''Pudhaiyal'' () is a 1957 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 film starring

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

and Padmini. The film was released on 10 May 1957.

Plot

Parimalam and Durai meet and talk about how her father Kumaravadivu in Sri Lanka was implicated in her mother's murder and imprisoned. Padmini and her sister Thangam come to India, where the sister dies. It is believed that she was drowned and her body lies under the sand. Vellaiambalam overhears the word "Thangam" (Tamil for gold) and believes a fortune is buried there.

Cast

as Durai * Padmini as Parimalam *

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 ...

as Vellaiambalam * M. N. Rajam as Menaka * J. P. Chandrababu as Thukkaram * M. K. Radha as Kumaravadivu * S. A. Ashokan as the Police Inspector

Production

''Pudhaiyal'' was primarily shot at Newtone and Revathi Studios, and processed at AVM Studio Film Laboratories. The song "Vinnodum Mugilodum" was shot at

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Soundtrack

The music composed by

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were an Indian music composing duo composed of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. They worked together on over 100 films, from 1952's '' Panam'' to 1965's '' Aayirathil Oruvan''. After their split, Ramamoorthy wo ...

. Lyrics by Mahakavi Bharathiyar, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass,

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 ...

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as Pattukottaiyar was an Indian Tamil poet and lyricist. Considered to be the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s, he is particularly remembered for the phil ...

and M. K. Athmanathan. The "lalala" humming portions in "Hello, My Dear Rami" were inspired from "

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" by

Edmundo Ros Edmundo Ros OBE, FRAM (7 December 1910 – 21 October 2011), born Edmund William Ross, was a Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestr ...

References

External links

* {{Krishnan–Panju 1950s Tamil-language films 1957 films Films directed by Krishnan–Panju Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Films with screenplays by M. Karunanidhi Treasure hunt films