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Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai is a film of genre Drama directed by SP. Muthuraman with Rajinikanth
Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979)
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Add to a movie listAarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (translation: From six to sixty) is a 1979 Tamil film directed by SP. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth. It was produced by Panju Arunachalam. The cast also included Thilak, Cho, Thengai Seenivasan, T.K.Bakavathi, Jayalakshmi, Sangeetha, Jaya and Mallika.
The music was composed by Ilayaraja. The songs were sung by S. P. Balasubramaniam, S. P. Sailaja, Jayachandran and S. Janaki. The lyrics were penned by Panchu Arunachalam.
The movie is a portrayal of the life of Santhanam (Rajinikanth), the eldest son of a poor widow who struggles to make the ends meet. He spends the first half of his life toiling day and night to provide his younger siblings an education & spends second half watching them leading comfortable lives while he continues his struggle for survival.
The film was screened for 25 weeks in the Midland theatre, Chennai. The film was remade into Telugu as "Maharaju"(1985) with Sobhan Babu. The film was also remade in Kannada as Poorna Chandra with Ambareesh.
Synopsis
The story begins with a family man who has wife and 4 children. He values the present moment and indulges in his children and wife. Suddenly, one day, when his eldest son is just 6 years old, he dies in a road accident. The eldest boy, Santhanam, visits his father's boss and asks for a job. He gets a job and learns a trade running the printing press. He also does many other odd jobs. He aspires to give his siblings the comfort that his father wanted for his family.Actors
Rajinikanth
(Santhanam)
Cho Ramaswamy
(Alagappan)
'Fatafat' Jayalaxmi
(Lakshmi)
Suruli Rajan
(Naidu)
Thengai Srinivasan
(Santhanam's father)
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