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Babu
Babu
	Poster
Directed by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Screenplay by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Based on	Odayil Ninnu; by P. Kesavadev
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan; Vijayasri; Sowcar Janaki; Vennira Aadai Nirmala
Cinematography	M. Viswanatha Rai
Edited by	R. G. Gopu
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Cine Bharath Productions
Distributed by	AVM Productions
Release date	18 October 1971;
Running time	169 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Babu is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar.^[1] The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayasri, Sowcar Janaki, and Vennira Aadai Nirmala. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Odayil Ninnu,^[2] which itself was based on P. Kesavadev's novel of the same name.^[3]^[4] Ganesan played a rickshaw puller who adopts his landlord's daughter.^[5]^[6]^[7] The film became a blockbuster at the box office, running for over 100 days in theatres.^[8]

Plot

Babu is an orphan and a rickshaw puller. He loses the only person he has ever loved, the lunch girl Kannamma, and gives up on life. Once, he meets Sankar, who takes him to his house, gives him his new clothes as he is in impoverished state and lets his daughter eat with him on the same plate without any regards to his appearance or class. Babu becomes indebted to the family for life. Sankar dies and Babu takes it upon himself to fulfil the dreams of Sankar, making Ammu a graduate.

With the usual troubles of society miscasting the relationship between Parvathi and Babu, things get worse when Ammu falls in love with Prem affecting her education. She realises the truth soon and starts focusing on her education. Finally, when time comes for marriage between rich Prem and educated Ammu, Babu wants to stay away for he does not want the stigma of being brought up by a poor uneducated rickshaw associated with her. Ammu, Parvathi, Prem and Vedhachalam, millionaire father of Prem, insist on his presence and with the threat of calling off the marriage, he relents.

Cast

Sivaji Ganesan as Babu^[9]
Sowcar Janaki as Parvathi
Balaji as Sankar
Sundarrajan as Vedhachalam
V. K. Ramasamy as Singaram Pillai
Nagesh as Thulukanam
Sivakumar as Prem
M. R. R. Vasu as Vatti Vadivel
B. Nirmala as Ammu
Vijayasri as Kannamma
Vijayachandrika as Thulukanam's wife
Roja Ramani as Young Ammu
Sridevi as Child Ammu^[10]
S. V. Ramadas as Mill Owner
A. Karunanidhi as Siluvai
K. M. Nambirajan as Enemy
Subbiah as Rickshaw puller
Gemini Balu as Rowdy
Master Ramu as Child Babu
Shanmugasundari as Bakkiyam (uncredited)
Kowsalya Senthamarai as Prem's sister (uncredited)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were written by Vaali.^[11] The song "Idho Endhan Deivam" became popular upon release.^[12]

Song	Singers
"Varadappa Varadappa"	T. M. Soundararajan (Group Corus)
"Aadhi Mudhale"	T. M. Soundararajan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari, S. C. Krishnan
"Idho Endhan Deivam" 1	T. M. Soundararajan
"Antha Kalathil"	L. R. Eswari
"Enna Solla"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, L. R. Eswari
"Idho Endhan Deivam" 2	T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki

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^ Vijayakumar, B. (22 April 2012). "Odayil Ninnu 1965". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ Suganth, M. (20 July 2019). "Movie Milestone: 30 Years Of Raja Chinna Roja". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ Subramanian, Anupama (27 August 2019). "When Madras cast a spell on Tamil movies". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ Kolappan, B. (25 February 2018). "Sridevi in Tamil filmdom: the child artiste who made it big". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
^ Ramachandran, T. M., ed. (1971). "Babu". Film World. Vol. 7. p. 99.
^ "பாபு". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). Tiruchirappalli. 25 January 1972.
^ Iyer, Lalita (2018). Sridevi: Queen of Hearts. Westland Publications Private Limited. p. 13.
^ Vaitheesvaran, Bharani (16 February 2018). "Sridevi charmed a nation with her talent and ease of acting". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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^ "எம்ஜிஆர், சிவாஜி இரண்டாம் இடம்; ஆதிபராசக்திதான் முதலிடம்" [MGR, Shivaji Second Place; Aathi Parasakthi comes first]. Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.