''Thigambara Samiar'' () is 1950 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
produced and directed by
T. R. Sundaram
Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram Mudaliar (16 July 1907 – 30 August 1963) was an Indian actor, director, and producer. He was the founder of the Salem-based film production company Modern Theatres.
Early life
Sundaram was born in 1907 fro ...
. An adaptation of
Vaduvoor K. Duraswamy Iyengar's novel of the same name, the film stars
M. N. Nambiar and M. S. Draupadi. It revolves around the efforts of a man to expose the illicit activities of a corrupt lawyer. The film was released on 22 September 1950, and emerged a commercial success.
Plot
The film revolves around the efforts of Chokkalingam Pillai (Thigambara Samiar) to expose the illicit activities of S. S. Sattanathan Pillai, a corrupt lawyer.
Cast
;Male cast
*
M. N. Nambiar as Chokkalingam Pillai
*
Narasimhabharathi as Kannappa
*
D. Balasubramaniam
D. Balasubramaniam was an Indian actor whose career spanned from the late 1930s through the late 1950s. He was well known for his roles in mythological films and later switched to character roles.
Filmography
References
Male actors in Tam ...
as S. S. Sattanathan Pillai
*
M. G. Chakrapani
Maruthur Gopalan Chakrapani (13 January 1911 – 17 August 1986), commonly known as Ettan ("elder brother" in Malayalam), was an Indian actor and producer based in the Tamil film industry. He was the elder brother of actor-politician M. G ...
as Pattabhi Raman
* Azhwar Kuppusami as Sundaram Pillai
*
V. M. Ezhumalai
V. M. Ezhumalai was an Indian actor and comedian who featured in Tamil language films. He was active in the field from 1937 till 1962. He had a style of his own making viewers to laugh by his body language as well as by voice. He started his car ...
as Bandyman
*
Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Art ...
as Manickam
*
T. K. Ramachandran
T. K. Ramachandran (died October 1993), was an Indian actor and film producer, who worked in Tamil cinema. He was a popular villain and character actor in many movies in 50's and also acted as hero in initial years. In 1966 he produced the movi ...
as Masilamani
*
V. K. Ramsamy as Velayudha Pillai
* S. S. Sivasoorian as Namasivayam Pillai
* M. A. Ganapathi as Sanda Marutham
* Srinivasa Gopalan as Chandra's grandfather
* Thirupathi, Mani, Subbaiah
;Female cast
* M. S. Draupadi as Vadivambal
* Lakshmiprabha as Alangaram
*
C. K. Saraswathi as Anjalai
* K. T. Dhanalakshmi as Chandra's mother
* K. Jayalakshmi as Alangaram's mother
* Baby Lalitha as Chandra
* Kamalam, Kannamma, Saraswathi
;Dance
*
Lalitha-
Padmini
*
Kumari Kamala
Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) is an Indian dancer and actress (also known as Kamala Lakshman). Initially featured as a child dancer, Kamala appeared in almost 100 Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films throughout her career. In the 1970s, she ...
Production
''Thigambara Samiar'', an adaptation of the novel of the same name by
Vaduvoor K. Duraswamy Iyengar, was directed by
T. R. Sundaram
Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram Mudaliar (16 July 1907 – 30 August 1963) was an Indian actor, director, and producer. He was the founder of the Salem-based film production company Modern Theatres.
Early life
Sundaram was born in 1907 fro ...
who also produced it under
Modern Theatres
Modern Theaters Ltd was an Indian film studio in Salem, Tamil Nadu started by T. R. Sundaram Mudaliar in 1935. The studio produced over more than 150 films until 1982 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhalese and even English of w ...
.
It was a rare heroic role for
M. N. Nambiar, who was generally known for negative roles. The scenario was written by Ko. Tha. Shanmuga. Cinematography was handled by G. R. Nathan and T. S. Kotnis, and editing by L. Balu. Choreography of the dances was done by
Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai, Madhavan and R. T. Krishnamoorthi
Themes
According to historian
Randor Guy
Madabhushi Rangadorai (born 8 November 1937), better known by his pen name Randor Guy, is an Indian lawyer, columnist and film and legal historian associated with the English language newspaper ''The Hindu''. He is also the official editor of the ...
, the film re-uses a theory from the novel, "that if a man is made to stay awake without sleep for three or four days, he will be in a mood to confess everything hidden in his mind".
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
G. Ramanathan and
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 ...
and the lyrics were written by
Ka. Mu. Sheriff
Ka. Mu. Sheriff was a writer and poet who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He was a popular Tamil film lyricist during the 1950s and 60s. His lyrics ''Chittukuruvi Chittukuruvi Sedhi Theriyuma?'', ''Yerikaraiyin Maele Poravale Penn Mayile'' a ...
,
A. Maruthakasi
A. Maruthakasi (13 February 1920 – 29 November 1989) was an Indian poet and film lyricist who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He penned more than 4000 lyrics in more than 250 Tamil films.
Early life
Born in Melakudikadu in Tiruchirappal ...
, K. B. Kamakshisundaram,
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 N. Ramaiah Dass. "Oosi Pattasey Oosi Pattasey" is based on "O Dilwalo Dil Ka Lagana Acha Hai" from the
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
film ''
Patanga'' (1949) and "Paarudappa Paarudappa Paarudapppa" is based on "Lara Lappa Lara Lappa" from ''
Ek Thi Larki
''Ek Thi Larki'' (Hindi: एक थी लड़की, There Was A Girl) is a 1949 Hindi action comedy film by director Roop K. Shorey. It had the famous Punjabi song "Laara Lappa Laara Lappa Layi Rakhda" by Lata Mangeshkar, G. M. Durrani and M ...
,'' another 1949 Hindi film.
Release and reception
''Thigambara Samiar'' was released on 22 September 1950,
and emerged a commercial success.
References
External links
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{{T. R. Sundaram
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1950s thriller films
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Indian black-and-white films
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