Ethir Neechal

Maathu (Nagesh) lives under the staircase in a building complex and does odd jobs for residents in return for food and living space. He is treated poorly and exploited by most residents except a bodybuilder Nair (Muthuraman) and a retiree (Major Sunderrajan). By working hard in school, Maathu dreams of moving on in life and develops a liking for a girl (Jayanthi) who moves into the building, but he must first get past being treated as a servant by the residents. Written by Joyojeet Pal Ethir Neechal is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language Comedy Drama movie featuring Nagesh, R. Muthuraman, Sowcar Janaki, Jayanthi, Major Sundarrajan, Manorama and Sreekanth. The movie is based on Ethir Neechal by K. Balachander. Kalakendra Movies was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) N. Selvaraj, B. Duraisamy and N. Krishnan. The movie is directed by K. Balachander. Ethir Neechal was released on 1st January 1968 and takes a screen time of 165 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by K. Balachander. Cinematography was done by N. Balakrishnan and editing by N. R. Kittu. The music was composed by V. Kumar.
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