''1000 Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani'' (read as "Aayiram Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani"; ) is a 1947 Indian

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-language

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directed and produced by

T. R. Sundaram Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram Mudaliar (16 July 1907 – 30 August 1963) was an Indian actor, director, and producer. He was the founder of the Salem-based film production company Modern Theatres. Early life Sundaram was born in 1907 fro ...

. The screenplay was written by Sundaram and the dialogue by

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. Music was composed by G. Ramanathan. The film stars P. S. Govindan and V. N. Janaki. The film was a big success among the masses. The film was remade in

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as ''Sahasra Sirchedha Apporva Chinthamani'' (1960) by the same studio.

Plot

A Saint wants to become all powerful (Ashtamasithi) and prays to obtain such powers. He was told that if he could achieve the sacrifice of 1000 men, he shall achieve such a supreme power. As he cannot achieve this feat on his own, he works out a plan. Princess Apoorva Chinthamani is the daughter of King Neethi Kethu. Due to her intelligence, knowledge and interest in various arts, she is referred to as ''Apoorva Chinthamani''. The happy King encourages her learn more. The magician comes to the Aditayapuri Kingdom in the garb of a Saint and becomes Chinthamani's teacher. Gradually, he brings her under his control and manipulates her to achieve his goals. When she attains marriageable age, the magician advises that she should get an equally knowledgeable man and hence asks her to organise a contest whereby three peculiar questions will be asked to the aspiring grooms, those who fail to answer will beheaded. Since only the magician knows the answers, he is sure that he can behead 1000 prospective grooms who fail to answer and thus achieve his target of 1000 sacrifices. The justification for the killings is to prevent leakage of the questions to other contestants. Chinthamani agrees and also convinces her father for the contest. The first to be sacrificed happens to be her cousin Purantharan, who is keen to marry her. In this manner, she kills 999 people, which includes six elder brothers of Prince Meyyazhagan. He decides to take revenge on Chinthamani when he learns about the killings, and comes to her kingdom with his friend and assistant Kali. They decide to find the questions and their answers before venturing to meet Chinthamani. In this process, the prince falls in love with Chinthamani's friend Princess Sengamalam. Through her, he learns the questions. He goes to various countries named as Madhivadhanapuram, Sambangi Puram and Nathiseela Puram, finds the answers and brings the people involved with him to Chinthamani's palace. He answers the questions and wins the contest. Along with that, he also exposes the game plan of the magician, who gets killed by one of the kings affected by him. The prince advises Chinthamani to marry her cousin who was keen to marry her and marries her friend, Sengamalam.

Cast

;Male cast * P. S. Govindan as Meiyazhagan * M. R. Saminathan as Monk *

M. G. Chakrapani Maruthur Gopalan Chakrapani (13 January 1911 – 17 August 1986), commonly known as Ettan ("elder brother" in Malayalam), was an Indian actor and producer based in the Tamil film industry. He was the elder brother of actor-politician M. G ...

as Neethikethu *

E. R. Sahadevan E. R. Sahadevan was a Tamil veteran villain actor. He acted as the villain along with M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He made his debut film Rajasekaran Emantha Sonagiri, rele ...

as Purandharan * K. K. Perumal as Gunapathi * R. Balasubramaniam as Madhivadhanan *

Kali N. Rathnam Narayana Padaiyatchi Ratnam (c. 1897 – August 1950), popularly known as "Kali" N. Ratnam, was a Tamil stage and film artist known for his roles as a comedian in Tamil movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Renowned Tamil actor and politician M. G. Ra ...

as Kali *

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as Guard * M. E. Madhavan as Velan *

V. M. Ezhumalai V. M. Ezhumalai was an Indian actor and comedian who featured in Tamil language films. He was active in the field from 1937 till 1962. He had a style of his own making viewers to laugh by his body language as well as by voice. He started his car ...

as Mannappan ;Female cast * V. N. Janaki as Apoorva Chinthamani *

S. Varalakshmi Saridey Varalakshmi (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2009) was an Indian actress and singer who worked in Telugu and Tamil-language films. She was popular for her roles and songs in Telugu films like ''Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam'' (1960) and '' ...

as Senkamalam * R. Padma as Manjalazhagi * M. Madhuri Devi as Dhampathi *

C. T. Rajakantham C. T. Rajakantham (1917–2002) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She was the mother-in-law of playback singer Tiruchi Loganathan and grandmother of playback singers and popular music show judges T. L. Maharajan and Deepan Chakkravarthy ...

as Thangam * P. R. Chandra as Velamma * Susheela as Sundaravalli * Saraswathi as Selavanayagam * Chellam as Pachaiveni *

M. S. Subbulakshmi Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is ...

as Dancer

Soundtrack

Music and lyrics were composed by G. Ramanathan.

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* {{T. R. Sundaram 1940s fantasy adventure films 1940s Tamil-language films 1947 films Films based on Indian folklore Films directed by T. R. Sundaram Films scored by G. Ramanathan Films set in 1947 Indian black-and-white films Indian fantasy adventure films Indian feminist films Indian films based on plays Indian musical films Tamil films remade in other languages