''Pizhaikkum Vazhi'' () is an Indian

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of P ...

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

released in 1949 with

T. S. Durairaj T. S. Durairaj (31 December 1910 – 2 June 1986) was a Tamil film comedian, drama artist, producer and director in the early stages of the Tamil film industry (Kollywood). He received a Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu Government in ...

and T. A. Jayalakshmi in the lead roles.

Plot

The hero (played by T. S. Durairaj) is an idler. He thinks it is easy to earn a living by cheating innocent and unsuspecting people. There is a fake 'swami' (M. R. Swaminathan) and the hero becomes a fake disciple of the 'swami'. He makes cheating the formula of his living. How he does it and what comes to him form the story.

Cast

* T. A. Jayalakshmi *

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 fiel ...

* Kali N. Rathnam * M. R. Swaminathan * Kulathu Mani * K. K. Perumal * P. G. Venkatesan *

C. T. Rajakantham C. T. Rajakantham (1917–2002) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She was the mother-in-law of playback singer Tiruchi Loganathan and grandmother of playback singers and popular music show judges T. L. Maharajan and Deepan Chakkravarthy ...

* P. S. Gnanam * P. R. Mangalam * C. K. Nagaratnam * R. Saraswathi * Bhagyalakshmi * N. S. Narayana Pillai * P. Sundara Rao

Production

This is the first film produced by the comedian actor

Soundtrack

Music was composed by G. Aswathamma and the lyrics were penned by T. K. Sundara Vaathiyar. Singers are

, M. R. Swaminathan and Kali N. Rathnam. Playback singers are D. K. Pattammal and A. P. Komala. The well-known Carnatic singer D. K. Pattammal rendered three songs in this film: ‘Enga naatukku entha naadu eedu...', ‘Kottai kattatheydaa...' and ‘Mudalai vaayil...'.

also sang a song 'Thuruppu (trumps) illaamey paruppu vegumaa....?' that was well received by the audience.

References

1948 films Indian comedy-drama films 1940s Tamil-language films Indian black-and-white films 1948 comedy-drama films {{1940s-Tamil-film-stub