''Pasavalai'' () is a 1956 Indian

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-language

historical fantasy Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic (fantasy), magic) into a more "realistic" narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those c ...

film, directed by A. S. Nagarajan produced by T. R. Sundaram of

Modern Theatres Modern Theaters Ltd was an Indian film studio in Salem, Tamil Nadu started by T. R. Sundaram Mudaliar in 1935. The studio produced over more than 150 films until 1982 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhalese and even English ...

, and written by Pa. Kannan. The music was 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 w ...

. It stars M. K. Radha, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Varalakshmi, M. N. Rajam and Kumari Rajamani, with

T. P. Muthulakshmi T. P. Muthulakshmi (Native name: தமிழ்: டி. பி. முத்துலட்சுமி) was an Indian actress who was active from the 1950 to 1969. She was a prominent lead comedy actress during the early 1950s in Tamil films ...

and A. Karunanidhi providing comic relief. It was released on 1 November 1956. The film was a moderate success at the box office.

Cast

; Male cast * M. K. Radha * V. K. Ramasamy * V. Gopalakrishnan * A. Karunanidhi * S. M. Thirupathisami * M. N. Krishnan * M. R. Santhanam * K. Natarajan * Sairam * Master Bhaji * Master Venkatesh * Sundararajan ; Female cast * G. Varalakshmi * M. N. Rajam * Kumari Rajamani *

* Bhagyam * T. K. Rajeswari * Tiger (Dog) ;Dance * E. V. Saroja

Soundtrack

Music by

. Many songs become popular, such as "Anbinaal... Paasavalai", sung by C. S. Jayaraman and "Lol Lol Machchaan Unna Parthu", sung by

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhalese, and Hindi lan ...

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* {{Modern Theatres 1950s historical fantasy films 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1956 films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian black-and-white films Indian historical fantasy films Tamil-language Indian films