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Thanga Thambi

1967 film by Ramnath-Francis

Ravichandran
Bharathi
Vanisri
Major Sundarrajan

CinematographySundara BabuEdited byR. DevarajanMusic byK. V. Mahadevan

Production
company

Umayal Productions

Distributed byJayalakshmi Pictures Circuit

Release date

26 January 1967 (1967-01-26)

Running time

139–175 minutes^[a]CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Thanga Thambi (transl. Golden Brother) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Ramnath–Francis and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Ravichandran, Bharathi, Vanisri and Major Sundarrajan. It was released on 26 January 1967.

Plot

Cast

Ravichandran as Venu/Venugopal^[1]
Bharathi as Saraswathi/Sarasu^[1]
Vanisri as Sundari^[1]
Major Sundarrajan as Varathan^[1]

Other supporting roles are played by Nagesh, Manorama, O. A. K. Thevar and En Thangai Natarajan.^[2]

Production

Thanga Thambi was directed by Ramnath–Francis and written by M. Karunanidhi.^[3]^[1] R.Periyanayagam and S. P. Karuppaiah Pillai produced the film under Umayal Productions.^[2]^[3] Cinematography was handled by Sundara Babu, art direction by Angamuthu and the editing by R. Devarajan.^[2]

Music

The music of the film was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The lyrics were written by Vaali and Avinasi Mani.^[2]

Release and reception

Thanga Thambi was released on 26 January 1967,^[3] and was distributed by Jayalakshmi Pictures Circuit.^[2] Kalki said the film stumbled in the beginning, but post interval it did better.^[4]

Notes

^ While Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema says it was 139 minutes long,^[1] World Filmography: 1967 by Peter Cowie and Derek Elley goes with 175 minutes.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, pp. 393–394.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 282.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1967 – தங்கதம்பி – உமையாள் புரொ " [1967 – Thanga Thambi – Umayal Pro .]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
^ "தங்க தம்பி". Kalki (in Tamil). 19 February 1967. p. 16. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

Bibliography

Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.