''Paattum Bharathamum'' () is a 1975 Indian

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-language film, directed and produced by P. Madhavan. 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 ...

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, Sripriya and Vijayakumar. The film had musical score 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 6 December 1975.

Plot

Cast

as Ravisankar/Arun *

as Lalitha * Sripriya as Shanthi * Vijayakumar as Kumar *

Major Sundarrajan Srinivasan Sundarrajan (17 March 1925 – 28 February 2003), popularly known as Major Sundarrajan, was an Indian actor and director who performed predominantly in Tamil language films and plays. He was well known for his sophisticated and ...

as Thiyagarajan *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Meenakshi *

R. S. Manohar Rasipuram Subramaniyan Iyer Manohar was an Indian actor who performed roles ranging from hero to villain to comedic characters. He was born at Namakkal in 1925. He acted in over 200 films. He is known for his versatility and dominating personal ...

as Shanmugasundaram *

M. R. R. Vasu Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Vasudevan was an Indian actor who was active in Tamil cinema and theatre during the latter half of the 20th century. He was known for playing negative roles, but he was also a successful character actor. He acte ...

as Kuduvancherry Kuppusamy * Manorama as Mohana * Gopi Krishna as Dancer *Veeraraghavan * Samikkannu as School Principal *

Pakoda Kadhar Pakoda Kadhar was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil films (Kollywood) in comedic and supportive roles. He acted in over 200 films in the Tamil language during the decades 1960s, 1970s, 1980s. He is notable for his comedian roles along with ...

as Kuduvancherry Kuppusamy Assistant

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Reception

Kanthan of ''

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'' noted that, regardless of how good the story was, the dialogues were entertaining.

References

External links

* {{P. Madhavan 1970s Tamil-language films 1975 films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films directed by P. Madhavan