''Thanga Rangan'' is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by S. R. Dakshinamurthy. The film stars

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 ...

, Vijayakumar and Srividya. It was released on 30 October 1978.

Plot

Rangan is a rickshaw puller. His brother-in-law Kesavulu molests his lover.

Cast

* Vijayakumar * Srividya * Shubha * Prameela

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed 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 ...

, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan, N. Kamarajan and Muthulingam. The playback singers were

T. M. Soundararajan Thoguluva Meenatchi Iyengar Soundararajan (24 March 1923 – 25 May 2013), popularly known as TMS, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer in Tamil cinema for over six and a half decades. He sang over 10,138 songs from 3,162 fi ...

, T. K. Kala, Jayachandran, P. Susheela and Kovai Soundararajan. The songs in the film were "Irattai Ilai", "Dhupariya Porom","Udhadugalil" and "Engarangan Thangarangan".

Release

''Thanga Rangan'' was released on 30 October 1978,

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day. P. S. M. of '' Kalki'' said the film could be watched for the performances of Srinivasan and Srividya.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=3400186 1970s Tamil-language films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan