''Panchaali'' is a 1959 Indian
Tamil
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-language film directed by
Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer.
Personal life
V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. His elder brother is M ...
, produced by M. A. Thyagarajan,
and written by Naga Shanmugam with the music composed by
K. V. Mahadevan. It stars
R. S. Manohar and
Devika
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi; 25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu along with a few Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She was one of the popular lead actresse ...
, with
V. K. Ramasamy,
L. Vijayalakshmi,
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 ...
, T. K. Ramachandran and Lakshmi Prabha in supporting roles.
Plot
During the Panchayat elections held in the village Ponnaruvi, the Ayurveda specialist doctor, Dr. Natarajan defeats Anandan, the son of Kalyani Ammal. This causes Anandan and his mother, Kalyani to hate the kindhearted doctor. Apart from Anandan, Kalyani takes care of her other child, Gomathi and her nephew, Raghavan, whom she raises as her own child.
After returning from Madras, where he went to study medicine, Raghavan wins over the villagers with his medical expertise and helping hand. Oblivious to Kalyani's plans to get him married to Gomathi, he falls in love with Dr. Natarajan's daughter Panchaali. The rest of the film is about Raghavan discovering Anandan's misdemeanors as a servant in disguise. Complications arise when Anandan decides to murder his enemies.
Cast
*
R. S. Manohar
*
Devika
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi; 25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu along with a few Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She was one of the popular lead actresse ...
*
V. K. Ramasamy
*
L. Vijayalakshmi
* Lakshmi Prabha
*
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 ...
* T. K. Ramachandran
* S. Rama Rao
* K. K. Soundar
* S. S. Srinivasan
* "Karadi" Muthu
* R. Pakkirisamy
* Chandra
* E. R. Shanthakumari
* M. S. Thamizharasi
* M. Natarajan
* Stunt P. Krishnan
Reception
Randor Guy
Madabhushi Rangadorai (; 8 November 1937 – 23 April 2023), better known by his pen name Randor Guy (), was an Indian lawyer, columnist and film and legal historian associated with the English language newspaper ''The Hindu''. He was also the of ...
stated that the film did well at the box office, despite the predictable storyline.
Soundtrack
Music by
K. V. Mahadevan.
The song "Oru Murai Paarthalae Podhum" is tuned in the raga
Kalyani.
References
External links
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{{Muktha Srinivasan
1950s Indian films
1950s Tamil-language films
1959 films
Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan
Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan
Indian black-and-white films
Tamil-language Indian films