எங்கே நிம்மதி எங்கே நிம்மதி !! ~ Sleep !!

 

How old are you !  above 50!!  - when do you sleep, how fast are you able to sleep upon hitting the bed !!  - around this age, some suffer sleeplessness. Sleeplessness, clinically known as insomnia, is a common sleep disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early without being able to get back to rest.  

Ever heard of a Tamil movie Director – Dada Mirasi !! 

1)      In her family's Spanish villa, Kimberly Prescott, a young South African heiress of a diamond company, is grieving after her father's recent suicide, when she is taken aback by the arrival of a man claiming to be her brother Ward, believed to have died in a car accident a few months ago. Kimberly calls the police but the man has a driving licence, passport and letter from the bank in the name of Ward Prescott. Even two photos from upstairs look like the man now in her house. The local police chief, Vargas, leaves, believing Kim to be unstable.

 

2)     Gopal is a rich businessman en route to India from Singapore on a cruise ship. He meets Latha, another traveller who is accompanied by her father Ramadurai. Gopal and Latha start liking  each other. Gopal invites them to stay at his mansion in Ooty.  Latha discovers that Gopal becomes agitated whenever he sees an onrushing train and demands to know why. He explains that the reason behind this is his first wife.

 

Theme 2 is that of Sivaji Ganesan, Saroja Devi starrer -  “Puthiya Paravai” that hit the silver screen in 1964.  The  romantic thriller film was directed by Dada Mirasi. Produced by Sivaji Ganesan, the   plot revolved around Gopal, who falls in love with Latha, when his previously presumed-dead wife Chitra arrives. He claims her to be an impostor but no one believes him. 

Puthiya Paravai was the maiden Tamil production of Sivaji Films, later renamed Sivaji Productions, and the company's third overall production after the Hindi films Amardeep (1958) and Rakhi (1962).   The screenplay was written by Nannu, and the dialogues by Aaroor Dass. Cinematography was handled by K. S. Prasad and editing by N. M. Shankar. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by the duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.

 

Theme 1 is that of -  1958 British thriller film Chase a Crooked Shadow, directed by Michael Anderson, a global success, especially in India. It inspired the Bengali film Sesh Anka (1963) whose screenplay was written by Rajkumar Mitra. The screenplay was acquired by Sivaji Ganesan's company Sivaji Films  to be remade in Tamil as  Puthiya Paravai. 

The Director Dada Mirasi,  made a cameo appearance as Gopal's father.  T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela were the only singers featured in the soundtrack. The first song recorded was "Chittu Kuruvi"."Paartha Gnaabagam Illaiyo" was  inspired by Dean Martin's version of "Sway”. The heavily orchestrated "Engey Nimmadhi", at that time, had the highest number of instruments used for recording.  

எங்கே நிம்மதி எங்கே நிம்மதி  !!

அங்கே எனக்கோர் இடம் வேண்டும்; அங்கே எனக்கோர் இடம் வேண்டும்

 

எங்கே மனிதர் யாரும் இல்லையோ- அங்கே எனக்கோர் இடம் வேண்டும்

 

என்னைக் கொஞ்சம் தூங்க வைத்தால் வணங்குவேன் தாயே

இன்று மட்டும் அமைதி தந்தால் உறங்குவேன் தாயே ஓ...

உறங்குவேன் தாயே

எங்கே நிம்மதி எங்கே நிம்மதி

அங்கே எனக்கோர் இடம் வேண்டும்; அங்கே எனக்கோர் இடம் வேண்டும்

 

 

பாடல்   - எங்கே நிம்மதி

திரைப்படம்- புதிய பறவை

நடிகர் சிவாஜி கணேசன்

நடிகை - சரோஜா தேவி

பாடகர் - டி.எம்.சௌந்தரராஜன்

இசையமைப்பாளர் . எம்.எஸ். விஸ்வநாதன் / ராமமூர்த்தி

பாடலாசிரியர்கள் – கண்ணதாசன்

 

 Dada Mirasi hailing from West Bengal was a famous Director and story writer of 1960s who shone in Tamil and Telugu tinseldom.  The Tamil movies directed by him are :  கடவுளின் குழந்தை (1960); இரத்தத் திலகம் (1963); புதிய பறவை (1964);  அண்ணாவின் ஆசை (1966);       ராஜா வீட்டுப் பிள்ளை (1967);         பூவும் பொட்டும் (1968); சங்கமம் (1970); மூன்று தெய்வங்கள் (1971)

 
Interesting !
 
Regards – S Sampathkumar
17.6.2026