''Mr. Sampath'' is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language satirical film directed by

Cho Cho or CHO may refer to: People * Chief Happiness Officer Surnames * Cho (Korean surname), one romanization of the common Korean surname * Zhuo (), romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Chinese surname * Cho, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese sur ...

, who also stars. It is based on the

R. K. Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001) was an Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mul ...

novel '' Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi'' (1949). The film features an

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led by Muthuraman, and has music composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

. It was released on 13 April 1972.

Plot

Sampath, though poor by birth, has a heart of gold. Though clever and wise, he wants to become rich without hard work. He pretends to be rich, even a film producer. But ultimately, he realises that one cannot cheat people all the time.

Cast

* Muthuraman * Sundarrajan *

as Sampath * Vennira Aadai Moorthy * Mali * Poornam Viswanathan * Neelu *

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* Manorama *

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Production

''Mr. Sampath'' is based on the novel '' Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi'' by

. The film adaptation was produced by A. Sunderam under Vivek Chitra Films, and filmed in black and white. Besides directing,

Cho Ramaswamy Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, character actor, editor, political satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a p ...

also starred, and wrote the screenplay. The final length was .

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

, while the lyrics were written by Vaali.

References

External links

* {{R. K. Narayan 1970s satirical films 1970s Tamil-language films 1970s Indian films Adaptations of works by R. K. Narayan Films based on Indian novels Films directed by Cho Ramaswamy Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian satirical films