''Sabash Thambi'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language spy thriller film, directed by C. P. Jambulingam and produced by K. R. Balan. Music was by

S. M. Subbaiah Naidu Subburayulu Munuswami Subbaiah Naidu (a.k.a. SMS) (15 March 1914 – 26 May 1979) was an Indian composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was one of the oldest music directors. He worked as an in-house music composer for Central Studios an ...

. The film stars Jaishankar and

L. Vijayalakshmi Lakshmanan Vijayalakshmi is an Indian actress and classical dancer whose career was from 1959 to 1969. She appeared in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life and training Vijayalakshmi was born in Ernakulam and was ...

. It was released on 10 February 1967.

Plot

Ramesh (

S. A. Ashokan S. A. Ashokan, born as Antony and often spelled Asokan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and theatre. He was popular mainly for playing negative roles but was also a successful character actor. Early life Ashokan was b ...

) dies in an accident and he is suspected to have committed suicide by every one. But Sekar ( Jaishankar) claims it to be a murder and he is on a mission to find out the culprits using his wits and instinct. He gets behind the mystery of Ramesh's death and solves the case. James Bond ( Nagesh) was a performance like a comedian, finally they know he is a CID officer assigned the Ramesh murder case.

Cast

* Jaishankar as Sekhar *

as Shanthi *

as Ramesh * Rathna as Ratna * Nagesh as JB *

Thengai Srinivasan Thengai Srinivasan (21 October 1937 – 9 November 1987) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language, Tamil-language films and plays from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was given the prefix ''Thengai'' (coconut) after his role as a coco ...

as Muthu * Pandari Bai as Sarada *

O. A. K. Thevar O. A. K. Thevar (1924–1973) was an Indian actor. He acted in over 200 films and stage plays. He is known for his antagonistic roles. In 1955 he acted his debut movie ''Maman Magal''. His notable movie are Mahadhevi, Thaikkupin Tharam, Utha ...

as Jagadish * Master Rajkumar as Babu *

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 Vasu * Suryakala as JB's assistant

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

and lyrics were written by Vaali.

Reception

'' Kalki'' noted that the film did not have enough scope for Jaishankar to show his heroism and called the story old-fashioned, but appreciated Rajkumar's performance.

References

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External links

* {{IMDb title 1960s spy thriller films 1960s Tamil-language films 1967 films Indian black-and-white films Indian spy thriller films