''Sengamala Theevu'' () is a 1962 Indian

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action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by S. Rajendran. The film stars

M. R. Radha Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan (14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979), better known as M. R. Radha, was an Indian actor and politician active in Tamil plays and films. He was given the title "Nadigavel" (King of Acting) by Pattukkottai ...

, C. L. Anandan,

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and

Pushpalatha Pushpalatha (1937 or 1938 – 4 February 2025) was an Indian actress, who worked predominantly in Tamil-, Telugu-, Kannada- and Malayalam-language films. She acted in heroine and character roles in more than 100 films. Her debut film was '' Se ...

Plot

Cast

The following list is compiled from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam Part 2'' and from the film credits. ;Male cast *

* C. L. Anandan *

Kallapart Natarajan Kallapart Natarajan was an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He received the moniker 'Kallapart' from his role as a thief (Kallapart) in stage dramas. Selected filmography *'' Marumagal'' (1953) *'' Nalla Idathu Sammandham'' (19 ...

* V. K. Ramasamy *

V. S. Raghavan V S Raghavan (18 February 1925 – 24 January 2015) was an Indian actor, who has acted both in Tamil films as well as television. He started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a character actor in films, starting ...

;Male cast (Contd.) *''Stunt'' Krishnan *K. Kannan *K. R. Rathinam *R. Pakkirisamy * S. V. Ramdas *''Kundu'' Karupaiah, ;Female cast *

*S. Kalavathi *

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 ...

*Indra

Production

The film was produced by M. A. Venu under his own banner ''M. A. V. Pictures'' and was directed by S. Rajendran. The story was written by Saaptoor Aiyadurai while the screenplay and dialogues were penned by Salem Natarajan. The film was made at Salem Ratna Studios. Development began as early as 1956 with a largely different cast and crew.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician who won the inaugural National Film Award for Best Music Direction in (1967) for '' Kandan Karunai''. ...

. The songs "Malarai Parithaai Thalaiyil Vaithaai" and "Sindhithaal Sirippu Varum" attained popularity.

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*{{IMDb title 1962 action films 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Indian action films Tamil-language Indian films