Thattungal Thirakkappadum

Thattungal Thirakkappadum (transl. Knock, and the door will be opened) is a 1966 Tamil-language thriller film. This movie was produced by Vishwabharathi Films. R. S. Manohar, Savithri and J. P. Chandrababu star, while K. R. Vijaya, Cho Ramaswamy and A. V. M. Rajan took the supporting roles. Actress Shobha made her debut film as a child artist in this movie.[3] She was addressed as Baby Mahalakshmi in this movie. V. K. Ramasamy, S. V. Ranga Rao, M. R. Radha and K. A. Thangavelu appeared as cameo roles. When the first week of the movie released, the clip of the song Kalyana Panthal Alangaram was not in the movie due to a delay in the shooting and editing. In the second week, the clip was merged into the film. This movie was a failure due to a weak plot.[4]

Thattungal Thirakkappadum
Directed byJ. P. Chandrababu
Screenplay byJ. P. Chandrababu
Sam.T. Daasan (dialogue)
Story byJ. P. Chandrababu
StarringJ. P. Chandrababu
Savitri
R. S. Manohar
CinematographyT. S. Rangasamy
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Viswabharathi Films
Distributed bySunrise[1]
Release date
17 June 1966[2]
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Shankar (R. S. Manohar) murders his mistress, Geetha (K. R. Vijaya) after finding out that she has had a child with another man. Adaikalam (J. P. Chandrababu), who is dumb and an orphan is blamed for this murder. Adaikalam gets arrested by the police. Then Shankar meets his wife (the one that he had abandoned) Meenatchi (Savithri), and his daughter (Shobha) and lives with them. When Shankar goes abroad on business, by ship, the ship explodes. Shankar feigns death after which, his insurance money is received by Meenatchi. Shankar needed that money to pay off his debts so he had pretended to be dead and made Meenatchi take the insurance money and pay his debts. Shankar and Menatchi have a fight. While fighting, Shankar's daughter gets frightened and kills Shankar. Meenatchi is shocked and hides his body in a room. That's when Adaikalam gets released from jail. When he goes to meet Shankar, Meenatchi tries to stop him entering the room, but she cannot. When Adaikalam sees the body, he is shocked. Meenatchi pretends not to know anything about this and calls the police. When the police come, they investigate and come to know that Meenatchi killed Shankar. Meenatchi is arrested and her daughter is taken care of by Adaikalam.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[5]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Thittippadhu Edhu"P. Susheela04:00
2."Kanmani Pappa"J. P. Chandrababu04:24
3."Kalyana Panthal Alangaram"P. Susheela03:21
4."Oor Paadum Thaalaattu"P. Susheela04:21
Total length:16:06

References
  1. "Thattungal Thirakkappadum". The Indian Express. 2 July 1966. p. 3.
  2. Film News Anandan (2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [Tamil film history and its achievements] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivagami Publishers. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. "Shocking suicides: Actors who stunned us with their sudden exits". OnManorama. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ராமகிருஷ்ணன், எஸ். "சந்திரபாபு – தட்டுங்கள் திறக்கப்படும்". sramakrishnan.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Thattungal Thirakkappadum". Saregama. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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