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{{short description|1968 film by A. Kasilingam}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chakkaram
| image = Chakkaram poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = 
| director = A. Kasilingam
| producer = K. R. Balan
| writer =
| screenplay = A. Kasilingam
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Gemini Ganesan]]<br />[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]]<br />[[A. V. M. Rajan]]
| narrator =
| music = [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]]
| cinematography = Vijayan
| editing =
| studio = Annai Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1968|12|6}}
| runtime = 144 minutes<ref name="Cowie" />
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Chakkaram''''' ({{trans|Wheel}}) is a 1968 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film written and directed by A. Kasilingam. The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] and [[A. V. M. Rajan]]. It was released on 6 December 1968, and failed commercially.

== Plot ==
Jambu ([[A. V. M. Rajan]]) is a thief who lives in the forests avoiding the police. There is a bounty of {{INRConvert|1|l|year=1968}} on his head. Meenakshi, an estate owner under heavy debt, has a son. Her secretary Babu(Gemini Ganesan) has a sister who is a college student falls in love with Meenakshi's son. Meenakshi stipulates that she is to be paid {{INRConvert|50000|year=1968}}, otherwise the marriage between her son and Babu's sister will not take place. Babu and his friends head to the forest in search of Jambu to obtain the money he has robbed and the reward. The rest of the story deals with how the money is obtained.<ref name="BFTP" />

== Cast ==
Adapted from ''The Hindu'':<ref name="BFTP" />

*[[Gemini Ganesan]]
*[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]]
*[[A. V. M. Rajan]] as Jambu
*[[Nagesh]]
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)| Manorama]]
* [[Sowcar Janaki]]
* [[ Major Sundarrajan]]
*[[O. A. K. Thevar]]
*[[M. R. R. Vasu]]
*C.S. Pandian
*S.S. Sivasuriyan
*[[Master Sekhar]]
*[[Rajakokila]]

== Production ==
''Chakkaram'' was directed by A. Kasilingam who also wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by K. R. Balan under Annai Films. Cinematography was handled by Vijayan.<ref name="BFTP" /> The final length of the film was {{convert|3938|metres|feet}}.<ref name="Cowie">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5U3AAAAIAAJ&q=chakkaram+gemini |title=World Filmography |last=Cowie |first=Peter |publisher=Tantivy Press |year=1968 |pages=267 |isbn=9780498015694 |author-link=Peter Cowie}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]], while the lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref name="BFTP" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/chakkaram/FNdWYBsYR3s_ |title=Chakkaram |website=[[JioSaavn]] |access-date=4 March 2019}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =

| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =

| title_width =
| writing_width =
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| title1 = Kasethan Kadavulappa
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
| length1 = 3:25

| title2 = Kulikka Pora Kumaripponnu
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 = T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]]
| length2 = 4:20

| title3 = Neeye Oru Neram Sollu
| note3 =
| writer3 =
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 = T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
| length3 = 4:35

| title4 = Oru Naal Iravu Orumani
| note4 =
| writer4 =
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 = [[L. R. Eswari]]
| length4 = 4:09
}}

== Release and reception ==
''Chakkaram'' was released on 6 December 1968,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19681207&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=At other theatres {{!}} Tamil |date=7 December 1968 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=5}}</ref> and failed commercially.<ref name="BFTP" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-chakkaram/article7386628.ece |title=Chakkaram 1968 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=4 July 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 March 2019 |issn=0971-751X |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0290513}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]]
[[Category:1960s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1960s action films]]

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