''Pathi Bakthi'' () is a 1958 Indian

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-language

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starring

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, Savitri and

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. It was released on 14 March 1958.

Plot

Cast

Cast adapted from the film's song book and the opening credits of the film: ;Male cast *

as Pandiyan *

as Moorthy *

V. Nagayya V. Nagayya (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma; 28 March 1904 – 30 December 1978) also known as Chittoor Nagayya was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. I ...

as Butha Bhikshu *

T. S. Balaiah Thirunelveli Subramaniyan Balaiah (23 August 1914 – 22 July 1972) was an Indian actor. He is best known for playing supporting roles in Tamil films. Born in Sundankottai, near Udankudi in Thoothukudi, Balaiah was introduced to the cine fiel ...

as Sanyasi *

K. A. Thangavelu Karaikal Arunachalam Thangavelu (15 January 1917 – 28 September 1994) popularly known as "Danaal Thangavelu", was an Indian actor and comedian popular in the 1950s to 1970s. Not known for physical, acrobatic comedy like his contemporarie ...

as Parameswaran Pillai *

Chandrababu Joseph Panimayadas Chandrababu Rodriguez (1927–1974) was an Indian actor, comedian, director, singer and dancer, whose Chaplinesque-style on-screen movements and singing style made him popular from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He had ...

as Kalaipithan *

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as Nallasivam Pillai * Krishnan as Thirupathy * Rama Rao as Iyer *

Karikol Raju Karikol Raju was a Tamil film veteran actor who appeared in Tamil-language films. He acted in more than 500 films in a career spanning over five decades. He had started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a charact ...

as Home Owner * Balakrishnan ;Female cast * Savithri as Alli, Bhagyam *

as Marikozhunthu *

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as Nalini *

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as Meenakshi * M. S. Saroja as Mohana * K. Malathi as Dancer * Angamuthu, Uma, Patti *Radhabhai

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were an Indian music composing duo composed of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. They worked together on over 100 films, from 1952's '' Panam'' to 1965's '' Aayirathil Oruvan''. After their split, Ramamoorthy wo ...

, while the lyrics were penned by

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as Pattukottaiyar was an Indian Tamil poet and lyricist. Considered to be the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s, he is particularly remembered for the philo ...

. Pathi Bakthi (Telugu) Songs The music was composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Lyrics were by Sri Sri.

References

External links

* {{A. Bhimsingh 1958 films 1950s Tamil-language films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy