''Akka Thangai'' () is a 1969 Indian

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-language

legal drama A legal drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice play ...

film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced and screenplay by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under his productions. The film dialogue was written by Aarudoss and the story was written by Poovai Krishnan respectively. Music was by

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. It stars

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, K. R. Vijaya,

Sowcar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Tel ...

, Major Sundarrajan and

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playing lead roles. The film was remade in Telugu as ''

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'' (1970).

Plot

Janaki, a woman, sacrifices everything to make her younger sister, Vijaya, an advocate. However, fate turns Vijaya against her sister's husband in a murder case.

Cast

as Shankar, an Engineer, younger brother of Judge Sundaram * K. R. Vijaya as Vijaya, An Advocate, younger sister of Janaki *

as Janaki, Vijaya's sister and Sundaram's wife * Major Sundarrajan as Honest Judge Sundaram/Criminal Neruppu Kannaiyan *

as Raju, Bhanumathi's brother * M. Bhanumathi as Bhanumathi, Raju's sister and Raghavan's wife * Pushpamala as Rani, Kuppusamy's daughter * Prem Anand as Raghavan, Bhanumathi's husband * Senthamarai as Janaki & Vijaya's neighbour *

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as Rickshaw owner * T. K. S. Natarajan as Housekeeper * Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar as Inspector, guest appearance *

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as Aasha, Neruppu Kannaiyyan's boss * S. A. Ashokan as Public Prosecutor uest Appearance* Thengai Srinivasan as Kuppusamy uest Appearance* K. D. Santhanam as Judge, guest appearance

Soundtrack

Music was by

and lyrics were written by

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and

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Accolades

''Akka Thangai'' won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Second Best Film.

References

External links

* {{TamilNaduStateFilmAwardBestFilm 1960s legal drama films 1960s Tamil-language films 1969 films Films about brothers Films about siblings Films about sisters Films directed by M. A. Thirumugam Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Films shot in Chennai Indian black-and-white films Indian courtroom films Indian feminist films Indian legal drama films Tamil films remade in other languages