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Nagesh pieced the face of the man together. How? The back of the map had the picture of a man.

When she asks him to do it, he succeeds easily. In a scene, Nagesh tears up a map of India and asks Lakshmi to piece it back together. If the house is a miniature world in Vietnam Veedu, itвЂ™s a miniature country in K BalachanderвЂ™s Navagraham, released the same year. The news of the day was clearly casting a shadow on Tamil cinema. So letвЂ™s call this house вЂVietnam VeeduвЂ™,вЂќ says Padmanabha Iyer, when thereвЂ™s a discussion about what to name their bungalow. And from Vaazhkai, we see the ungrateful children, who either do not want to take care of their father or dash his hopes in various ways.ДЇirst, what does the title imply? ItвЂ™s a reference to the bickering in this large joint family. But the constant conversations he has with his wife Savithri (Padmini), the son whoвЂ™s seen as a disappointment - these are reminiscent of the great American play. Unlike MillerвЂ™s protagonist, however, Padmanabha Iyer is a success, a General Manager at a вЂњ vellaikaaran вЂќ company. From the former, we get an existential flavour, courtesy a middle-aged man faced with the prospect of a career thatвЂ™s going to end soon. The film feels like Arthur MillerвЂ™s Death of a Salesman crossed with Vaazhkai (1984).

Sivaji Ganesan plays вЂPrestigeвЂ™ Padmanabha Iyer in Vietnam Veedu, which was released on April 11.

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) The other films were Enga Mama (a remake of the Shammi Kapoor superhit, Brahmachari ), Raman Ethanai Ramanadi, Vilaiyaattu Pillai (the last film written by the legendary SS Vasan), Ethiroli (the only time the thespian teamed up with K Balachander), Engirundho Vandhaal, Sorgam (from which you may recall the song, вЂ Ponmagal vandhaal вЂ™), Paadhukaappu ( the last of the actorвЂ™s вЂPaвЂ™ series of films with director A Bhim Singh) and the best-remembered of them all, Vietnam Veedu, directed by P Madhavan. (Rajendra Kumar played the character Sivaji Ganesan played in Tamil, and Sivaji played the character portrayed by Muthuraman. Sivaji Ganesan had an incredible nine, if you count his appearance in Dharti, a remake of his own Sivandha Mann. 'The moment Sivaji saab's elder son called me, I rushed to sing the song,' she had said.That year, MGR had five releases ( Maattukara Velan, En Annan, Thalaivan, Thedi Vandha Mappillai and Engal Thangam ). Talking about the song, Lataji, in an earlier interview, had said it was the first song she had sung for Ilaiyaraaja. The song, 'Aararo Aararo', which was set to music by Ilaiyaraaja, is considered to be a classic.

One of the greatest hits of Lata Mangeshkar in Tamil was a song in the film 'Anand', which featured Prabhu, Sivaji Ganesan's younger son, in the lead. She recalled how the Tamil film icon would never forget to send new clothes for every member of the Mangeshkar family on the occasion of Deepavali every year. The singer, in one of her earlier interviews, had talked about the special brother-sister bond she had shared with Ganesan. In fact, whenever Lata Mangeshkar would visit Chennai, she would either stay at Sivaji Ganesan's place, or at least have a meal at the actor's residence.

The two legends shared an abiding affection for each other. The news of her passing away has visibly shocked the Sivaji Ganesan household, for Lataji regarded the 'Lion of Tamil Cinema' as her brother. At a loss for words.' The actor also shared a series of broken heart emojis in the tweet. Taking to Twitter, Vikram, who shared pictures of the Nightingale with his grandfather, said 'The legend Lata Mangeshkar ji.

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