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{{Infobox film
| name = Karuppu Panam
| image = Karuppu Panam.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = G. R. Nathan
| screenplay = [[Valampuri Somanathan]]
| story = [[Kannadasan]]
| producer = 
| starring = {{ubl|[[T. S. Balaiah]]|[[K. Sarangapani]]|[[K. Balaji|Balaji]]|[[K. R. Vijaya]]|[[Sheela]]}}
| cinematography = G. R. Nathan
| editing = S. Surya<br />R. Devarajan
| music = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| studio = Visalakshi Films
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|1964|10|3|df=y}}
| runtime = 132 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Karuppu Panam''''' ({{Translation|[[Black market|Black Money]]}}) is a 1964 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[crime film]] directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by [[Valampuri Somanathan]] from a story by [[Kannadasan]]. The music was by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. It stars [[T. S. Balaiah]], [[K. Sarangapani]], [[K. Balaji|Balaji]], [[K. R. Vijaya]] and [[Sheela]]. The film was commercially successful.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2016 |title=பிளாஷ்பேக்: பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்திய கண்ணதாசனின் கறுப்பு பணம் |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/53337/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Kannadasans-Karuppu-Panam-movie.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610134518/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/53337/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Kannadasans-Karuppu-Panam-movie.htm |archive-date=10 June 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=15 August 1964 |title=Tit-Bits |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98085/page/n663/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230309124731/https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98085/page/n663/mode/2up |archive-date=9 March 2023 |access-date=17 December 2021 |magazine=[[Sport and Pastime]] |page=50 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |volume=18}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=September 2021}}

== Cast ==
;Male cast
* [[T. S. Balaiah]] as Sattanathan
* [[K. Sarangapani]] as Dhamodharan
* [[K. Balaji|Balaji]] as Gandhi
* [[Kuladeivam Rajagopal]] as Raju
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Sambasivam
* [[Shanmugasundaram]] as Sundaram
* Ramanathan as Devi's brother
* [[Kannadasan]] as Thanikachalam

;Female cast
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Devi
* [[Sheela]] as Lucy
* [[C. K. Saraswathi]] as Shankari
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Sattanathan's first wife
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] as Kamala

== Production ==
''Karuppu Panam'' was directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by [[Valampuri Somanathan]] from a story by [[Kannadasan]]. Editing was handled by S. Surya (for whom this was a posthumous release) and R. Devarajan, and art direction was handled by Alagappan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 October 1964 |title=Karuppu Panam |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19641005&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=10 June 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=12 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1964 – கருப்பு பணம் – விசாலாட்சி பிலிம்ஸ் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails8.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610134521/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails8.asp |archive-date=10 June 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref> Kannadasan also played the antagonist, and many viewers believed the film parodied actor [[M. G. Ramachandran]]'s public life, given the tumultuous relationship between him and Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sri Kantha |first=Sachi |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=15 August 2015 |title=MGR Remembered – Part 29 {{!}} Salary and 'Black Money' |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-29/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505185109/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-29/ |archive-date=5 May 2016 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. Lyrics were written by Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karuppu Panam |url=https://gaana.com/album/karuppu-panam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131617/https://gaana.com/album/karuppu-panam |archive-date=16 November 2018 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singers !! Length
|-
| "Ellarum Ellamum" || rowspan=2|[[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] || 3:15
|-
| "Iraikka Iraikka" || 1:00
|-
| "Kanmani Kanmai Kanne" || [[P. Susheela]]|| 3:22
|-
| "Ammamma Keladi" || rowspan=3|[[L. R. Eswari]] || 5:28
|-
| "Kayilae Panamirundhal" || 3:28
|-
| "Aadavarellam Aadavaralam" || 3:23
|-
| "Pattu Chiragukonda" || [[A. L. Raghavan]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 3:44
|-
| "Thangachi Chinna Ponnu" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 6:24
|-
| "Iraiva Iraiva" (Unthan Rajasabai) || [[S. Janaki]] || 4:21
|}

== Reception ==
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "As a photographer, G. R. Nathan's work is slick but as a director it is slack at many places [...] Kannadasan writes better than he acts".<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 1964 |title=No safe keeping of 'black money' |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19641010&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}

[[Category:1964 Indian films]]
[[Category:1964 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1964 crime films]]
[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian crime films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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