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{{short description|1961 film by P. Neelakantan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thirudathe
| image = Thirudathe poster.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[P. Neelakantan]]
| screenplay = [[Kannadasan]]<br />Ma. Lakshmanan
| story = Chinna Annamalai
| starring = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />[[M. N. Nambiar]]
| producer = V. Arunachalam
| music = [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]]
| cinematography = V. Ramamoorthy
| editing = R. Devarajan
| studio = A. L. S. Productions
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|1961|03|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 173 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Thirudathe''''' ({{translation|Do Not Steal}}) is a 1961 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[P. Neelakantan]]. The film stars [[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] and [[M. N. Nambiar]]. The film, produced by V. Arunachalam, had musical score by [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]] and was released on 23 March 1961. ''Thirudathe'' ran more than 150 days in theatres. The film was remade in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Manassakshi]]'' (1968).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manassakshi (1968) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/manassakshi-1968 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929132117/https://chiloka.com/movie/manassakshi-1968 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |access-date=7 March 2021 |website=Chiloka.com}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=May 2021}}
Balu is a small-time thief. Once he happens to steal money from a woman named Savithri's brother who is the breadwinner of the family. After his death the family has to be taken care by Balu, his stealing attitude changes when his mother came to know that his son was a thief and sacrifices her life. How the family is saved forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
* [[M. G. Ramachandran]] as Balu
* [[B. Saroja Devi]] as Savithri
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as Ponnambalam / Duraisingam
* [[K. A. Thangavelu]] as Jambu
* [[V. Nagaiah]] as the orphanage owner
* [[M. N. Rajam]] as Tharaa
* [[A. Karunanidhi]] as Marikozhundhu
*[[Kula Deivam V. R. Rajagopal]]
*[[M. Saroja]] as Padma
* K. Kannan as Singaram
*[[G. Sakunthala]] as Kaveri
* S. Rama Rao as Money lender
* M. K. Mustafa as Raju
* Lakshmiprabha

== Production ==
The film was directed by P. Neelakandan and V. Arunachalam under A. L. S. Productions, with story written by Chinna Annamalai and dialogues written by [[Kannadasan]] and Ma. Lakshmanan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1961-cinedetails12.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210307064426/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1961-cinedetails12.asp |archive-date=7 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Kannan|2017|p=115}} Lakshmanan came up with two titles for the film: ''Thirudathe'' (Do not steal) and ''Nalladhukku Kaalamillai'' (Goodness stands no chance), recommending the latter. [[M. G. Ramachandran]] objected, believing that audiences would think the title would represent his own opinion, and that the film actually exhorts people not to do wrong. Hence, the former title was finalised.{{Sfn|Kannan|2017|p=90}} [[B. Saroja Devi]] was cast as the lead actress at Ramachandran's insistence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=ஜெயந்தன் |first=ஆர்.சி. |date=6 August 2021 |title=திருடாதே 60 ஆண்டுகள்: வாளை வீசிவிட்டு வாருங்கள் எம்.ஜி.ஆர்.! |language=ta |trans-title=60 years of Thirudathe: Throw the sword away and come MGR! |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/701862-thirudathe.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806115329/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/701862-thirudathe.html |archive-date=6 August 2021}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]]. Lyrics by [[Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram]], Kannadasan, Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthi, [[Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam]], [[M. K. Athmanathan]], Muthukoothan and Ra. Pazhanisami.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thirudathe (1961) |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/thirudathe-t0001481 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107232947/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Thirudathe-T0001481 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |access-date=22 November 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Ennaruge Nee Irundhal" was composed by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. It was recorded for an earlier film produced by A. L. S. Productions, but was not used due to that film's length. With the permission of S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, producer A. L. Srinivasan used that song in this film. However, credit was not given to Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy in the title.<ref>{{Cite web |last=மணியன் |first=பி.ஜி.எஸ். |title="சங்கீத அய்யா" எஸ்.எம். சுப்பையா நாயுடு – 10 |trans-title="Master of music" S. M. Subbaiah Naidu – 10 |url=https://www.thamizhstudio.com/Koodu/thodargal_4_61.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210307062427/https://www.thamizhstudio.com/Koodu/thodargal_4_61.php |archive-date=7 March 2021 |access-date=7 March 2021 |website=Thamizhstudio.com |language=ta}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Acha Baguthacha" || S. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala || Ra. Pazhanisami || 02:10
|-
| 2 || "Aasey Machchan.... Azhagaan Chinna Ponnu" || [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]] & [[Jikki]] || rowspan=2|Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthi || 02:49
|-
| 3 || "Anthisayum Nerathiley" || [[A. L. Raghavan]] & A. G. Rathnamala ||
|-
| 4 || "En Aruge Nee Irundhaal" [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]] || [[P. B. Sreenivas]] & [[P. Suseela]] || rowspan=2|[[Kannadasan]] || 02:55
|-
| 5 || "Kannum Kannum Sernthathu" || [[P. B. Sreenivas]] & [[K. Jamuna Rani]] || 04:01
|-
| 6 || "Mama Mama Makku Mama" || [[P. Suseela]] & [[A. L. Raghavan]] || rowspan=2|Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam || 02:24
|-
| 7 || "O Mister Baalu" || [[Jikki]] || 02:47
|-
| 8 || "Thirudaadhe Paapa Thirudaadhe" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || [[Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram]] || 03:21
|-
| 9 || "Anbale Thannuyirai" || [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]] || M. K. Athmanathan ||
|}

== Release ==
''Thirudathe'' was released on 23 March 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 March 1961 |title=Thirudathe |page=10 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610323&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> The film was a major commercial success, running for over 150 days in theatres, and became the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year.{{Sfn|Kannan|2017|p=116}} According to [[Ashish Rajadhyaksha]] and [[Paul Willemen]] in the book ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema'', for Ramachandran this marked a beginning of transition to roles that had "a contemporary setting", as opposed to period settings.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=188}} Historian M. S. S. Pandian considers the film "inaugurated the MGR persona of a subaltern in the service of society", a trend that continued through the 1970s.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=165}}

== In popular culture ==
In ''[[Andha 7 Naatkal]]'' (1981), Gopi ([[Master Haja Sheriff]]) sells stolen goods on the street; when police seize the goods, the poster on which the items were kept is revealed to be that of ''Thirudathe''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=28 October 2020 |title=மறக்க முடியாத ‘பாலக்காட்டு மாதவன், வசந்தி, டாக்டர், கோபி’... 39 ஆண்டுகளாக நினைவில் நிற்கும் ‘அந்த 7 நாட்கள்’! |language=ta |trans-title=Unforgettable ‘Palakkad Madhavan, Vasanthi, Doctor, Gopi’ ... ‘Andha 7 Naatkal’ that has been remembered for 39 years! |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/595621-39-years-of-andha-7-naatkal.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101095840/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/595621-39-years-of-andha-7-naatkal.html |archive-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Kannan |first=R. |title=MGR: A Life |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-93-86495-88-4 |location=India}}
* {{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-year=1994}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0248546}}
{{P. Neelakantan}}

[[Category:1960s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by P. Neelakantan]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]

Thirudathe - Revision history

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