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directed by A. Bhimsingh, starring K. Balaji, Rajasulochana,

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and J. P. Chandrababu. It was released on 11 December 1959.

Plot

Pazhani has two children — Chandiran and Meena. Meena is married. Chandiran loves Pankajam. His father and grandmother want him to marry a relative girl, Thangam, who is very helpful to the family. But Chandiran marries Pankajam defying them. Meena's husband spends money in drinking and gambling. He also cheats on her and develops a relationship with the milk woman. Meena is worried. Pankajam, who hailed from a rich family is not financially satisfied with Chandiran. She also starts suspecting Chandiran as having an affair with Thangam. Anandakonar, a milkman, who is also the fiancée of the milk woman finds out the extravagant life led by Meena's husband and his trying to seduce his fiancée, the milk woman. Anandakonar tries to bring a solution. How everything is solved forms the crux of the story.

Cast

The list was adapted from the film's review article in

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and the film's opening credits. ;Male cast * Balaji as Meena's husband *

as Chandran * Nagayya as Pazhani * Muthuraman as Ravi * Ashokan as Devika's brother * J. P. Chandrababu as Anandakonar ;Male support cast * Rama Rao, C. V. V. Panthulu, Gemini Balu,
Dhanapal, Ramaiah, Chandran, Jayasakthivel,
M. M. Muthu, and S. L. Narayan. ;Female cast * Rajasulochana as Meena * N. Lalitha as Thangam *

as Pankajam *

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as Milkmaid * S. R. Janaki * Kamakshi * Lakshmi (Maadi)

Production

The film was produced by Gubbi Veeranna , C. R. Basavaraj, both from the

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cinema and Manneth David from Kerala alongside AVM Productions. The story of the film was written by Krishnamurthi Puranic, a Kannada writer. The film was made both in Kannada and Tamil.

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wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the Tamil version. The production was financed by A. V. Meiyappan. Maran initially refused to write dialogues for the film after coming to know that Rajasulochana was the lead actress of the film who refused acting in his home production '' Kuravanji''. Krishnan (of

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) spoke to M. Karunanidhi who insisted Maran to write dialogues to which he agreed. After completing the film, Meiyappan found the film lacked an ingredient that would ensure box office success. The milkman character played by J. P. Chandrababu was included on his recommendation as an afterthought.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. Sudarsanam and the lyrics were penned by

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References

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* {{A. Bhimsingh 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1959 drama films 1959 films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by R. Sudarsanam Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Tamil-language Indian films