Kalangarai Vilakkam

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Kalangarai Vilakkam
Kalangarai Vilakkam.JPG
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Shankar
Written byG. Balasubramaniam
Story byMa. Lakshmanan
Produced byG. N. Velumani
StarringM. G. Ramachandran
B. Saroja Devi
M. N. Nambiar
CinematographyThambu
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Saravana Films
Release date
  • 28 August 1965 (1965-August-28)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kalangarai Vilakkam (About this soundpronunciation (help·info)) (transl. Lighthouse)[1] is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film starring M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi. It is based on the American film Vertigo.[2] The film was released on 28 August 1965.

Plot[]

A mysterious machination around the Mahabalipuram Lighthouse's city...

Ravi (MGR), a leading lawyer from Madras with his friend Gopal (V. Gopalakrishnan), a doctor, meet Neela (Saroja Devi), a beautiful girl in Mahabalipuram.

Ravi (MGR) falls in love with her.

But Ravi sees Neela jumping off a cliff, and Gopal pronounces her dead.

Heartbroken, Ravi travels with Gopal to get over Neela, but one day, he sees a theatre performance of the famous song "Sange Muzhangu" starring the same young woman!

Ravi follows her backstage and confronts her, where she calmly tells him that she is "Maliga".

Still unconvinced, Ravi peeks into her dressing room and confirms that she is indeed Neela, because of a scar on her back.

Meanwhile, Maliga asks Gauwry (G. Sakunthala), her elder sister, about the incidences in Mahabalipuram and is told that it is better that she does not know about it.

Ravi convinces Maliga to marry him.

Nagaradjan (M. N. Nambiar), her brother-in-law, is against this and tries to thwart their plans, but they marry in spite of this.

In order to trick Nagaradjan to come out with the truth of what transpired in Mahabalipuram, Maliga pretends to get hysterical and runs up the lighthouse and jumps down.

Gauwry distraught, tells Ravi that her husband, (Nagaradjan) had killed a girl who looked exactly like Maliga and taking advantage of the similarity in their looks, her husband made everyone believe it was a suicide.

Saying this, she swallows poison and takes her life.

Nagaradjan, who is watching all this, tells Ravi that both the witnesses to his murder are dead.

The police, who were hiding, waiting for his confession, swoop down and arrest him.

It is revealed that it was actually a marionette dressed like Maliga that was thrown from the lighthouse.

Maliga is safe. She comes down crying for her elder sister, Gauwry.

And then Ravi and Maliga live happily ever after.

Cast[]

Actor Role
M. G. Ramachandran as Advocate Chinnadurai Ravi
B. Saroja Devi as Neela / Neela alias Maliga
M. N. Nambiar as Nagarajan
Nagesh as Vasu, a tourist guide
V. Gopalakrishnan as Doctor Gopal
K. D. Santhanam as Neela 's father
A. Veerappan as Deva, a tourist guide, Vasu 's partner
S. M. Thirupadhiswamy as Thirumalai, Moghini 's father
G. Sakunthala as Gowri
Manorama as Moghini

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[3] The song "Pallavan Pallavi" is set in Neelambari raga.[4]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length
1 "Ennai Marandhadhaen" P. Susheela Panju Arunachalam 03:16
2 "Ponnezhil Pootadu" T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela 06:14
3 "Sange Muzhangu" Seerkazhi Govindarajan, P. Susheela & chorus Bharathidasan 04:57
4 "Kattru Vaanga" T. M. Soundararajan Vaali 04:19
5 "Enna Uravo" T. M. Soundararajan 04:57
6 "Pallavan Pallavi" T. M. Soundararajan 03:48

Release and reception[]

Kalangarai Vilakkam was released on 28 August 1965.[5][6] T. M. Ramachandran of Sport and Pastime criticised K. Shankar's direction "not up to the mark" and also noted "In some of the places, his treatment is naive and bears marks of hurried work".[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Kannadasan, Akila (17 November 2013). "View from the top". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ Riti, M. D. (15 November 1987). "Speak Memory". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 108. pp. 46–47.
  3. ^ "Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ Krishnamachari, Suganthy (15 December 2017). "Filmy perhaps, but definitely not flimsy". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Kalangarai Vilakkam". The Indian Express. 28 August 1965. p. 10.
  6. ^ "எம்.ஜி.ஆர். நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Ithayakkani (in Tamil). 2 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. ^ Ramachandran, T. M. (25 September 1965). "Kalangarai Vilakkam". Sport and Pastime. p. 51. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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