''Karuppu Panam'' () is a 1964 Indian

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directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan from a story by

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 ...

. Music was by

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. It stars

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 fie ...

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, Balaji, K. R. Vijaya and Sheela. The film was commercially successful.

Plot

Cast

;Male cast *

as Sattanathan *

as Dhamodharan * Balaji as Gandhi * Kuladeivam Rajagopal as Raju * V. S. Raghavan as Sambasivam * Shanmugasundaram as Sundaram * Ramanathan as Devi's brother *

as Thanikachalam ;Female cast * K. R. Vijaya as Devi * Sheela as Lucy *

C. K. Saraswathi C. K. Saraswathi (died 1998) was an Indian actress who featured mainly in Tamil films. She was active in the field from 1945 till 1998. During the early days she featured in character roles and in comedy tracks. Later she became famous for her a ...

as Shankari *

S. N. Lakshmi Sennalkudi Narayana Lakshmi (1927 – 20 February 2012) was an Indian actress, who appeared in supporting roles, often playing roles of a mother or grandmother in films. A recipient of the state government's Kalaimamani and Kalaiselvam awards, ...

as Sattanathan's first wife * S. Varalakshmi as Kamala

Production

''Karuppu Panam'' was directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan from a story by

. Editing was handled by S. Surya (for whom this was a posthumous release) and R. Devarajan, and art direction was handled by Alagappan.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. Lyrics were written by Kannadasan.

Reception

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'' wrote, "As a photographer, G. R. Nathan's work is slick but as a director it is slack at many places ..Kannadasan writes better than he acts".

References

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* {{IMDb title, 2729294 1960s Tamil-language films 1964 crime films 1964 films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films about organised crime in India Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Films set in Chennai Indian black-and-white films Indian crime films