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Engal Thangam (transl. Our Gold) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. It was released on 9 October 1970 and became a success, besides winning three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Engal Thangam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Krishnan–Panju
Written by	Murasoli Maran
Produced by	Murasoli Maran
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran Jayalalithaa
Cinematography	S. Maruti Rao Amirtham
Edited by	S.Pandjasamy S.Muthu
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Megala Pictures
Release date	9 October 1970 (1970-10-09)
Running time	174 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

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Thangam, a truck driver comes to the rescue of Sumathi, his blind younger sister, by putting on (by assuming) the offences of Moorthy, her husband. Moorthy is a childhood friend of Thangam. Today, Moorthy fell to the hands of a mysterious group of burglars, because he is the best professional safe-cracker in the city. Thangam wants at all costs to save him from this gang and to stop them. Thangam will be helped in his quest by Kaladevi, his lover.

Cast

• M. G. Ramachandran as Thangam[2]
  • Ramachandran also briefly appears as himself at the beginning of the film[2]
• A. V. M. Rajan as Moorthy[1]
• Jayalalithaa as Kaladevi[1]
• Pushpalatha as Sumathi[1]
• S. A. Ashokan as Selvaraj[3]
• Cho as lorry cleaner[3]
• Thengai Srinivasan as Pidhambar[3]

Production

On learning that M. Karunanidhi and Murasoli Maran were bankrupt, M. G. Ramachandran acted in Engal Thangam without taking any remuneration.[4]

Themes

The colours of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) flag – red and black – are featured in the attire Ramachandran frequently wears in the film as his character. The song "Naan Sethu Pulachavanda", where he sings that he has risen from the dead, is a reference to Ramachandran having survived a gunshot wound inflicted on his throat by M. R. Radha in 1967.[1][5][6]

Soundtrack

Music is composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Vaali.[7] The song "Don't Touch Mr X" includes English lyrics.[3] "Thangapadhakkathin Mele" was remixed in Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005).[8]

Release and reception

Engal Thangam was released on 9 October 1970,[9] and ran for over 100 days in theatres.[4] It won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film – Second Prize,[10] Vaali won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist,[11] and Pushpalatha won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female).^{[citation needed]}

References

Bibliography

• Baskaran, S. Theodore (1996). The Eye of the Serpent: An Introduction to Tamil Cinema. Chennai: East West Books. OCLC 243920437.
• Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

External links

• Engal Thangam at IMDb

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