''Neethikkupin Paasam'' () is a 1963 Indian

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-language

legal drama A legal drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice play ...

film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by

Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar "''Eugen Sandow, Sandow''" Marudur Marudachalamurthy Ayyavoo Chinnappa Thevar (28 June 1915 – 8 September 1978) was a producer of Tamil cinema, Tamil films in the mid-1950s through the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for his films featuring a ...

. The film stars

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...

B. Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films in over six decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" (Saraswathi of ac ...

and

M. R. Radha Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan (14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979) was an Indian actor and politician active in Tamil plays and films. He was given the title "Nadigavel" (spearhead of acting) by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. He mostly play ...

. It was released on 15 August 1963. The film was remade in Telugu as ''

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''.

Plot

Gopal is an honest lawyer who holds law and order above family and emotions. He once saves Sivasamy from a false petition filed against him by Muniyandi by without charging fees and being himself as an eyewitness.He meets a simple village girl named Gowri and falls in love with her. Due to this he rejects his cousins Jaya and Prema. Due to this Jaya dies by jumping from the upstairs. After this incident, Gopal's father decides that Gopal's marriage will be done based on his wishes but his mother oppose it. In due time Gopal and Gowri get separated and reunited again. But trouble brews in the form of Muthayya, Gowri's uncle who sets his wicked eyes on her. Gowri's father Sivasamy first accepted his proposal but after he rejects it when learns of Gopal and Gowri's affair. He also informs to Gopal's parents about this to which his father accepts but his mother rejects. She also goes to Gowri's house and threatens Gowri. Meanwhile, Muthayya joins hands with Muniyandi, Sivasamy's rival to get his consent for marrying Gowri. Sivasamy opposes it and to marry Gowri, Muthayya murders Sivasamy with the help of Muniyandi. Gopal's mother, who is on the way to her home is framed for the murder. This leads to the arrest of Gopal's mother by her husband, who also files the case against her. Gopal's brother, Ramu is handling the case as a prosecutor due to their father's intentions. Only Gopal stands for his mother in the situation and he argues for her against his own father and brother in the court. After some hearings in the court, Gopal and Gowri discovers that Muthayya is the real murderer by a CID officer who is disguised as a blind beggar. They also find that Muthayya and Muniyandi are doing illegal business. With the help of police, Gopal produces them in the court. After some arguments between Gopal and Ramu, the CID officer gives eyewitness. The judge gives the judgment as follows: Since Muthayya and Muniyandi are the real culprits, they are sentenced to imprisonment and Gopal's mother is released. Since they are involved in illegal business, they are punished for that too. The judge also praised Gopal's family for serving the duty sincerely and mentions them as the family with a policy law first, affection next. At last the family unites and Gopal marries Gowri.

Cast

as Gopal Chandrasekar *

as Gowri *

as Sivasamy *

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as Chandrasekar *

P. Kannamba Pasupuleti Kannamba (''Pasupulēţi Kannāṃba'') (5 October 1911 – 7 May 1968) was an Indian actress, playback singer and film producer of Telugu language, Telugu cinema, of Andhra Pradesh, India. She acted in more than 170 films and produce ...

as Saraswathi *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

as Muthaiya * S. A. Ashokan as Ramu Chandrasekar *

as Muniyandi, Muthaiya's henchman *

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as Blind man / Secret agent *

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as Janaki * S. M. Thirupathisamy *

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as Jaya * Sasirekha as Prema

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...

, with lyrics by

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Release and reception

''Neethikkupin Paasam'' was released on 15 August 1963, and distributed by Emgeeyar Pictures. ''

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'' gave the film a negative review, playing on its title by saying "நீதிக்குப் பின் பாசம் பாதிக்குப் பின் மோசம்" (''Neethikkupin Paasam'' is bad in the latter half). Similar comments were made by Kanthan of ''

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''. T. M. Ramachandran of ''

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'', however, reviewed the film more positively, praising the performances of Ramachandran and Saroja Devi.

References

External links

* {{Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar 1960s legal drama films 1960s Tamil-language films 1963 films Films directed by M. A. Thirumugam Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Indian black-and-white films Indian legal drama films Tamil films remade in other languages