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{{Infobox film
| name = Engal Thangam
| image = Engal Thangam poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Krishnan–Panju]]
| writer = [[Murasoli Maran]] M.A.-M.P.
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]]
| producer = [[Murasoli Maran]] M.A.-M.P.
| narrator =
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = S.Maruthi Rav & Amirtham
| editing = S.Pandjasamy & S.Muthu
| studio = Megala Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1970|10|9|df=y}}
| runtime = 174 minutes<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |pages=403 |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Engal Thangam''''' ({{Translation|Our Gold}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[thriller film]] directed by [[Krishnan–Panju]]. The film stars [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and [[Jayalalithaa]]. It was released on 9 October 1970.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19701009&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref>

== Plot ==
Thangam ([[MGR]]), a nice truck driver comes to the rescue of Soumadhi ([[A. V. M. Rajan|Pushpalatha]]), his blind younger sister, by putting on (by assuming) the offences of Moorthy ([[A. V. M. Rajan]]), her husband.

Moorthy is a childhood friend of Thangam.

Today, Moorthy fell to the hands of a mysterious group of burglars, because he 's the best professional [[Safe-cracking|safe-cracker]] in the city.

Thangam wants at all costs to save him from this gang and to stop them.

Thangam will be helped in his quest by beautiful and intelligent Kaladevi ([[Jayalalithaa]]), his lover.

== Cast ==
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]] || as Thangam, (Ramu alias Ramanathan) and MGR himself (at the beginning of the movie)
|-
| [[A. V. M. Rajan]] || as Moorthy<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
|-
| [[J. Jayalalitha]] || as Kaladevi<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
|-
| [[A. V. M. Rajan|Pushpalatha]] || as Sumathi, after Lakshimi<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
|-
| [[S. A. Ashokan]] || as Selvaraj
|-
| [[R. S. Manohar]]|| as Marthandhan
|-
| [[Cho Ramaswamy|Cho]] || as Lorry Cleaner
|-
| [[Thengai Srinivasan]] || as Pidhambar
|-
| [[V. S. Raghavan]] || as The commissioner, Kaladevi 's father
|-
| [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] || as Miss Pantchali
|-
| [[S. N. Lakshmi]] ||
|-
|[[Karuppu Subbiah]]
|
|-
| S.R.Janaki ||
|-
|}

'''The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned'''

== Soundtrack ==
Music is composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000762</ref> The song "Thangapadhakkathin Mele" was remixed in ''[[Vetrivel Sakthivel]]'' (2005).<ref>http://www.saregama.com/album/vetrivel-sakthivel_104764</ref>
{{Track listing
|extra_column = Singer(s)
|total_length =
| title1= Dont Touch Mr X
| extra1 = [[T. M. Soundararajan]] & [[L. R. Eswari]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| length1 = 04:26
| title2 = Thangapadkathin
| extra2 = T. M. Soundararajan & [[P. Susheela]]
| lyrics2 = Vaali
| length2 = 04:31
| title3 = Kadha kaalatchebam
| extra3 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length3 = 10:57
| lyrics3 = Vaali
| title4 = Naan Alavodu Rasipavan
| extra4 = T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela
| lyrics4 = Vaali
| length4 = 04:56
| title5 = Mogam Piranthadamma
| extra5 = T. M. Soundararajan
| lyrics5 = Vaali
| length5 = 05:16
| title6 = Naan Sethu Pulachavanda
| extra6 = T. M. Soundararajan
| lyrics6 = Vaali
| length6 = 03:49
}}

== Awards ==

[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]] – Second Prize
By The Tamil Nadu Government (Tamizh Arasin Parisu)

1970 '''[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award]]'''

* Won – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist]] – [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
* Won – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female)]] -Pushpalatha

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt0233650}}
{{Krishnan–Panju}}

[[Category:1970 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Krishnan–Panju]]

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