Thangapadumai (1959)
3h 4m
Running Time
January 10, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Sivaji Ganesan plays the younger physician to the king (R. Balasubramaniam) and his wife (Padmini) was modelled on Kannagi as the personification of female virtues. The physician is commanded to the palace to treat the king where the princess (M. N. Rajam) falls for him and virtually enslaves him, preventing him from going back to his wife.
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Cast & Crew.
Sivaji Ganesan
Actor
N. S. Krishnan
Actor
Padmini
Actress
M. S. Viswanathan
Music
A. S. A. Samy
Screenplay / Director
G. Ramanathan
Music
P. Ramaswamy
Cinematographer
M. Somasundaram
Producer
P. Ramaswami
Director of Photography
M. N. Nambiar
Balakumara, the Senapathi
Aru. Ramanathan
Story
Kuladeivam Rajagopal
Actor
A. Thangarajan
Editor
T. R. Rajakumari
Details.
Wiki.
Thanga Padhumai (transl. Golden Statue) is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. The film was co-written and directed by A. S. A. Samy, produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures, and had music by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. Thanga Pathumai proved to be a hit in its re-release, and won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year 1959.