''Paaladai'' () is a 1967 Indian

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-language film, directed by

A. Bhimsingh A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in ...

and produced by

M. R. Santhanam Santhana Bharathi is an Indian film director and actor who has primarily worked in Tamil cinema. Career Santhana Bharathi originally wanted to be a director but didn't get the right opportunity, even after working for a well known director ...

. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

, Padmini and

K. R. Vijaya Deivanayaki better known by her stage name K. R. Vijaya is an Indian actress who has featured in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She started her career in 1963 and has been acting for more than five decades in South Indian cinema. ...

. It was released on 16 June 1967.

Plot

Sekar is a rich man belonging to a royal lineage. He is happily married to Janaki. They have been married for around ten years, but have had no children. He yearns for children and as per his friends advice, he takes his wife Janaki to a gyno and she finds that it's impossible for Janaki to get pregnant. Janaki decides to hide it from her husband as it would devastate him completely. Janaki's sister Santha comes to stay with them during her vacations. By chance, Sivaji learns that his wife is infertile. He consoles her. The next morning, Sivaji has a dream about a child and he explains it to Santha. They start growing closer. Janaki plans to get her sister married to her husband. Janaki pleads Santha to marry her husband. Santha resists initially, but gradually agrees for her sister. After the wedding, Janaki learns that she is pregnant. She sends her sister and husband to Aanaikatty for a honeymoon. In Aanaikatty, they start living together happily. They received a letter there from Janaki mentioning about her pregnancy. Both are happy for her. But Sivaji left Santha alone to see Janaki. However Santha managed to see Janaki and expressed her love. Afterwards Sivaji started to ignore Santha, so she was depressed and tried to attempt suicide. However Janaki prepared to abort her child in order to make them live happily. But both of them were saved by Sivaji. Janaki and Santha met with an accident in which Janaki gave birth to her child and died. Santha was saved and the three started their new life.

Cast

as Sekar, an engineer * Padmini as Janaki *

as Shantha, Janaki's sister * V. K. Ramasamy as Sekar Ungel * V. Gopalakrishnan as Ramu *

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 film ...

as Vaigundam * Manorama as Sornam *

T. P. Muthulakshmi T. P. Muthulakshmi (Native name: தமிழ்: டி. பி. முத்துலட்சுமி) was an Indian actress who was active from the 1950 to 1969. She was a prominent lead comedy actress during the early 1950s in Tamil langu ...

as Aadhilakshmi *

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as James, Sekar's friend *Seethalakshmi as Dr. Lakshmi Rao * C. I. D. Sakunthala as Dancer

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics were by

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

and Thanjai Vanan.

Reception

Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...

'' said the storyline lacked newness, but appreciated the cast performances.

References

External links

* {{A. Bhimsingh 1960s Tamil-language films 1967 films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan