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Pudhaiyal
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Wikipedia article
'Pudhaiyal' is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini.https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1957/may/26-05-1957/p23.jpg The film, directed by KrishnanPanju, had musical score by ViswanathanRamamoorthy and was released on 10 May 1957
Plot
Pudhayal was about imaginary gold buried in a well which Vellaiambalam (Balaiah) covets. Padmini and Sivaji meet and talk about how her father (M.K. Radha) in Sri Lanka was implicated in her mother's murder and imprisoned.
Padmini and her sister Thangam come to India, where the sister dies. It's believed that she was drowned and her body lies under the sand. Vellaiambalam overhears the word Thangam (gold in Tamil) and believes a fortune is buried there.
Cast
*Sivaji Ganesan as Durai
*Padmini as Parimalam
*T. S. Balaiah as Ambalam
*M. N. Rajam as Menaka
*J. P. Chandrababu as Thukkaram
*M. K. Radha as Kumaravadivu
*S. A. Ashokan as the Police Inspector
*O. A. K. Thevar
*D. V. Narayanasami
*M. R. Santhanalakshmi
*M. N. Krishnan
Production
'Pudhaiyal' was primarily shot at Newtone and Revathi Studios, and processed at AVM Studio Film Laboratories. The song "Vinnodum Mugilodum" was shot at Elliot's Beach.
Soundtrack
The music composed by ViswanathanRamamoorthy. Lyrics by Mahakavi Bharathiyar, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, A. Maruthakasi, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram and M. K. Athmanathan. The "lalala" humming portions in "Hello, My Dear Rami" were inspired from "The Wedding Samba" by Edmundo Ros.
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