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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Balamani<br />
| image = Balamani poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[P. V. Rao]]<br />
| producer = TKS Brothers<br />
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| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{based on|''Pucca Thirudan''|K. Duraiswami Ayyangar}}<br />
| starring = [[T. K. Shanmugam]]<br />[[T. S. Jaya]]<br />
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| music = <br />
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| studio = Shanmughananda Talkies<br />
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| released = 1937<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Balamani''''' is a 1937 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by P. V. Rao and produced by Shanmughananda Talkies. It is based on the two-volume novel of the same name, alternatively titled ''Pakka Thirudan'' by Ayyangar. The film stars T. K. Shanmugham, [[T. S. Jaya]], T. K. Muthusami, B. Saradambal, [[T. K. Bhagavathi]], K. Shanthadevi and [[S. V. Sahasranamam]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-balamani-1937/article6625126.ece | title=Balamani 1937 | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=22 November 2014 | accessdate=25 September 2015 | author=Guy, Randor | authorlink=Randor Guy}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Balamani, a wealthy woman, is due to be married. After a robbery happens in her palace one night, she and her fiancé are abducted. When Balamani regains consciousness, she finds herself in a dark cave, and has no idea of what happened. Her fiancé abandons her and escapes. Balamani tries to return home but, while passing through a river, she finds the corpse of a child. Balamani decides to take the corpse with her and bury it somewhere, until police officers appear and mistake her for having murdered the child, leading to her arrest. Balamani's family engages [[Eardley Norton]], the current barrister of Madras, who defends her during her trial and has her acquitted. The real culprits are apprehended, and Balamani reunites with her fiancé.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[T. S. Jaya]] as Balamani<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
* [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] as Detective Ranjit Singh<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
* [[T. K. Shanmugam]]<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Shanmughananda Talkies and TKS Brothers, who produced the film, disowned the way it was presented, and it was a commercial failure.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1937 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]<br />
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