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| Directed by | Krishnan–Panju |
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| Written by | Murasoli Maran M.A.-M.P. |
| Produced by | Murasoli Maran M.A.-M.P. |
| Starring | M. G. Ramachandran Jayalalitha |
| Cinematography | S.Maruthi Rav & Amirtham |
| Edited by | S.Pandjasamy & S.Muthu |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
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Engal Thangam (Template:Translation) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. It was released on 9 October 1970.[1]
Plot
Thangam (MGR), a nice truck driver comes to the rescue of Soumadhi (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-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
| 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[2] |
| J. Jayalalitha | as Kaladevi[2] |
| Pushpalatha | as Sumathi, after Lakshimi[2] |
| S. A. Ashokan | as Selvaraj |
| R. S. Manohar | as Marthandhan |
| Cho | as Lorry Cleaner |
| Thengai Srinivasan | as Pidhambar |
| V. S. Raghavan | as The commissioner, Kaladevi 's father |
| 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.[3] The song "Thangapadhakkathin Mele" was remixed in Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005).[4] Template:Track listing
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
- Won – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female) -Pushpalatha
References
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19701009&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ http://www.saregama.com/album/vetrivel-sakthivel_104764