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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Karuppu Panam
| name          = Karuppu Panam
| image          = Karuppu Panam.jpg
| image          = Karuppu Panam.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| director      = G. R. Nathan
| director      = G. R. Nathan
| producer      = Visalakshi Films
| screenplay    = [[Valampuri Somanathan]]
| screenplay    = [[Valampuri Somanathan]]
| story          = [[Kannadasan]]
| story          = [[Kannadasan]]
| starring      = [[Kannadasan]]<br />[[K. Balaji]]<br />[[K. R. Vijaya]]<br />[[Sheela]]<br />[[T. S. Balaiah]]
| producer      = <!-- don't add without source -->
| music          = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| starring      = {{ubl|[[T. S. Balaiah]]|[[K. Sarangapani]]|[[K. Balaji|Balaji]]|[[K. R. Vijaya]]|[[Sheela]]}}
| cinematography = G. R. Nathan
| cinematography = G. R. Nathan
| editing        = S. Surya<br />R. Devarajan
| editing        = S. Surya<br />R. Devarajan
| released      = {{Film date|1964}}
| music          = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| studio        = Visalakshi Films
| distributor    = <!-- don't add without source -->
| released      = {{Film date|1964|10|3|df=y}}
| runtime        = 132 minutes
| runtime        = 132 minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
| budget        = <!-- don't add without source -->
| gross          = <!-- don't add without source -->
}}
}}


'''''Karuppu Panam''''' ({{Translation|[[Black market|Black Money]]}}) is a 1964 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[crime film]], directed by G. R. Nathan. The dialogue and story were written by [[Kannadasan]] and the screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan. Music was by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and [[T. K. Ramamoorthy]]. It stars [[Kannadasan]], [[K. Balaji]], [[K. R. Vijaya]] and [[Sheela]] in lead roles. The movie was commercially successful at the box office.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19641005&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref><ref>http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails8.asp</ref><ref>https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/53337/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Kannadasans-Karuppu-Panam-movie.htm</ref>
'''''Karuppu Panam''''' ({{Translation|[[Black market|Black Money]]}}) is a 1964 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[crime film]] directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by [[Valampuri Somanathan]] from a story by [[Kannadasan]]. The music was by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. It stars [[T. S. Balaiah]], [[K. Sarangapani]], [[K. Balaji|Balaji]], [[K. R. Vijaya]] and [[Sheela]]. The film was commercially successful.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2016 |title=பிளாஷ்பேக்: பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்திய கண்ணதாசனின் கறுப்பு பணம் |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/53337/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Kannadasans-Karuppu-Panam-movie.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610134518/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/53337/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Kannadasans-Karuppu-Panam-movie.htm |archive-date=10 June 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=15 August 1964 |title=Tit-Bits |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98085/page/n663/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230309124731/https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98085/page/n663/mode/2up |archive-date=9 March 2023 |access-date=17 December 2021 |magazine=[[Sport and Pastime]] |page=50 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |volume=18}}</ref>
 
== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=September 2021}}


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Kannadasan]] as Thanikachalam (The Black money Thift Gang Leader & Black Mailer)
;Male cast
* [[K. Balaji]] as Gandhi (Thanikachalam's son)
* [[T. S. Balaiah]] as Sattanathan
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Devi (Gandhi Lover)
* [[K. Sarangapani]] as Dhamodharan
* [[T. S. Balaiah]] as Sattanathan (Bissnus Rich Man)
* [[K. Balaji|Balaji]] as Gandhi
* [[Sheela]] as Lucy (Thankachalam's daughter & Miss. Madrass, Thift Gang Dancer)
* [[Kuladeivam Rajagopal]] as Raju
* [[K. Sarangkapani]] as Dhamodharan (Bus Transport Woner)
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Sambasivam
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Sambhasivam (Judge role)
* [[Shanmugasundaram]] as Sundaram
* Ramanathan as (Devi Brother)
* Ramanathan as Devi's brother
* Kuladeivam Rajagopal as Raju (Sattanathan Son)
* [[Kannadasan]] as Thanikachalam
* [[C. K. Saraswathi]] as Shankari (Sattanathan's second wife)
 
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Sattanatha's first wife
;Female cast
* [[Shanmuga Sundaram]] as Sundaram (Police inspector)
* [[K. R. Vijaya]] as Devi
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] as Kamala (Sundaram wife)
* [[Sheela]] as Lucy
* [[C. K. Saraswathi]] as Shankari
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Sattanathan's first wife
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] as Kamala
 
== Production ==
''Karuppu Panam'' was directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by [[Valampuri Somanathan]] from a story by [[Kannadasan]]. Editing was handled by S. Surya (for whom this was a posthumous release) and R. Devarajan, and art direction was handled by Alagappan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 October 1964 |title=Karuppu Panam |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19641005&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=10 June 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=12 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1964&nbsp;– கருப்பு பணம்&nbsp;– விசாலாட்சி பிலிம்ஸ் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails8.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610134521/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1964-cinedetails8.asp |archive-date=10 June 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref> Kannadasan also played the antagonist, and many viewers believed the film parodied actor [[M. G. Ramachandran]]'s public life, given the tumultuous relationship between him and Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sri Kantha |first=Sachi |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=15 August 2015 |title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 29 {{!}} Salary and 'Black Money' |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-29/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505185109/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-29/ |archive-date=5 May 2016 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
The music was composed by [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. Lyrics were written by Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karuppu Panam |url=https://gaana.com/album/karuppu-panam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131617/https://gaana.com/album/karuppu-panam |archive-date=16 November 2018 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref>
| name        = Karuppu Panam
| type        = soundtrack
| artist      = [[M. S. Viswanathan]] <br /> [[T. K. Ramamoorthy]]
| cover        =
| released    = 1964
| recorded    =
| genre        =
| length      = 30:12
| language    = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label        =
| producer    = [[M. S. Viswanathan]] <br /> [[T. K. Ramamoorthy]]
}}
 
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and [[T. K. Ramamoorthy]]. Lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaana.com/album/karuppu-panam|title=karuppu panam songs|accessdate=2015-09-11|publisher=gaana}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length(m:ss)
! Song !! Singers !! Length
|-
|-
| 1 || "Ellarum Ellamum" || rowspan=2|[[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] || rowspan=9|[[Kannadasan]] || 3:15
| "Ellarum Ellamum" || rowspan=2|[[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] || 3:15
|-
|-
| 2 || "Iraikka Iraikka" || 1:00
| "Iraikka Iraikka" || 1:00
|-
|-
| 3 || "Kanmani Kanmai Kanne" || [[P. Suseela]] || 3:22
| "Kanmani Kanmai Kanne" || [[P. Susheela]]|| 3:22
|-
|-
| 4 || "Ammamma Keladi" || rowspan=3|[[L. R. Eswari]] || 5:28
| "Ammamma Keladi" || rowspan=3|[[L. R. Eswari]] || 5:28
|-
|-
| 5 || "Kayilae Panamirundhal" || 3:28
| "Kayilae Panamirundhal" || 3:28
|-
|-
| 6 || "Aadavarellam Aadavaralam" || 3:23
| "Aadavarellam Aadavaralam" || 3:23
|-
|-
| 7 || "Pattu Chiragukonda" || [[A. L. Raghavan]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 3:44
| "Pattu Chiragukonda" || [[A. L. Raghavan]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 3:44
|-
|-
| 8 || "Thangachi Chinna Ponnu" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 6:24
| "Thangachi Chinna Ponnu" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] [[L. R. Eswari]] || 6:24
|-
|-
| 9 || "Iraiva Iraiva" (Unthan Rajasabai) || [[S. Janaki]] || 4:21
| "Iraiva Iraiva" (Unthan Rajasabai) || [[S. Janaki]] || 4:21
|}
|}
== Reception ==
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "As a photographer, G. R. Nathan's work is slick but as a director it is slack at many places [...] Kannadasan writes better than he acts".<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 1964 |title=No safe keeping of 'black money' |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19641010&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2729294}}
* {{IMDb title}}


[[Category:1964 Indian films]]
[[Category:1964 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1964 crime films]]
[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:1960s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:1964 crime films]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
[[Category:Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in 1964]]
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian crime films]]
[[Category:Indian crime films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Crime in film]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:43, 4 March 2026

Karuppu Panam
Poster
Directed byG. R. Nathan
Screenplay byValampuri Somanathan
Story byKannadasan
Starring
Music byViswanathan–Ramamoorthy
CinematographyG. R. Nathan
Edited byS. Surya
R. Devarajan
Production
company
Visalakshi Films
Release date
  • 3 October 1964 (1964-10-03)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Karuppu Panam (transl. Black Money) is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan from a story by Kannadasan. The music was by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It stars T. S. Balaiah, K. Sarangapani, Balaji, K. R. Vijaya and Sheela. The film was commercially successful.[1][2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Male cast
Female cast

Production[edit | edit source]

Karuppu Panam was directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan from a story by Kannadasan. Editing was handled by S. Surya (for whom this was a posthumous release) and R. Devarajan, and art direction was handled by Alagappan.[3][4] Kannadasan also played the antagonist, and many viewers believed the film parodied actor M. G. Ramachandran's public life, given the tumultuous relationship between him and Kannadasan.[5]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. Lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[6]

Song Singers Length
"Ellarum Ellamum" Sirkazhi Govindarajan 3:15
"Iraikka Iraikka" 1:00
"Kanmani Kanmai Kanne" P. Susheela 3:22
"Ammamma Keladi" L. R. Eswari 5:28
"Kayilae Panamirundhal" 3:28
"Aadavarellam Aadavaralam" 3:23
"Pattu Chiragukonda" A. L. Raghavan L. R. Eswari 3:44
"Thangachi Chinna Ponnu" Sirkazhi Govindarajan L. R. Eswari 6:24
"Iraiva Iraiva" (Unthan Rajasabai) S. Janaki 4:21

Reception[edit | edit source]

The Indian Express wrote, "As a photographer, G. R. Nathan's work is slick but as a director it is slack at many places [...] Kannadasan writes better than he acts".[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "பிளாஷ்பேக்: பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்திய கண்ணதாசனின் கறுப்பு பணம்". Dinamalar (in தமிழ்). 22 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tit-Bits". Sport and Pastime. Vol. 18. 15 August 1964. p. 50. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Karuppu Panam". The Indian Express. 5 October 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 10 June 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ↑ "1964 – கருப்பு பணம் – விசாலாட்சி பிலிம்ஸ்". Lakshman Sruthi (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Sri Kantha, Sachi (15 August 2015). "MGR Remembered – Part 29 | Salary and 'Black Money'". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Karuppu Panam". Gaana. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "No safe keeping of 'black money'". The Indian Express. 10 October 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 20 December 2021 – via Google News Archive.

External links[edit | edit source]

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