Motor Sundaram Pillai
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Director S. Balasubramanian Release date January 26, 1966 (India) Country India | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 26, 1966 Songs Kathiruntha Kangale Cast (Sundaram Pillai), (First Wife), Manimala (Second Wife), , Chittor V. Nagaiah , Jayalalithaa J | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motor Sundaram Pillai is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film, directed by Balu and produced by S. S. Vasan under the banner of Gemini Studios. The film features Sivaji Ganesan playing the title role with an ensemble cast of Ravichandran, Suryakumar, Sivakumar, Major Sundarrajan, Nagesh, Kanchana, Sowcar Janaki, Pandari Bai, Jayalalithaa, Shylashri, and Rajkokila in supporting roles. It is a remake of the Hindi film Grahasti, itself based on the 1959 American film The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, adapted from a play written by Liam O'Brien. The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Kutumbam with Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
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Motor sundaram pillai
Cast
Production
Motor Sundaram Pillai is a remake of S. S. Vasan's Hindi production Grahasti, itself based on the 1959 American film The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, adapted from a play written by Liam O'Brien, which was inspired by a real life incident.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The lyrics were penned by Kothamangalam Subbu and Vaali.
Track list
Reception
Film historian and critic Randor Guy noted that the film will be "remembered for the gripping storyline, first class performance by Sivaji Ganesan who was well supported by Sowcar Janaki and tuneful music of M. S. Viswanathan".
References
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