''1000 Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani'' (read as "Aayiram Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani"; ) is a 1947 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

-language

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adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed and produced by T. R. Sundaram. The screenplay was written by Sundaram and the dialogue by

Bharathidasan Bharathidasan Birth name: K. Subburathinam, the person's given name: Subburathinam, father's given name: Kanagasabai. (K. Subburathinam by the prevalent patronymic initials as prefix naming system in Tamil Nadu and it is Subburathinam Kanag ...

. Music was composed by

G. Ramanathan Gopalan Ramanathan was an Indian music composer for Tamil movies. He is also known as ''Isai Methai'' (Genius of Music) or ''Sangeetha Chakravarthy'' (Emperor of Music) and is considered to be one of the influential Tamil music composers to ...

. The film stars P. S. Govindan and V. N. Janaki. The film was a big success among the masses. The film was remade in

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as ''Sahasra Sirchedha Apporva Chinthamani'' (1960) by the same studio.

Cast

;Male cast * P. S. Govindan as Meiyazhagan * M. R. Saminathan as Monk *

M. G. Chakrapani Maruthur Gopalan Chakrapani (13 January 1911- 17 August 1986), commonly known as Ettan ("elder brother" in Malayalam), was an Indian actor and producer based in the Tamil film industry. He was the elder brother of actor-politician M. G. Ramacha ...

as Neethikethu * E. R. Sahadevan as Purandharan * K. K. Perumal as Gunapathi *

R. Balasubramaniam R. Balasubramaniam was an Indian actor whose career spanned from the late 1930s through late 1950s. He was well known for his role in mythological films and later switched to character roles. Filmography References

Male actors in Tamil ...

as Madhivadhanan * Kali N. Rathnam as Kali *

T. S. Durairaj T. S. Durairaj (31 December 1910 – 2 June 1986) was a Tamil language, 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 ...

as Guard * M. E. Madhavan as Velan * V. M. Ezhumalai as Mannappan ;Female cast * V. N. Janaki as Apoorva Chinthamani *

S. Varalakshmi Saridey Varalakshmi (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2009) was an Indian actress and singer who worked in Telugu and Tamil-language films. She was popular for her roles and songs in Telugu films like '' Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam'' (1960) and ...

as Senkamalam * R. Padma as Manjalazhagi * M. Madhuri Devi as Dhampathi * C. T. Rajakantham as Thangam * P. R. Chandra as Velamma * Susheela as Sundaravalli * Saraswathi as Selavanayagam * Chellam as Pachaiveni *

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as Dancer

Soundtrack

Music and lyrics were composed by

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* {{T. R. Sundaram 1940s fantasy adventure films 1940s feminist films 1940s Indian films 1940s Tamil-language films 1947 films Films based on Indian folklore Films directed by T. R. Sundaram Films scored by G. Ramanathan Indian black-and-white films Indian fantasy adventure films Indian feminist films Indian films based on plays Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language Indian films