son – lusting after Geetha. Rajavelu and Vedagiri are now very rich men that work for the mysterious and powerful criminal Don. Raja recognizes Rajavelu when he visits the club and begins investigating the two. This soon leads him to Don who Raja is shocked to realize is his father. He also rekindles his friendship with his childhood friend Vasanth who he learns is Rajavelu's son and another owner of the club. To complicate matters further, Vasanth falls in love with Geetha. Raja must now unwind the complicated mess he finds himself in to reunite his scattered family and bring the criminals to justice.

Cast

Sivaji Ganesan as Ramanathan and Raja
Sujatha as Lakshmi
Prabhu as Vijay
Sridevi as Geetha
Radha as Chitra
Major Sundarrajan as Rajavelu
M. N. Nambiar as Vedagiri
Sathyaraj as Dany
Sarath Babu as Vasanth
R. N. Sudarshan as Don
Manorama as Saroja
Vijayakumar as Prem
Vadivukkarasi as Thangu
Delhi Ganesh as Muthayya
Gandhimathi as Philomina
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Principal
Master Haja Sheriff

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Vaali.^[4]^[5]

Song	Singers
"Raathiri Nilavil"	Vani Jairam
"Adi Naan Vangi Vandaenadi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
"Vaarthtai Naanadi Kannamma"	T. M. Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
"Ithu Aanandham Vilaiyaadum Veedu"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
"Sollappur Raja Sollappur Rani"	T. M. Soundararajan, Malaysia Vasudevan, P. Susheela, S. P. Sailaja
"Mangalyam Thavazhum"	T. M. Soundararajan
"Unnai Than Kumbitten"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote C. V. Rajendran makes us feel as we watch the film in fatigue wondering if its for 18 reels and we are surprised that the film ends too quickly.^[6]

References

^ "231-240". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. Penguin Random House. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-670-09267-3.
^ Selvaraj, N. (20 March 2017). "வெள்ளி விழா கண்ட தமிழ் திரைப்படங்கள்" [Tamil films that completed silver jubilees]. Thinnai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
^ "Sandhippu". Gaana. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "Santhippu Tamil FIlm LP Vinyl Record by MS Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (17 July 1983). "சந்திப்பு". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 17. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.