Thalai Koduthaan Thambi

Name: Thalai Koduthaan Thambi
Director: T. R. Sundaram
Released: 2026-03-04T05:01:48Z
Duration: 2 h 42 min
Cast: S. S. Rajendran, R. S. Manohar, K. R. Ramasamy (actor), Malini (Tamil actress)

Thalai Koduthaan Thambi
Thalai Koduthaan Thambi
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Directed by	T. R. Sundaram
Screenplay by	Murasoli Maran
Starring	S. S. Rajendran ; R. S. Manohar ; K. R. Ramasamy ; Miss Malini
Cinematography	C. A. S. Mani
Edited by	L. Balu
Music by	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Production; company	Modern Theatres
Release date	1959;
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thalai Koduthaan Thambi (transl. Younger brother gave his head) is 1959 Tamil-language historical action drama film, directed and produced by T. R. Sundaram of Modern Theatres,^[1] and written by Murasoli Maran. Music was by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It stars S. S. Rajendran, R. S. Manohar and Malini.

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film is about a princess, who falls in love with a commoner from another kingdom. The Kings, however object to her marrying a common man. The princess feigns her suicide and elopes with her lover to his kingdom.^[1]

Upon reaching it, the princess is shocked when she discovers that the man is already married and has a child too. The husband loses both his arms in an accident and hands over his first born son with his first wife, to a friend. The princess also delivers a son, who grows up with her.^[1]

On her death bed, the princess reveals the truth about her husband and about the existence of a stepbrother. The enraged son vows to kill the man who duped his mother. In the course of events, the two brothers end up in the same prison, and when they meet they are unaware of their real identities. What happens to the brothers as they find out about their real identities forms the rest of the film.^[1]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Cast according to the opening credits of the film

Male cast

S. S. Rajendran as Indrajith
K. R. Ramasamy as Inbasakaran
S. Manohar as Vijayan
T. K. Ramachandran as Naganathan
V. R. Rajagopal as Manmadhan

Male support cast

Narayana Pillai, Sethupathi, K. V. Srinivasan,
Kittan, Thirupathisami, Santhanam
M. A. Ganapathi and V. P. S. Mani.

Female cast

Miss Malini as Poongodi
Tambaram Lalitha as Shanthavalli
T. P. Muthulakshmi as Radhi
P. S. Gnanam as Punidhai
K. V. Shanthi
Baby Uma as Poongodi's daughter

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Music was by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy.^[2]

Songs	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Kadhai Kadhaiyam Kaaranamaam"	A. L. Raghavan & Jikki	A. Maruthakasi	03:21
"Thalai Kodutthaan Thambi"	N. L. Ganasaraswathi, S. C. Krishnan & Seerkazhi Govindarajan		06:12
"Panneeril Thalai Muzhugi"			06:03
"Anaivarum Karuthudan"			06:12
"Bham Bham...Kaalaiyil Raajaa Aanaaraam"	K. Jamuna Rani & S. C. Krishnan		03:30
"Ondru Seraa Iru Dhuruvam"	T. M. Soundararajan		03:18
"Thaen Venduma Illai Naan Venduma"	Jikki	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	03:23
"Thulli Thulli Alaigal Ellaam"	A. M. Rajah & P. Suseela	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	03:37
"Vaada Vetthalai Vadhanga Vetthalai"	A. L. Raghavan & K. Jamuna Rani	Suratha	02:49
"Vachchirukken Naan"	K. Jamuna Rani	Suratha	3:00

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Guy, Randor (21 November 2015). "Thalai Koduthaan Thambi (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
↑ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links[edit | edit source]

Thalai Koduthaan Thambi on IMDb

[thehindu-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Guy, Randor (21 November 2015). "Thalai Koduthaan Thambi (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[2] Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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