''Paaladai'' () is a 1967 Indian

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-language film, directed by A. Bhimsingh and produced by M. R. Santhanam. The film stars

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

, Padmini and

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. It was released on 16 June 1967.

Plot

Sekar is a rich man belonging to a royal lineage. He is happily married to Janaki and hey have been married for around ten years, but have had no children. He yearns for children and as per his friends advice, he takes his wife Janaki to a gyno and she finds that it's impossible for Janaki to get pregnant. Janaki decides to hide it from her husband as it would devastate him completely. Janaki's sister Santha comes to stay with them during her vacations. By chance, Sivaji learns that his wife is infertile. He consoles her. The next morning, Sivaji has a dream about a child and he explains it to Santha and they start growing closer. Janaki plans to get her sister married to her husband. Janaki pleads for Santha to marry her husband. Santha resists initially, but gradually agrees for her sister. After the wedding, Janaki learns that she is pregnant. She sends her sister and husband to Aanaikatty for a honeymoon. In Aanaikatty, they start living together happily. They received a letter there from Janaki mentioning about her pregnancy. Both are happy for her. But Sivaji leaves Santha alone to see Janaki. However Santha managed to see Janaki and expressed her love. Afterwards Sivaji started to ignore Santha, so she was depressed and attempted suicide. However Janaki prepared to abort her child in order to make them live happily. But both of them were saved by Sivaji. Janaki and Santha got into an accident in which Janaki gave birth to her child and died. Santha was saved and the three started their new life.

Cast

as Sekar, an engineer * Padmini as Janaki *

as Shantha, Janaki's sister * V. K. Ramasamy as Sekar Ungel * V. Gopalakrishnan as Ramu *

Nagesh Nageshwaran Rao (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor and comedian mostly remembered for his comic roles in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in ov ...

as Vaigundam * Manorama as Sornam * T. P. Muthulakshmi as Aadhilakshmi * Senthamarai as James, Sekar's friend *Seethalakshmi as Dr. Lakshmi Rao * C. I. D. Sakunthala as Dancer

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.

Reception

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'' said the storyline lacked newness, but appreciated the cast performances.

References

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* {{A. Bhimsingh 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films 1967 films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Tamil-language Indian films