Paththarai Maathu Thangam

Paththarai Maathu Thangam
Paththarai Maathu Thangam
	Poster
Directed by	K. S. Mani
Screenplay by	Kalaipithan
Produced by	K. S. Mani
Starring	N. N. Kannappa; Pandari Bai; T. S. Balaiah; T. R. Ramachandran; M. S. Sundari Bai
Cinematography	Balakrishna
Music by	G. Govindarajulu Naidu; Tiruvenkadu Selvarathinam
Production; company	Manivel Pictures
Release date	22 May 1959 (India);
Running time	138 mins.
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Paththarai Maathu Thangam (transl. Pure gold) is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film produced and directed by K. S. Mani. The film stars N. N. Kannappa, T. S. Balaiah and Pandari Bai.^[2]

Plot[]

Cast[]

The following list was adapted from the database of Film News Anandan^[1]

Male cast

N. N. Kannappa
T. S. Balaiah
T. R. Ramachandran
M. R. Santhanam
K. S. Rajam
Gopal

Female cast

Pandari Bai
M. S. Sundari Bai
Meenakshi
Kanchana

Production[]

The film was produced and directed by K. S. Mani under the banner Manivel Pictures and was released on 22 May 1959. Kalaipithan wrote the story and dialogues. Balakrishna was in charge of Cinematography.^[1]

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by G. Govindarajulu Naidu and Tiruvenkadu Selvarathinam while the lyrics were penned by Thamizh Azhagan, Subbu Arumugam, Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy, V. Lakshmana Das and Kavi Rajagopal. Playback singers are Shantha Nair, P. Leela, A. P. Komala, M. S. Rajeswari, S. Janaki, P. Susheela, T. V. Rathinam, T. M. Soundararajan,Dasarathan, Shanmugam, Rama Rao, Shanmugasundaram and Dhuruvan.^[3]

No.	Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration (m:ss)
1	"Aasai Thambi Kitte Vaa"	Shantha Nair	Thamizh Azhagan
2	"Sirithu Pesi Otrumaiyaai"	P. Leela, A. P. Komala	Thamizh Azhagan	02:39
3	"Kaathulla Pothe Thoothikanum"	T. M. Soundararajan	Subbu Arumugam
4	"Aadhavanaam Deivam Tharum"	T. M. Soundararajan	Subbu Arumugam
5	"Aniyaayam Adukkumaa"	M. S. Rajeswari	Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy
6	"Yezhai Ennaalume Yezhaiyaa"	S. Janaki	V. Lakshmana Das
7	"Onnum Theriyaadha"	P. Susheela	Kavi Rajagopal	03:29
8	"Manasa Nallaa Theriyaame"	T. V. Rathinam	Kavi Rajagopal
9	"Jaya Jaya Nama Paarvathi"	Dasarathan, Shanmugam, Rama Rao Shanmugasundaram, Dhuruvan	Old Tamil song

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1959/may/17-05-1959/p17.jpg
^ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 175.

External links[]

Onnum Theriyaadha on YouTube - a song from the film sung by P. Susheela.

[anandan-1] Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[2] ttps://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1959/may/17-05-1959/p17.jpg

[3] Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 175.

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