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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Inspector<br />
| image = Inspector 1953.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster art for ''Inspector'' (1953)<br />
| director = R. S. Mani<br />
| producer = M. Somasundaram<br />S. K. Mohideen<br />
| writer = Na. Somasundaram<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{based on|Inspector Stage Play|TKS Brothers}}<br />
| starring = [[T. K. Shanmugam]]<br />[[S. Balachander]]<br />[[T. K. Bhagavathi]]<br />[[Anjali Devi]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[G. Ramanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = Nemai Gosh<br />
| editing = K. Govindasamy<br />
| studio = [[Jupiter Pictures]]<br />
| distributor = [[Jupiter Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1953|7|31|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1953-cinedetails5.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170621001840/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1953-cinedetails5.asp|archivedate=21 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
| runtime = 192 mins. (17317 ft.)<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Inspector''''' is a 1953 Indian, [[Tamil language]] film directed by R. S. Mani.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|pages=51 & 600 |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}}</ref> It is an adaptation of the play of the same name. The film stars [[T. K. Shanmugam]], [[S. Balachander]], [[Anjali Devi]] and P. K. Saraswathi.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Plot==<br />
A police inspector helps a young man who is a classmate of his sister. The young man is a kind person and he moves like one in the family. The inspector's sister falls in love with the young man. She wants to learn dancing. The young man arranges a dance master to teach her. But the dance master is an opportunist and he seduces the girl. She becomes pregnant. The inspector and his wife wants to marry her to the young man without knowing her pregnancy. However, the young man is in love with a village lass. The dance master sees the village beauty and sets his roving eyes on her. He rejects the responsibility for the pregnancy of the young woman. How all these problems are settled forms the rest of the story.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/inspector-1953/article2763375.ece | title=Inspector 1953 | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=31 December 2011 | accessdate=21 June 2017 | last=Guy | first=Randor | authorlink=Randor Guy | archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170621005644/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/inspector-1953/article2763375.ece | archivedate=21 June 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
List Compiled from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from [[the Hindu]] review article.<ref name=hindu /><br />
{{Col-begin|width=55%}}<br />
{{Col-2}}<br />
;Male cast<br />
*[[T. K. Shanmugam]]<br />
*[[S. Balachandar]]<br />
*[[T. K. Bhagavathi]]<br />
*S. A. Natarajan<br />
*T. N. Sivathanu<br />
*M. R. Santhanam<br />
*M. S. Karuppaiah<br />
*''Master'' K. N. Krishnan<br />
*K. N. Venkataraman<br />
*A. Ganesh Singh<br />
*T. V. Jayaraman<br />
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;Female cast<br />
*[[Anjali Devi]]<br />
*M. S. Draupathi<br />
*P. K. Saraswathi<br />
*S. R. Janaki<br />
*K. Rathinam<br />
*Bhoodevi<br />
*C. R. Rajakumari (Dance) <br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
''Inspector'' was adapted from the TKS Brothers play of the same name. It was produced by M. Somasundaram and S. K. Mohideen under the banner [[Jupiter Pictures]] and was directed by R. S. Mani. N. Somasundaram wrote the screenplay and dialogues. Nemai Gosh was in charge of photography while the editing was done by K. Govidasamy. Art direction was by Thanu and the choreography was handled by K. S. Ramasami, Hiralal and V. Madhavan. Still photography was done by R. N. Nagaraja Rao. The film was shot at Neptune Studios, [[Adyar, Chennai]] and processed at the Jupiter laboratory.<ref name=anandan /><ref name=hindu /><br />
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The film was produced in Telugu also.<ref name=anandan /><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Music was composed by [[G. Ramanathan]] while the lyrics were penned by [[Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam]], Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy, T. K. Sundara Vathiyar, [[A. Maruthakasi]] and [[Ka. Mu. Sheriff]]. [[Playback singer]]s are Radha Jayalakshmi, [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], [[jikki]], [[A. M. Rajah]], V. N. Sundaram and M. V. Swaminathan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Thiraikalanjiyam&nbsp;— Part 1|author=G. Neelamegam|language=Tamil|pages=48&nbsp;— 49 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Aasaiyai Maunamaayi Pesidum" || rowspan=2|(Radha) Jayalakshmi || ||<br />
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| 2 || "Unnaiyallaal Thunai Yaaramma" || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Vandu Moikaadha Koondhal" || M. V. Swaminathan || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Varuvaayi Mana Mohanaa" || V. N. Sundaram & M. L. Vasanthakumari || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Moodiyirundha En Vizhiyinul" || rowspan=2|M. L. Vasanthakumari || Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kavignar Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam Thirai Isai Padalgal|trans-title=Film lyrics of Poet Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam|author=Kavignar Pon. Sellamuthu |page=191 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). Second edition November 2016}}</ref> ||<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Madhana Singaara Neelaa" || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || "Uruvaagumunne Kulaindhae" || A. M. Rajah & Jikki || ||<br />
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| 8 || "Thuyar Soozhndha Vaazhvile" || Jikki || T. K. Sundara Vathiyar ||<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Unlike the play, the film adaptation was a commercial failure.<ref name="hindu" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by G. Ramanathan]]<br />
[[Category:1953 drama films]]<br />
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