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{{Infobox film
| name = Pangaaligal
| image = Pangaaligal (1961).jpg
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| director = G. Ramakrishnan
| producer = T. Kanmani C. K. Kannan P. Rangasamy Reddiar
| writer = M. S. Solaimalai
| screenplay =
| story =
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| starring = [[M. R. Radha]] [[Gemini Ganesan]] [[Anjali Devi]] [[Devika]]
| narrator =
| music = [[S. Dakshinamurthi]]
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| editing =
| studio = Iris Movies
| distributor =
| released = 1961<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1961.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=ta}}</ref>
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| country = India
| language = Tamil
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'''''Pangaaligal''''' ({{trans|Partners}}) is a [[List of Tamil films of 1961|1961]] Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by G. Ramakrishna.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=626|url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}} - Listed as Pankalikal</ref> The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[M. R. Radha]], [[Anjali Devi]] and [[Devika]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite web| url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/pangaaligal-1961/article4840608.ece| title=Pangaaligal (1961)| work=[[The Hindu]]| date=2013-06-22| access-date=2017-12-04| last=Guy| first=Randor| author-link=Randor Guy| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130910173840/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/pangaaligal-1961/article4840608.ece| archive-date=10 September 2013| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Plot==
Three poor men (Ranga Rao, Sarangkapani and Muthaiah) get together, form a partnership and establish a metal vessel factory. Rao gets hold of the authority and make the other two as wage earners. Rao's son (Radha) goes abroad for studies and comes back as a fully westernized man. He marries the daughter (Anjali Devi) of one of the wage earners as agreed upon earlier. But he is not interested in her and ill-treats her. The son of that wage earner (Gemini Ganesan) goes to Malaysia to learn a trade. When he returns he finds that his sister is married to Radha and undergoes ill-treatment. The other wage earner had two daughters. One of them, (Devika) is lost during a festival and was brought up by a railway porter (Durairaj and family. They make her a dancer so as to exploit rich men. They get hold of Radha. The other daughter (Saroja) and Ganesan become lovers. The porter family swindles all his wealth from Radha and he is reduced to living in a hut. He realizes his folly. Ganesan helps to sort out matters and all ends well.<ref name=hindu />

==Cast==
The list is compiled from [[The Hindu]] review article<ref name=hindu /> and from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam''.<ref name=neelamegam />
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;Male cast
*[[Gemini Ganesan]] as Ponnaiya
*[[M. R. Radha]] as Selvaraj
*[[S. V. Ranga Rao]] as Thiruvasagam
*[[K. Sarangkapani]] as Kannayiram
*[[T. S. Muthaiah]] as Marudhamuthu
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;Male cast (contd.)
*[[T. S. Durairaj]] as Nadesa Pillai
*[[Karikol Raju]] as Nagalingam
*K. Sayeeram
*''Gemini'' Balu
*''Sandow'' Krishnan
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;Female cast
*[[Anjali Devi]] as Meenatchi
*[[Devika]] as Rani/Kamalam
*[[E. V. Saroja]] as Valli
*K. Malathi as Ponnamma
*P. S. Gnanam
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==Production==
The film was produced by T. Kanmani, C. K. Kannan and P. Rangasami Reddiar under the banner ''Iris Movies''. M. S. Solaimalai wrote the screenplay and dialogues<ref name=neelamegam /> while the film was directed by G. Ramakrishna who is a nephew of [[K. Ramnoth]].<ref name=hindu />

==Soundtrack==
Music was composed by [[S. Dakshinamurthi]] while the lyrics were penned by [[A. Maruthakasi]], [[Kannadasan]] and Ku. Ma. Krishnan. [[Playback singer]]s are [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[Thiruchi Loganathan]], [[P. B. Sreenivas]], [[P. Susheela]] and [[K. Jamuna Rani]].<ref name=neelamegam>{{cite book|title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 2|author=G. Neelamegam|language=ta|page=31 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition November 2016}}</ref>

There are two versions of the lullaby ''Chinna Arumbu Malarum''. One sung by P. Susheela and the other by Thiruchi Loganathan. The latter version, combined with Thiruchi Loganathan's mesmerizing voice and M. R. Radha's performance in the scene, was a hit.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration
|-
| 1 || rowspan=2|"Chinna Arumbu Malarum" || P. Susheela || rowspan=3|A. Maruthakasi || 04:50
|-
| 2 || Thiruchi Loganathan || 03:00
|-
| 3 || "Nee Engu Irundha Podhum" || P. Susheela || 01:32
|-
| 4 || "Kadhavu Thirandhathenru Varugiraan" || T. M. Soundararajan || rowspan=3|Kannadasan || 05:11
|-
| 5 || "Ethanai Naal Kaathirundhen" || P. Susheela & P. B. Seenivas || 03:22
|-
| 6 || "Nee Endhan Pillai" || P. Susheela || 02:59
|-
| 7 || "Chinna Vayathil Anbu Kondu" || P. Susheela & K. Jamuna Rani || Ku. Ma. Krishnan || 03:04
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Pangaaligal'' was released on 16 December 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19611215&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Pangalikal |date=15 December 1961 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=3}}</ref> On 22 December 1961, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "A host of characters swarm around the story with little apparent purpose. But some of the roles, such as that of Anjali, S. V. Ranga Rao, Gemini Ganesh and a few others are acted well enough for their irrelevance to be overlooked."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19611222&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Pangalikal|date=22 December 1961|work=[[The Indian Express]]|page=3}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0390342}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi]]

Pangaaligal - Revision history

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