Anandha Jodhi

<p>Anand, a physical education teacher in a school, is accused of a murder, while he is totally innocent. In his escape, for his innocence, he can count only on his beloved Jodhi and her younger brother, playful Balu, Anand’s schoolchild. How will anand prove his innocence? was jointly directed by and and was produced by actor under the company Hariharan Films. The film’s story and dialogues were written by Javar Seetharaman. Cinematography was handled by J. G. Vijayam, and editing by C. P. Jambulingam. This was the only film in which and acted together. The music was composed by , with lyrics by . The song “Kaalamagal” is set in raga. The song “Ninaikka Therindha” is set in raga. was released on 5 July 1963, and distributed by Emgeeyar Pictures in . Writing for , T. M. Ramachandran gave a positive review praising Ramachandran’s performance as “convincing” and other actors and also praised Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy’s music. Kanthan of also gave a positive review for various aspects, including the cinematography, cast performances (especially that of Haasan) and Seetharaman’s writing. The film was dubbed -language as and released on 30 October 1964.</p>