En Annan (Eng: My Elder Brother), is a 1970 Indian Tamil thriller film, directed by Pa. Neelakandhan, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Jayalalithaa, M. N. Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan, Cho Ramaswamy among others. In the year 1970, it was one of the super hit movies of MGR and ran 100 days in Chennai, Madurai and Trichy. The film is a remake of the Telugu movie Poola Rangadu (24 November 1967), which was directed by Adurthi Subba Rao, with A.N.R. and Jamuna. Both movies are loosely based on A. J. Cronin’s novel, Beyond This Place.
At the end of the 60s, in the Tamil country (Tamil Nadu)… Ranga (MGR) is the heroic elder brother of this story. His father Velappan (T. K. Bagavathy), was a manager at a mill, and is framed for the murder of one of the partners, Karunagaran (S. M. Thirupadhisamy). He is sent to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Ranga, since then, works hard to get his sister Thangam (Vijaya Nirmala) educated.
She marries a doctor, Murali (R. Muthuraman), who happens to be Karunagaran’s son. When he finds out she is Velappan’s daughter, he leaves her. Ranga is enraged and beats Nagappan (Thengai Srinivasan), Vaalee (Jayalalitha)’s brother, who informs Murali. Ranga is sent to jail. There he meets his father, learns about his innocence and vows to get him out. Once Ranga is released, he earns the goodwill of the other two partners, Nayagum (M. N. Nambiar) and Dharmaraj (S. A. Ashokan), and finally exposes them. Velappan is released, Ranga marries his lover Vaalee and Murali takes Thangam back.
Directed by Pa. Neelakandhan
Produced by T. Govindarajan
Written by Sornam
Screenplay by Sornam
Starring M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa, M. N. Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan, R. Muthuraman
Music by K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography V. Ramamoorthy
Edited by C. P. Jambulingam
Production Venus Pictures
Distributed by Venus Pictures
Release date 22 May 1970
Running time 170 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
