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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ethirkalam<br />
| image = Ethirkalam.jpg<br />
| border = no<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = M. S. Solaimalai<br />
| producer = M. Solai Rajendran (the director of [[Dear Son Maruthu]]<br />
| writer = M. S. Solaimalai<br />
| starring = [[Gemini Ganesan]]<br />[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />[[Jaishankar]]<br />[[Vanisri]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = W. R. Subba Rao<br />
| editing = R. Devarajan<br />
| studio = Thanigaivel Pictures<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|1970|2|21|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ethirkalam''''' ({{translation|Future}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by M. S. Solaimalai and produced by M. S. Rajendran. The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], [[Jaishankar]] and [[Vanisri]]. The film's musical score was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. It was released on 21 February 1970.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Gemini Ganesan]]<br />
*[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />
*[[Jaishankar]]<br />
*[[Vanisri]]<br />
*[[Nagesh]]<br />
*[[T. S. Balaiah]]<br />
*[[K. Balaji]]<br />
*[[Suruli Rajan]]<br />
*[[S. N. Lakshmi]]<br />
*[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethir Kalam |url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/1050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312075914/http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/1050 |archive-date=12 March 2020 |access-date=12 March 2020 |website=Songs4all}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Vazndhu Parppom Raa Naina" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[L. R. Eswari]] || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 05:06<br />
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| 2 || "Mounam Than Pesiyadho" || L. R. Eswari || 03:23<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Odathai Paartha Pinbum" || T. M. Soundararajan || 01:20<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Ponnu Yen Thane Sirikkuthu" || T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]] || 04:27<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Majaa Majaa Maappillai" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela || 04:13<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Ethirkalam'' was released on 21 February 1970.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 1970 |title=Ethirkalam |pages=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote it "appears to be a film shot during different decades. It has so many stories in it that it is like a book of short stories, pleasant and unpleasant [...] It has all the ingredients that are mistaken for box-office success – car chase, stick fights, fist fights, romantic dance sequences etc."<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 February 1970 |title=Cinema |pages=12 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700228&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|466930}}<br />
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[[Category:1970 films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]</div>UpdateBot