Navarathinam (transl. Nine Gems) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language road film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan, his final film. It stars M. G. Ramachandran, Latha, Jayachitra and Zarina Wahab. The film was released on 5 March 1977, and failed commercially. One of the suggested reasons was that the story plot was strung around 'national unity' as a political propaganda for MGR's newly formed party and it's then ally Indira Gandhi's Congress Party, prior to the March 1977 ge…