Engal Thangam
Engal Thangam (English: Our Gold) is a Tamil thriller film directed by the famous team Krishnan–Panju released in 1970. M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa featured in this film. MGR did a different role as "Kathakalatchepam sasthri". All songs were hit and released two years before release of film. It was a super hit movie and ran more than 100 days in Chennai, Madurai and Trichy.[2]
| Engal Thangam | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Krishnan-Panju |
| Produced by | Murasoli Maran M.A.-M.P. |
| Written by | Murasoli Maran M.A.-M.P. |
| Starring | M. G. Ramachandran Jayalalitha A. V. M. Rajan Pushpalatha S. A. Ashokan |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
| Cinematography | S.Maruthi Rav & Amirtham |
| Edited by | S.Pandjasamy & S.Muthu |
Production company | A.V.M. |
| Distributed by | La Megala Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
The capital of the Tamil Country at the end of the 60s...
Thangam (MGR), a nice truck driver comes to the rescue of Soumadhi (Pushpalatha), his blind younger sister, by putting on (by assuming) the offences of Moorthy (A. V. M. Rajan), her husband.
Moorthy is a childhood friend of Thangam.
Today, Moorthy fell to the hands of a mysterious group of burglars, because he 's 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 beautiful and intelligent Kaladevi (Jayalalithaa), his lover.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| M. G. Ramachandran | as Thangam, (Ramu alias Ramanathan) and MGR himself (at the beginning of the movie) |
| A. V. M. Rajan | as Moorthy |
| J. Jayalalitha | as Kaladevi |
| Pushpalatha | as Sumathi, after Lakshimi |
| S. A. Ashokan | as Selvaraj |
| R. S. Manohar | as Marthandhan |
| Cho | as Lorry Cleaner |
| Thengai Srinivasan | as Pidhambar |
| V. S. Raghavan | as The commissioner, Kaladevi 's father |
| Manorama | as Miss Pantchali |
| S. N. Lakshmi | |
| Karuppu Subbiah | |
| S.R.Janaki | |
The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned
Songs List
Music is composed by M.S.Visuwanadhan.[3] The song "Thangapadhakkathin Mele" was remixed in Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005).[4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dont Touch Mr X" | Vaali | T. M. Soundararajan & L. R. Eswari | [04:26] |
| 2. | "Thangapadkathin" | Vaali | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | [04:31] |
| 3. | "Kadha kaalatchebam" | Vaali | T. M. Soundararajan | [10:57] |
| 4. | "Naan Alavodu Rasipavan" | Vaali | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | [04:56] |
| 5. | "Mogam Piranthadamma" | Vaali | T. M. Soundararajan | [05:16] |
| 6. | "Naan Sethu Pulachavanda" | Vaali | T. M. Soundararajan | [03:49] |
Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film - Second Prize By The Tamil Nadu Government (Tamizh Arasin Parisu)
1970 Tamil Nadu State Film Award
- Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist - Vaali
- Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female) -Pushpalatha