Pudhumai Pithan (1957 film)


Pudhumai Pithan is a Tamil language film starring M. G. Ramachandran, T. R. Rajakumari and B. S. Saroja in the lead roles. The film was released on 2 August 1957.
The film was a failure at box office. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Veera Khadgam.

Plot

A king is imprisoned by his ambitious brother, who creates the impression that the king had died during an animal hunt. The crown prince was on a sea journey and returns to attend the king's fake funeral. During the funeral, the crown prince comes to know the truth, via a secret message conveyed to him by the daughter of the palace physician. As expected, she falls in love with the prince. The sibling of king also plots to kill the prince by poisoning him with a drug, concocted by the palace physician. The drug was supposed to make the crown prince mad, who acts like a madman poisoned by the drug to fool everyone. Prince is also helped by a woman drama troupe leader, who also had affection to the crown prince. Eventually, she sacrifices her life, leaving the prince to unite with the daughter of palace physician. The plotting villains were avenged by the prince and his comedian side kick.

Cast

Cast according to the opening credits
;Male cast
;Female cast
;Support cast
The film was directed by Ramanna and it was produced by K. Muniratnam under the banner Sivakami Pictures. The film's script was written by M. Karunanidhi and the cinematography was handled by G. Ramu.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Ramanathan. All Lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.

Release

According to Randor Guy of The Hindu wrote "Remembered for MGR’s screen presence and charisma, impressive performances by the cast, and Mu. Ka’s writing."