''Pazhani'' is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars

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, S. S. Rajendran, R. Muthuraman and Devika. The film, produced by A.P.Chinnappan, had musical score by

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and was released on 14 January 1965. The film was a critical success and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil under the Certificate of Merit category. It is a remake of G.V. Iyer's 1962

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film '' Bhoodana''.

Plot

Cast

as Pazhani * S. S. Rajendran as Raju * R. Muthuraman as Muthu * T. S. Balaiah as Pannaiyar * Devika as Kaveri * M. R. Radha *

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as Sandhanam *Sriram as Velu *

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as Emily *Sivakami as Velu's wife

Production

''Pazhani'' does not have any actors credited in the opening titles; it only displays the credits of technicians.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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wrote the song "Annan Ennada" at a time when he believed his brothers had abandoned him. *Aarodum Mannil – T. M. Soundararajan,

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, P. B. Srinivas *Annan Ennada – T. M. Soundararajan *Ullathukkule – P. Susheela, T. M. Soundararajan *Vatta Vatta – Sirkazhi Govindarajan, P. Susheela *Idhayam Irukkindrathe – T. M. Soundararajan *Annachi – Sirkazhi Govindarajan, T. M. Soundararajan, S. C. Krishnan, A. L. Raghavan, K. R. S. Samy, L. R. Eswari

Release and reception

''Pazhani'' was released on 14 January 1965. T. M. Ramachandran in ''

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'' wrote, "The slow pace at which the story progresses takes away much from the film’s quality and appeal but one cannot, while making a true art film, avoid this in depicting the humdrum life of a peasant and his family". The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil under the Certificate of Merit category.

References

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External links

* {{National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil 1960s Tamil-language films 1965 drama films 1965 films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Kannada films