Needikku Thalaivanangu was released in 1976.
In the Tamil version of the picture, the director reduced the scenes of the hero in guilt.
Needikku Thalaivanangu, directed by P Neelakantan and written by RK Shanmugam, has completed 47 years since its release. The film was well received by critics and became a huge success in Andhra Pradesh. In 1976, it was adapted into Tamil as well. MG Ramachandran (MGR) and Latha played the lead roles. Nayak causes an accident which affects the villagers but Nayak saves himself. Later, another person is imprisoned for a mischief done by the protagonist in the past.
MGR, the hero of the story, was not aware of the arrest of an innocent man. Later, when MGR learns about the imprisonment of a man, he tries to help the victims of the accident and eventually confesses his crime and surrenders himself before the law. In the end, both the hero and heroine of the film have to bear the pain of separation.
In the Tamil version of the picture, the director focused on the heroism of the film. He reduced the scenes of the protagonist in guilt and emphasized the work MGR did in the film to help the victims. Needikku Thalaivangu became popular due to its songs, fight sequences and emotional dialogues.
The climax of the film attracted the most attention and stunned the crowd in the theatres. The film ends with a fight scene in a hilltop temple. The hero was sitting precariously on a rock. On the other hand, in the Tamil version he changed it. In the Tamil version, the hilltop climax was replaced by a mountainside waterfall. Certain sequences were also added such as when the protagonist Latha falls down and MGR manages to save her from the antagonist.
The film’s director Neelakantan claimed that the scene in which Ramachandran saves Latha from the edge of the cliff was shot at three different locations: Shivasamudram Falls, Hogenakkal and Balamuri Falls. Ramachandran chose each of these as he had previously used them for Chakravarthi Thirumagal. The two-minute climax in question was shot in two days, but it took the crew six days to plan how to shoot the sequence and make necessary security arrangements.
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