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	*kundu Karuppaiya as Kumar Hostel ~~servent~~		*kundu Karuppaiya as Kumar Hostel servant

	== Production ==		== Production ==
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	== Themes ==		== Themes ==
	Critic [[Baradwaj Rangan]] noted ''Ratha Thilagam''{{'}}s similarities to the [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] film ''[[Saptapadi (1961 film)\|Saptapadi]]'' (1961) in that both films had "the backdrop of war, the star-crossed lovers, and, of course, [[Story within a story\|the staging]] of ''[[Othello]]'', which, in both films, appears to have been dubbed by the same voices ([[Jennifer Kendal\|Jennifer Kapoor]], [[Utpal Dutt]])."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Rangan \|first=Baradwaj \|author-link=Baradwaj Rangan \|date=12 September 2014 \|title=Lights, Camera, Conversation... "All the world's a screen..." \|url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/lights-camera-conversation-all-the-worlds-a-screen/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320171246/https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/lights-camera-conversation-all-the-worlds-a-screen/ \|archive-date=20 March 2018 \|access-date=20 March 2018 \|website=Baradwaj Rangan}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Times of India]]'', Ganesh Krishnamoorthy felt that, as the film was set in the backdrop of the [[Sino-Indian War]], "this scene, used as a play enacted by the characters, provides a structural unity to the main plot."<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Krishnamoorthy \|first=Ganesh \|date=9 May 2016 \|title=All the world's a stage, Tamil Nadu too \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tracking-indian-communities/all-the-worlds-a-stage-tamil-nadu-too/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=20 March 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230447/https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tracking-indian-communities/all-the-worlds-a-stage-tamil-nadu-too/ \|archive-date=20 March ~~2018~~}}</ref>		Critic [[Baradwaj Rangan]] noted ''Ratha Thilagam''{{'}}s similarities to the [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] film ''[[Saptapadi (1961 film)\|Saptapadi]]'' (1961) in that both films had "the backdrop of war, the star-crossed lovers, and, of course, [[Story within a story\|the staging]] of ''[[Othello]]'', which, in both films, appears to have been dubbed by the same voices ([[Jennifer Kendal\|Jennifer Kapoor]], [[Utpal Dutt]])."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Rangan \|first=Baradwaj \|author-link=Baradwaj Rangan \|date=12 September 2014 \|title=Lights, Camera, Conversation... "All the world's a screen..." \|url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/lights-camera-conversation-all-the-worlds-a-screen/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320171246/https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/lights-camera-conversation-all-the-worlds-a-screen/ \|archive-date=20 March 2018 \|access-date=20 March 2018 \|website=Baradwaj Rangan}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Times of India]]'', Ganesh Krishnamoorthy felt that, as the film was set in the backdrop of the [[Sino-Indian War]], "this scene, used as a play enacted by the characters, provides a structural unity to the main plot."<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Krishnamoorthy \|first=Ganesh \|date=9 May 2016 \|title=All the world's a stage, Tamil Nadu too \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tracking-indian-communities/all-the-worlds-a-stage-tamil-nadu-too/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=20 March 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230447/https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tracking-indian-communities/all-the-worlds-a-stage-tamil-nadu-too/ \|archive-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>

	== Soundtrack ==		== Soundtrack ==
	The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ratha Thilagam \|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150111194147/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|archive-date=11 January 2015 \|access-date=7 January 2015 \|website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The songs "Oru Koppaiyila", "Pasumai Niraintha" were well received.<ref name="hindu" />		The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]], with lyrics by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ratha Thilagam \|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150111194147/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|archive-date=11 January 2015 \|access-date=7 January 2015 \|website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The songs "Oru Koppaiyila" and "Pasumai Niraintha" were well received.<ref name="hindu" />

	{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
	~~! No. !~~! Song !! Singers ~~!! Lyrics~~ !! Length		! Song !! Singers !! Length
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 1 \|~~\| "Buddhan Vanthan" \|\| [[T. M. Soundararajan~~]] \|\| rowspan=8\|[[Kannadasan~~]] \|\| 02:55		\| "Buddhan Vanthan" \|\| [[T. M. Soundararajan]] \|\| 02:55
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 2 \|~~\| "Happy Birthday" \|\| [[Suzi Miller]] \|\| 03:22		\| "Happy Birthday" \|\| Suzi Miller \|\| 03:22
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 3 \|~~\| "Oru Koppaiyile" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan \|\| 02:33		\| "Oru Koppaiyile" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan \|\| 02:33
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 4 \|~~\| "Pani Padarntha" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan \|\| 06:06		\| "Pani Padarntha" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan \|\| 06:06
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 5 \|~~\| "Pasumai Niraintha" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]] \|\| 03:49		\| "Pasumai Niraintha" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]] \|\| 03:49
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 6 \|~~\| "Pogathe Pogathe" \|\| [[Manorama (Tamil actress)\|Manorama]] \|\| 01:56		\| "Pogathe Pogathe" \|\| [[Manorama (Tamil actress)\|Manorama]] \|\| 01:56
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 7 \|~~\| "Thazhampoove" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari \|\| 05:53		\| "Thazhampoove" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari \|\| 05:53
	\|-
	~~\| 8 \|\| "Vaadai Kaatramma" \|\| L. R. Eswari \|\| 03:27~~
	\|-		\|-
			\| "Vaadai Kaatramma" \|\| L. R. Eswari \|\| 03:27
	\|}		\|}

	== Release and reception ==		== Release and reception ==
	''Ratha Thilagam'' was released on 14 September 1963.<ref name="nadigarthilagam" /> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'' praised the film for the comedy subplot and the ''Othello'' play.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=காந்தன் \|date=6 October 1963 \|title=இரத்த திலகம் \|url=~~http~~://~~i501.photobucket~~.~~com/albums~~/~~e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg~~ \|url-status=~~live~~ \|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]] \|language=ta \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20190630071253~~/https://~~i501~~.~~photobucket.com/albums/e413~~/~~subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg~~ \|archive-date=~~30 June 2019~~ \|access-date=~~20 March 2018~~}}</ref> T. M. Ramachandran, writing for ''[[Sport and Pastime]]'', commended Ganesan and Savitri's performances, calling their roles in the Othello play the film's ''[[pièce de résistance]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Ramachandran \|first=T. M. \|date=5 October 1963 \|title=A Good Effort \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12215/page/n277 \|magazine=[[Sport and Pastime]] \|volume=17 \|page=50 \|access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref> The film was not commercially successful.<ref name="hindu" />		''Ratha Thilagam'' was released on 14 September 1963.<ref name="nadigarthilagam" /> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'' praised the film for the comedy subplot and the ''Othello'' play.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=காந்தன் \|date=6 October 1963 \|title=இரத்த திலகம் \|url=https://ibb.co/M2KpVdJ \|url-status=dead \|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]] \|language=ta \|page=29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007061507/https://ibb.co/M2KpVdJ \|archive-date=7 October 2022 \|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref> T. M. Ramachandran, writing for ''[[Sport and Pastime]]'', commended Ganesan and Savitri's performances, calling their roles in the Othello play the film's ''[[pièce de résistance]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Ramachandran \|first=T. M. \|date=5 October 1963 \|title=A Good Effort \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12215/page/n277 \|magazine=[[Sport and Pastime]] \|volume=17 \|page=50 \|access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref> The film was not commercially successful.<ref name="hindu" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{reflist\|refs=		{{reflist\|refs=
	<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|author-link=Randor Guy \|date=17 October 2015 \|title=Rattha Thilakam (1963) \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=18 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014426/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|archive-date=1 October ~~2020~~}}</ref>		<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|author-link=Randor Guy \|date=17 October 2015 \|title=Rattha Thilakam (1963) \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=18 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014426/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|archive-date=1 October 2022}}</ref>
	<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web \|title=91-100 \|url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140909161622/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|archive-date=9 September 2014 \|access-date=9 September 2014 \|website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>		<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web \|title=91-100 \|url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140909161622/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|archive-date=9 September 2014 \|access-date=9 September 2014 \|website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>
	}}		}}
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	*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)\|Manorama]] as Poonkuyil<ref name="hindu" />		*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)\|Manorama]] as Poonkuyil<ref name="hindu" />
	*Janaki<ref name="hindu" />		*Janaki<ref name="hindu" />
			*[[Ennatha Kannaiya]] as Milltry Rajarathnam
			*Comedy Shanmugam as Madurai Assistant
			*kundu Karuppaiya as Kumar Hostel servent

	== Production ==		== Production ==
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	== Soundtrack ==		== Soundtrack ==
	The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ratha Thilagam \|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150111194147/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|archive-date=11 January 2015 \|access-date=7 January 2015 \|website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The songs "Oru Koppaiyila", "Pasumai Niraintha" were well received.<ref name="hindu~~" /> Manorama sang the song "Pogathe Pogathe" which was picturised on her character.<ref name="Kalki review~~" />		The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ratha Thilagam \|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150111194147/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 \|archive-date=11 January 2015 \|access-date=7 January 2015 \|website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The songs "Oru Koppaiyila", "Pasumai Niraintha" were well received.<ref name="hindu" />

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	== Release and reception ==		== Release and reception ==
	''Ratha Thilagam'' was released on 14 September 1963.<ref name="nadigarthilagam" /> ~~Kandhan~~ of ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'' praised the film for the comedy subplot and the ''Othello'' play.<ref ~~name~~="Kalki ~~review"~~ /> The film was not commercially successful.<ref name="hindu" />		''Ratha Thilagam'' was released on 14 September 1963.<ref name="nadigarthilagam" /> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'' praised the film for the comedy subplot and the ''Othello'' play.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=காந்தன் \|date=6 October 1963 \|title=இரத்த திலகம் \|url=http://i501.photobucket.com/albums/e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg \|url-status=live \|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]] \|language=ta \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630071253/https://i501.photobucket.com/albums/e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg \|archive-date=30 June 2019 \|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> T. M. Ramachandran, writing for ''[[Sport and Pastime]]'', commended Ganesan and Savitri's performances, calling their roles in the Othello play the film's ''[[pièce de résistance]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Ramachandran \|first=T. M. \|date=5 October 1963 \|title=A Good Effort \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12215/page/n277 \|magazine=[[Sport and Pastime]] \|volume=17 \|page=50 \|access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref> The film was not commercially successful.<ref name="hindu" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{reflist\|refs=		{{reflist\|refs=
	<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|author-link=Randor Guy \|date=17 October 2015 \|title=Rattha Thilakam (1963) \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=18 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014426/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|archive-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>		<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|author-link=Randor Guy \|date=17 October 2015 \|title=Rattha Thilakam (1963) \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=18 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014426/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece \|archive-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
	<ref name="Kalki review">{{Cite magazine \|last=Kanthan \|date=6 October 1963 \|title=இரத்த திலகம் \|url=http://i501.photobucket.com/albums/e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg \|url-status=live \|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]] \|language=ta \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630071253/https://i501.photobucket.com/albums/e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg \|archive-date=30 June 2019 \|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>		<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web \|title=91-100 \|url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140909161622/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|archive-date=9 September 2014 \|access-date=9 September 2014 \|website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>
	<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web \|title=91-100 \|url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140909161622/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm \|archive-date=9 September 2014 \|access-date=9 September 2014 \|website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>
	}}		}}

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{{Infobox film
| name = Ratha Thilagam
| image = Ratha Thilagam poster.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Poster
| director = Dada Mirasi
| producer = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]<br />P. V. Krishnan
| screenplay = Dada Mirasi
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri Ganesan]]
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography = Jagirdhar
| editing = R. Devarajan
| studio = National Movies
| released = {{Film date|1963|09|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 142 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Ratha Thilagam''''' ({{translation|[[Tilaka]] of Blood}}) is a 1963 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Romance film|romantic]] [[war film]] directed by Dada Mirasi. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan|Sivaji]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri Ganesan]] (no relation). Based on the [[Sino-Indian border dispute]] of 1962, it was released on 14 September 1963. The film was not commercially successful.

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=June 2021}}
Kumar is a graduate who decides to enlist in the Indian Army, following news of Chinese invasion in the country during the midst of the [[Sino-Indian War]], only to find out that his love interest Kamala was working against the Indian Army.

== Cast ==
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Major Kumar<ref name="hindu" />
*[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri Ganesan]] as Kamala<ref name="hindu" />
*[[Nagesh]] as Madurai<ref name="hindu" />
*Kannappa as a Chinese doctor<ref name="hindu" />

*Veerasami<ref name="hindu" />
*[[Shanmugasundaram]] as Chinese military officer<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 August 2017 |title=Just In: Veteran actor Shanmuga Sundaram is no more |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/just-in-veteran-actor-shanmuga-sundaram-is-no-more/articleshow/60070071.cms |url-status=live |access-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822090449/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/just-in-veteran-actor-shanmuga-sundaram-is-no-more/articleshow/60070071.cms |archive-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>
*[[C. R. Parthiban|Parthiban]]<ref name="hindu" />

*[[Pushpalatha]]<ref name="hindu" />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Poonkuyil<ref name="hindu" />
*Janaki<ref name="hindu" />

== Production ==
''Ratha Thilagam'' is based on the [[Sino-Indian border dispute]] of 1962. It was directed by Dada Mirasi who also wrote the screenplay. It was produced under National Movies by [[Panchu Arunachalam]] and P. V. Krishnan while [[Kannadasan]], along with, P.C. Ganesan and Thyagan wrote the dialogue; Kannadasan also presented the film. Cinematography was handled by Jagirdhar and editing by R. Devarajan.<ref name="hindu" /><ref name="nadigarthilagam" />

== Themes ==
Critic [[Baradwaj Rangan]] noted ''Ratha Thilagam''{{'}}s similarities to the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Saptapadi (1961 film)|Saptapadi]]'' (1961) in that both films had "the backdrop of war, the star-crossed lovers, and, of course, [[Story within a story|the staging]] of ''[[Othello]]'', which, in both films, appears to have been dubbed by the same voices ([[Jennifer Kendal|Jennifer Kapoor]], [[Utpal Dutt]])."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=12 September 2014 |title=Lights, Camera, Conversation... "All the world's a screen..." |url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/lights-camera-conversation-all-the-worlds-a-screen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320171246/https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/lights-camera-conversation-all-the-worlds-a-screen/ |archive-date=20 March 2018 |access-date=20 March 2018 |website=Baradwaj Rangan}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Times of India]]'', Ganesh Krishnamoorthy felt that, as the film was set in the backdrop of the [[Sino-Indian War]], "this scene, used as a play enacted by the characters, provides a structural unity to the main plot."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnamoorthy |first=Ganesh |date=9 May 2016 |title=All the world's a stage, Tamil Nadu too |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tracking-indian-communities/all-the-worlds-a-stage-tamil-nadu-too/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230447/https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tracking-indian-communities/all-the-worlds-a-stage-tamil-nadu-too/ |archive-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ratha Thilagam |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150111194147/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Ratha-Thilakam-T0001793 |archive-date=11 January 2015 |access-date=7 January 2015 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The songs "Oru Koppaiyila", "Pasumai Niraintha" were well received.<ref name="hindu" /> Manorama sang the song "Pogathe Pogathe" which was picturised on her character.<ref name="Kalki review" />

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Buddhan Vanthan" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || rowspan=8|[[Kannadasan]] || 02:55
|-
| 2 || "Happy Birthday" || [[Suzi Miller]] || 03:22
|-
| 3 || "Oru Koppaiyile" || T. M. Soundararajan || 02:33
|-
| 4 || "Pani Padarntha" || T. M. Soundararajan || 06:06
|-
| 5 || "Pasumai Niraintha" || T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]] || 03:49
|-
| 6 || "Pogathe Pogathe" || [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] || 01:56
|-
| 7 || "Thazhampoove" || T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari || 05:53
|-
| 8 || "Vaadai Kaatramma" || L. R. Eswari || 03:27
|-
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Ratha Thilagam'' was released on 14 September 1963.<ref name="nadigarthilagam" /> Kandhan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised the film for the comedy subplot and the ''Othello'' play.<ref name="Kalki review" /> The film was not commercially successful.<ref name="hindu" />

== References ==
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<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=17 October 2015 |title=Rattha Thilakam (1963) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014426/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/rattha-thilakam-1963/article7774391.ece |archive-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="Kalki review">{{Cite magazine |last=Kanthan |date=6 October 1963 |title=இரத்த திலகம் |url=http://i501.photobucket.com/albums/e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630071253/https://i501.photobucket.com/albums/e413/subbuchennai/rathathilakamreviewkalkifw_zpsecb8dcb5.jpg |archive-date=30 June 2019 |access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web |title=91-100 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140909161622/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp10.htm |archive-date=9 September 2014 |access-date=9 September 2014 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0320341}}

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