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{{short description|1965 film by K. Shankar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kalangarai Vilakkam
| image = Kalangarai Vilakkam.JPG
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[K. Shankar]]
| writer = G. Balasubramaniam
| story = Ma. Lakshmanan
| starring = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />[[M. N. Nambiar]]
| producer = G. N. Velumani
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = Thambu
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]
| studio = Saravana Films
| released = {{film date|1965|August|28|df=y}}
| runtime = 148 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kalangarai Vilakkam''''' ({{audio|Ta-கலங்கரை விளக்கம்.ogg|pronunciation}}) ({{translation|Lighthouse}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kannadasan |first=Akila |date=17 November 2013 |title=View from the top |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/view-from-the-top/article5358215.ece |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202224435/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/view-from-the-top/article5358215.ece |archive-date=2 December 2020}}</ref> is a 1965 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action thriller]] film starring [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]]. It is based on the American film ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Riti |first=M. D. |date=15 November 1987 |title=Speak Memory |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.110088/page/n987 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |volume=108 |pages=46–47}}</ref> The film was released on 28 August 1965.

== Plot ==
A mysterious machination around the [[Mahabalipuram Lighthouse]]'s city...

Ravi ([[MGR]]), a leading lawyer from [[Madras]] with his friend Gopal (V. Gopalakrishnan), a doctor, meet Neela ([[B. Saroja Devi|Saroja Devi]]), a beautiful girl in [[Mahabalipuram]].

Ravi ([[MGR]]) falls in love with her.

But Ravi sees Neela jumping off a cliff and Gopal pronounces her dead.

Heartbroken, Ravi travels with Gopal to get over Neela, but one day, sees a theatre performance of the famous song "Sange Muzhangu" starring the same young woman!

Ravi follows her backstage and confronts her, where she calmly tells him that she is "Maliga".

Still unconvinced, Ravi peeks into her dressing room and confirms that she is indeed Neela, because of a scar on her back.

Meanwhile, Maliga asks Gauwry (G. Sakunthala), her elder sister about the incidences in [[Mahabalipuram]] and is told that it is better that she does not know about it.

Ravi convinces Maliga to marry him.

Nagaradjan ([[M. N. Nambiar]]), her brother-in-law, is against this and tries to thwart their plans, but they marry in spite of this.

In order to trick Nagaradjan to come out with truth of what transpired in [[Mahabalipuram]], Maliga pretends to get hysterical and runs up the [[lighthouse]] and jumps down.

Gauwry distraught, tells Ravi that her husband, (Nagaradjan) had killed a girl who looked exactly like Maliga and taking advantage of the similarity in their looks her husband made everyone believe it was a suicide.

Saying this, she swallows poison and takes her life.

Nagaradjan, who is watching all this tells Ravi that both the witnesses to his murder are dead.

The police, who were hiding, waiting for his confession, swoop down and arrest him.

It is revealed that it was actually a marionette dressed like Maliga that was thrown from the lighthouse.

Maliga is safe. She comes down crying for her elder sister, Gauwry.

And then Ravi and Maliga live happily ever after.

== Cast ==
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|- style="background:#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[M. G. Ramachandran]] || as Advocate Chinnadurai Ravi
|-
| [[B. Saroja Devi]] || as Neela / Neela alias Maliga
|-
| [[M. N. Nambiar]] || as Nagarajan
|-
| [[Nagesh]] || as Vasu, a tourist guide
|-
| [[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] || as Doctor Gopal
|-
| [[K. D. Santhanam]] || as Neela 's father
|-
|[[A. Veerappan (actor)|A. Veerappan]]|| as Deva, a tourist guide, Vasu 's partner
|-
| S. M. Thirupadhiswamy || as Thirumalai, Moghini 's father
|-
|[[G. Sakunthala]]|| as Gowri
|-
| [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] || as Moghini
|}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000759 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615075609/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000759 |archive-date=15 June 2014 |access-date=13 June 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Pallavan Pallavi" is set in [[List of Ragas in Hindustani classical music#N|Neelambari]] raga.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnamachari |first=Suganthy |date=15 December 2017 |title=Filmy perhaps, but definitely not flimsy |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/filmy-perhaps-but-definitely-not-flimsy/article21668873.ece |access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Ennai Marandhadhaen" || [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=2 | [[Panju Arunachalam]] || 03:16
|-
| 2 || "Ponnezhil Pootadu" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] & P. Susheela || 06:14
|-
| 3 || "Sange Muzhangu" || [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]], P. Susheela & chorus || [[Bharathidasan]] || 04:57
|-
| 4 || "Kattru Vaanga" || T. M. Soundararajan || rowspan=3 | [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:19
|-
| 5 || "Enna Uravo" || T. M. Soundararajan || 04:57
|-
| 6 || "Pallavan Pallavi" || T. M. Soundararajan || 03:48
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Kalangarai Vilakkam'' was released on 28 August 1965.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 1965 |title=Kalangarai Vilakkam |page=10 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19650828&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2011 |title=எம்.ஜி.ஆர். நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/MGR_Cinema.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20181114041813/http://www.ithayakkani.com/jsp/Content/MGR_Cinema.jsp |archive-date=14 November 2018 |access-date=20 April 2021 |website=Ithayakkani |language=ta}}</ref> T. M. Ramachandran of ''[[Sport and Pastime]]'' criticised K. Shankar's direction "not up to the mark" and also noted "In some of the places, his treatment is naive and bears marks of hurried work".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=T. M. |date=25 September 1965 |title=Kalangarai Vilakkam |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.11921/page/n727 |magazine=[[Sport and Pastime]] |page=51 |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=1476997}}

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[[Category:1960s action thriller films]]
[[Category:1960s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1965 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Shankar]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]

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