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| name          = Panama Pasama
| name          = Panama Pasama
| image          = Panama Pasama.jpg
| image          = Panama Pasama.jpg
| border        = no
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director      = [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]
| director      = [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]
| producer      = Balu
| screenplay    = K. S. Gopalakrishnan
| screenplay    = K. S. Gopalakrishnan
| story          = G. Balasubramaniam
| story          = G. Balasubramaniam
| producer      = Balu
| starring      = [[Gemini Ganesan]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]
| starring      = [[Gemini Ganesan]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]
| music          = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography = R. Sampath
| cinematography = R. Sampath
| editing        = R. Devarajan
| editing        = R. Devarajan
| music          = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| studio        = Ravi Productions
| studio        = Ravi Productions
| distributor    =
| released      = {{film date|1968|2|23|df=y}}
| released      = {{film date|1968|2|23|df=y}}
| runtime        = 162 Minutes
| runtime        = 162 minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
}}
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'''''Panama Pasama''''' ({{trans|Money or Affection?}}) is a 1968 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film, directed and produced by [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]. The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]]. The film had musical score by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref name="mio">{{Cite web |url=https://mio.to/album/Panama+Pasama+%281968%29 |title=Panama Paasama (1968) |website=Music India Online |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181127044533/https://mio.to/album/Panama+Pasama+(1968) |archive-date=27 November 2018 |access-date=27 November 2018 }}</ref> The film was remade the following year in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Paisa Ya Pyaar]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700509&printsec=frontpage |title=The Ice is Nice |date=9 May 1970 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=10}}</ref>
'''''Panama Pasama''''' ({{translation|Money or Affection?}}) is a 1968 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed and produced by [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]. The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]]. The film had musical score by [[K. V. Mahadevan]]. The film was remade the following year in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Paisa Ya Pyaar]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 May 1970 |title=The Ice is Nice |pages=10 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700509&printsec=frontpage |access-date=9 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=September 2021}}


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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*[[Sivakumar]] as Shankar's brother in law
*[[Sivakumar]] as Shankar's brother in law
*[[C. R. Parthiban]]
*[[C. R. Parthiban]]
*[[K. Sarangkapani]] as Kannamma's step father
*[[K. Sarangapani]] as Kannamma's step father
*[[V. S. Raghavan]] as Shankar's Father
*[[V. S. Raghavan]] as Shankar's Father
*K. Kannan as Jambu
*K. Kannan as Jambu
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*[[S. Varalakshmi]] as Meenakshi
*[[S. Varalakshmi]] as Meenakshi
*[[Vijaya Nirmala]] as Kannamma
*[[Vijaya Nirmala]] as Kannamma
*[[Sundari Bai]]  
*[[Sundari Bai]]
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Shankar's sister
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Shankar's sister
*[[G. Sakunthala]]  
*[[G. Sakunthala]]
*Radhabhai
*Radhabhai


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]], while the lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]].<ref name="mio" /> The song "Yelantha Pazham" became popular among the masses.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/rocking-at-74/article5710810.ece |title=Rocking at 74 |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=21 February 2014 |work=The Hindu |access-date=27 November 2018 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]], while the lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panama Paasama (1968) |url=https://mio.to/album/Panama+Pasama+%281968%29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181127044533/https://mio.to/album/Panama+Pasama+(1968) |archive-date=27 November 2018 |access-date=27 November 2018 |website=Music India Online}}</ref> The song "Yelantha Pazham" became controversial since it makes comparisons "between a woman and a [[Ziziphus mauritiana|ber fruit]]",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nathan |first=Archana |date=25 November 2017 |title=Chili nose, Nokia eyes and other bizarre ways in which Tamil film song lyrics objectify women |url=https://scroll.in/reel/856879/chili-nose-nokia-eyes-and-other-bizarre-ways-in-which-tamil-film-song-lyrics-objectify-women |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222063526/https://scroll.in/reel/856879/chili-nose-nokia-eyes-and-other-bizarre-ways-in-which-tamil-film-song-lyrics-objectify-women |archive-date=22 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref> but became popular among the masses.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=21 February 2014 |title=Rocking at 74 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/rocking-at-74/article5710810.ece |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127110448/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/rocking-at-74/article5710810.ece |archive-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Yamunan |first=Sruthisagar |date=14 December 2015 |title='Beep' song caught in controversy |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/beep-song-raises-a-storm-of-protests/article7985908.ece |url-status=live |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722103943/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/beep-song-raises-a-storm-of-protests/article7985908.ece |archive-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>


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! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
|-
| 1 || "Chinnanchiru Veedu" || [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 3:32
| 1 || "Chinnanchiru Veedu" || [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 3:32
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|}
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== Release ==
== Release and reception ==
''Panama Pasama'' was released on 23 February 1968.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19680223&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Panama Pasama |date=23 February 1968 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=3}}</ref> The film ran for 140 days at Madurai's Thangam Theatre, then the largest theatre in Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/curtains-come-down-on-thangam-theatre-once-asias-largest-54970.html |title=Curtains come down on Thangam theatre, once Asia's largest |date=5 August 2011 |work=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=27 March 2019 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref>
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''Panama Pasama'' was released on 23 February 1968.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 February 1968 |title=Panama Pasama |pages=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19680223&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=27 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' negatively reviewed the film, criticising Gopalakrishnan's dialogues and direction.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=17 March 1968 |title=பணமா பாசமா |url=https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1968/mar/17-03-1968/p25.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918054333/https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1968/mar/17-03-1968/p25.jpg |archive-date=18 September 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> It ran for 140 days at Madurai's Thangam Theatre, then the largest theatre in Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2011 |title=Curtains come down on Thangam theatre, once Asia's largest |work=[[Firstpost]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |url=https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/curtains-come-down-on-thangam-theatre-once-asias-largest-54970.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420082058/https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/curtains-come-down-on-thangam-theatre-once-asias-largest-54970.html |archive-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2021 |title='பணமா பாசமா' திரைப்படத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற உணர்வுப்பூர்வமான காட்சி குறித்துப் பகிரும் கலைஞானம்! |url=https://nakkheeran.in/cinema/cinema-news/kalaignanam-about-panama-pasama-movie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222065148/https://nakkheeran.in/cinema/cinema-news/kalaignanam-about-panama-pasama-movie |archive-date=22 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=[[Nakkheeran]] |language=ta}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 09:54, 21 June 2022


Panama Pasama
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. S. Gopalakrishnan
Produced byBalu
Screenplay byK. S. Gopalakrishnan
Story byG. Balasubramaniam
StarringGemini Ganesan
B. Saroja Devi
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyR. Sampath
Edited byR. Devarajan
Production
company
Ravi Productions
Release date
  • 23 February 1968 (1968-02-23)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Panama Pasama (transl. Money or Affection?) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was remade the following year in Hindi as Paisa Ya Pyaar.[1]

Plot

Cast

Lead actors
Male supporting actors
Female supporting actors

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[2] The song "Yelantha Pazham" became controversial since it makes comparisons "between a woman and a ber fruit",[3] but became popular among the masses.[4][5]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length
1 "Chinnanchiru Veedu" P. Susheela Kannadasan 3:32
2 "Maariyadhu Nenjam" P. Susheela 4:15
3 "Mella Mella" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 4:18
4 "Vazhaithandu Pola" Jamuna Rani, A. L. Raghavan 3:01
5 "Yelantha Pazham" L. R. Eswari 3:20

Release and reception

Panama Pasama was released on 23 February 1968.[6] Kalki negatively reviewed the film, criticising Gopalakrishnan's dialogues and direction.[7] It ran for 140 days at Madurai's Thangam Theatre, then the largest theatre in Asia.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ice is Nice". The Indian Express. 9 May 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Panama Paasama (1968)". Music India Online. Retrieved 27 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Nathan, Archana (25 November 2017). "Chili nose, Nokia eyes and other bizarre ways in which Tamil film song lyrics objectify women". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Kumar, P. K. Ajith (21 February 2014). "Rocking at 74". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Yamunan, Sruthisagar (14 December 2015). "'Beep' song caught in controversy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Panama Pasama". The Indian Express. 23 February 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "பணமா பாசமா". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 17 March 1968. p. 25. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Curtains come down on Thangam theatre, once Asia's largest". Firstpost. Press Trust of India. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "'பணமா பாசமா' திரைப்படத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற உணர்வுப்பூர்வமான காட்சி குறித்துப் பகிரும் கலைஞானம்!". Nakkheeran (in தமிழ்). 26 June 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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