''Pachhai Vilakku'' () is a 1964 Indian

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, directed by A. Bhimsingh and produced by Rama. Arangannal, A. R. Hassan Khan and T. S. Aadhi Narayanan. 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 ...

, C. R. Vijayakumari,

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and S. V. Ranga Rao. It was released on 3 April 1964, and became a box-office success, running for over 100 days in theatres.

Plot

Cast

Production

Saravanan who was doing a film on engine driver was on search of suitable title while crossing railway gate at T. Nagar. He stuck posters with green light as main feature in a wall near the railway gate which led Bhimsingh to name his film as ''Pachhai Vilakku''. The film was initially shot in which left Meiyappan unimpressed and decided to reshoot with different story on the same backdrop with the additional cast involving Rajan and Pushpalatha.

Soundtrack

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 ...

and lyrics for the songs were written by

Kannadasan Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important l ...

. The songs "Olimayamaana Ethirkaalam" and "Kelvi Pirandhadhu" attained popularity.

Release and reception

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'' called it "a frothy, headlong musical melodrama, designed only to entertain." P. S. Mani of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review, primarily for the cinematography and audiography. T. M. Ramachandran of ''

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'' praised the cast performances, particularly Ganesan's, but called the story unreal although he praised the location photography of the train sequences and railway yard. The film ran for over 100 days in theatres.

References

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External links

* {{Improve categories, date=March 2024 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films 1964 drama films 1964 films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian drama films Tamil-language Indian films