Directed by J. P. Chandrababu Screenplay by J. P. Chandrababu Music by M. S. Viswanathan | Produced by Viswabharathi Films Story by J. P. Chandrababu | |
Starring J. P. Chandrababu
Savitri
R. S. Manohar | ||
Thattungal Thirakkappadum is a 1966 Tamil-language thriller film. This movie was produced by Vishwabharathi films. R. S. Manohar, Savithri and J. P. Chandrababu took the lead roles while K. R. Vijaya, Cho Ramaswamy and A. V. M. Rajan took the supporting roles. Actress Shobha made her debut film as a child artist in this movie. She was addressed as Baby Mahalakshmi in this movie. V. K. Ramasamy, S. V. Ranga Rao, M. R. Radha and K. A. Thangavelu appeared as cameo roles. When the first week of the movie released, the clip of the song Kalyana Panthal Alangaram was not in the movie due to a delay in the shooting and editing. In the second week, the clip was merged into the film. This movie was a failure due to a weak plot.
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Plot
Shankar (R. S. Manohar) will murder his keep, Geetha (K. R. Vijaya) after finding out that she has had a child with another man. Adaikalam (J. P. Chandrababu), who is dumb and an orphan will be blamed for this murder. Adaikalam was arrested by the police. Then Shankar will meet his wife that he left, Meenatchi (Savithri) and his daughter (Shobha) and live with them. When Shankar goes abroad on business, by ship, the ship explodes. Shankar makes out that he is dead. After his death, his insurance money will be received by Meenatchi. Shankar needed that money to pay his debts so he pretended to be dead and makes Meenatchi take the insurance money and pay his debts. Shankar and Menatchi fight. While fighting, Shankar's daughter gets frightened and kills Shankar. Meenatchi is shocked and hides his body in a room. Thats when Adaikalam gets released from jail. When he goes to meet Shankar, Meenatchi tries to stop him entering the room, but she cannot. When Adaikalam sees the body, he is shocked. Meenatchi pretends not to know anything about this and calls the police. When the police came, they investigate and know that Meenatchi killed Shankar. Meenatchi is arrested and her daughter taken care of by Adaikalam.
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Soundtrack
The album contains 4 songs sung by P. Susheela and J. P. Chandrababu. The songs was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and written by Kannadasan. The album was labeled under Saregama.