''Sadhu Mirandal'' () is a 1966 Indian
Tamil
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-language
crime thriller film
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directed by the duo
Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by
A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a bank official murdered for money by three people in a moving car. The film stars
Nagesh and
T. R. Ramachandran. Released on 14 April 1966, it became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in
Hindi
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by Bhimsingh as ''
Sadhu Aur Shaitaan'' (1969).
Plot
Cast
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Nagesh as the taxi driver
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T. R. Ramachandran as Pasupathy
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O. A. K. Thevar as Narasimhan
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Manorama as Karpagam
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Kalpana as Kalpana
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Kutty Padmini as the bank manager's daughter
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Master Prabhakar as the bank manager's son
Production
On 13 November 1958 in Madras (now
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
), Suryanarayana, a bank official, was murdered for money by his friend Narayana Swamy and associates Vijayakumar and Joginder, while travelling via Narayana Swamy's car after taking a large sum of cash from his bank's head office in
Parry's Corner to his branch in
T. Nagar. Vijayakumar and Narayana Swamy were apprehended, but Joginder escaped. This incident became known as the "Suryanarayana Murder Case", and inspired
A. Bhimsingh to write a screenplay.
He produced it under the banner Sree Venkateswara Cinetone as the film ''Sadhu Mirandal'', which his assistants
Thirumalai–Mahalingam directed.
The story and dialogues were written by Usilai Somanathan. Art direction was handled by H. Shantaram, editing by A. Paul Durai Singham and cinematography by G. Vittal Rao.
also contributed to the script, but was not credited.
It is the feature film debut of
Master Prabhakar. The final length of the film was .
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
T. K. Ramamoorthy.
Ramamoorthy earlier composed for films with
M. S. Viswanathan (under the name
Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy) and this was his first film as a solo composer. One song, "A for Apple... B for Biscuit...", written by Thanjai Vaanan and sung by
A. L. Raghavan and
L. R. Eswari, attained popularity,
as did "Arulvaaye Nee Arulvaaye", sung by
M. Balamuralikrishna. This song is set in the
Carnatic raga Sindhu Bhairavi.
Release and reception
''Sadhu Mirandal'' was released on 14 April 1966,
and was distributed by Sun Beam.
The film became a commercial success, and received a positive review from ''
Kalki
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'' for its innovative storyline and making.
References
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External links
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{{A. Bhimsingh
1960s crime thriller films
1960s Indian films
1960s Tamil-language films
1966 films
Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police
Films about organised crime in India
Films scored by T. K. Ramamoorthy
Films set in Chennai
Indian black-and-white films
Indian crime thriller films
Indian films based on actual events
Tamil films remade in other languages
Tamil-language Indian films