Panathottam

1963 film by K. Shankar

11 January 1963 (1963-01-11)

Running time

135 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Panathottam (transl. Garden of Money) is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. Shankar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi. It was released on 11 January 1963.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Selvam is arrested on a false charge of passing counterfeit bills. He escapes and tries to put the hand on the real authors, that is, the leader of the band of the counterfeiters to be exonerated. His quest complicates when Natarajan, a firm policeman, dashes in his pursuit, convinced of his guilt.

Cast

M. G. Ramachandran as Selvam
B. Saroja Devi as Kala
Sheela as Meena
S. V. Subbaiah as Ponnambalam
M. N. Nambiar as Chidambaram
S. A. Ashokan as Inspector Natarajan
M. V. Rajamma as Thangamma
C. Lakshmi Rajyam
Nagesh as C. K. Ramu
Karikol Raju as Raju
A. Veerappan as Ramu's friend
V. P. S. Mani
Thirupathisamy

Production

Panathottam is named after the book of the same name by C. N. Annadurai.^[3] The climax began filming one day at 7:00am, and ended the next day at 7:00pm.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[5]^[6] The song "Pesuvathu Kiliya" is based on Bilaskhani Todi raga.^[7] It contains multiple references to Ramachandran's vital stats through its lyrics "Paaduvadhu kaviyaa illai, paarivallal magana; Seranukku uravaa senthamizhar nilava"; the line "Seranukku uravaa" refers to Ramachandran's place of birth Kerala, "paari vallal" references his perceived generous nature, and "senthamizhar" gives emphasis to Ramachandran's Tamil pride.^[8]

Song	Singers	Length
"Enna Than Nadakkum"	T. M. Soundararajan	03:18
"Javvathu Medai"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	04:30
"Oru Naal Iravil"	P. Susheela	03:12
"Oruvar Oruvarai"	T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari	04:37
"Panathottam"	T. M. Soundararajan	04:15
"Pesuvathu Kiliya"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	04:06

References

^ "Table: Chronological List of MGR's Movies released between 1960 and 1967" (PDF). Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "எம்.ஜி.ஆர். நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Ithayakkani (in Tamil). 2 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ Sri Kantha, Sachi (17 July 2014). "MGR Remembered | Part 19 Books and politics". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "சினிமாவில் எம்.ஜி.ஆர்.–253 | எம்.ஜி.ஆரின் அழைப்பு!". Dinamalar (in Tamil). Nellai. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ பணத்தோட்டம் (PDF) (song book) (in Tamil). Saravana Films. Retrieved 29 June 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Panathottam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ Guy, Randor (23 July 2015). "Hindustani raag and hit songs". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ Darshan, Navein (11 February 2019). "I, me, myself". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2021.