Vaira Nenjam

<p>After the failure of his previous directorial (1973), Sridhar decided to make an action film with Ganesan in lead role after Sridhar felt audiences were being more receptive to action films than classic films. The film was titled , with Sridhar opting to make it a Tamil-Hindi bilingual, with starring in the Hindi version that was later titled . Production on the Tamil version that was later titled progressed slowly because of call sheet issues of Ganesan; was completed and released much earlier. In between the delays, Sridhar made (1974) starring . All songs were composed by and penned by . The song “Sentamizh Paadum” attained popularity. was released on 2 November 1975. Kanthan of said the film, despite its title, was not lustrous like a real diamond. Arthur Paris from wrote, “The film has no soul, no life and is at once dull, pedestrian and moronic”. The film was successful only with B and C centre audiences.</p>