Yaar Nee? (Who are you? யார் நீ?, Tamil; 1966) This is one of the early Tamil psychological thrillers which is actually a remake of a Hindi film (Woh Kaun Thi 1964 - Who is She?). The 1966 offering is filled with many melodious tunes belted to the tune of its original movie. Both versions are so strikingly similar that they even use the same character names and settings. By no means, this film is a pioneer in the field of psychological thrillers. Of hand, I remember Sivaji's 1964 gem 'Puthiya Paravai'. Unlike most Tamil films of that era when it was customary to have a potpourri of songs, a few love sentimental tunes, a traditional dance, a cabaret or modern dance usually belted by LR Eswari. Here, however, many songs were sentimental ones presented by hauntingly intoxicating voices of P. Susheela and L.R. Eswari. They were mostly lyrics sang to their Hindustani music compositions of the mesmerising composer Madhan. I think one of the song versions in the Tamil one i...
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