Idhayakkani (Eng: The Fruit of the Heart), is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Pandari Bai, R. S. Manohar and Radha Saluja among others enacting supporting roles. The film was directed by A. Jagannathan, produced by R. M. Veerappan under his banner Sathiya Movies and had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, running for 150 days in theatres.
Idhayakkani is the story of a kind-hearted Mohan (MGR) whose theory of life is ‘equality’. Mohan practices equality by sharing the income of his estate with his labourers equally. He has another passion of serving country, so that he has joined police force as an officer. He meets a needy girl Lakshmi (Radha Saluja), and on the advice of elderly and domestic help, he permits her to stay in his house. Toungues start wagging and Mohan decides to marry Lakshmi. However, his happiness is short-lived. He gets the shock of his life when he comes to know that his wife is involved in the murder of a leading scientist. What is the truth? Did Lakshmi really murdered the scientist or she is innocent? If so, then who is the culprit? How does Mohan finds the truth? That’s the plot of the movie.
Directed by A. Jagannathan
Produced by R. M. Veerappan
Written by S. Jagadeesan
Screenplay by R. M. Veerappan
Story by Poovai Krishnan
Starring M. G. Ramachandran, Radha Saluja, Pandari Bai, R. S. Manohar, Thengai Srinivasan
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography N. Balakrishnan
Edited by Krishnan, Sundaram
Production Sathya Movies
Distributed by Sathya Movies
Release date 22 August 1975
Running time 160 mins
Country India
Language Tamil
