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Maragatham is a film of genre Thriller with Sivaji Ganesan
Maragatham (1959)
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Add to a movie listMaragadham (Tamil: மரகதம்) is a 1959 Indian Tamil crime-thriller film, directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu and produced by K. R. Seenivasan and N. Naga Subramaniyam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Balachander and Sandhya in lead roles. The film had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu.
Synopsis
Maragatham narrated the happenings of a rich zamindari family in which the maharaja is murdered and the crime foisted on his innocent brother (Balachandar) and his lovely wife (Sandhya, Jayalalitha's mother). The wife waits for her husband who had escaped from prison. She pines for her daughter (Padmini) who is believed dead. Not knowing Padmini is her daughter, Sandhya saves her life in a boat accident and the girl comes to live with her. Noted comedian of Tamil cinema of yesteryear T. S. Durairaj plays the interesting role of the villain planning the murder, but the real killer is Balaiah. The prince (Ganesan) falls in love with his sister's daughter without knowing who she is!). Ultimately as it always happens in movies, the truth is revealed, the killers are exposed, the parted couples and the young lovers are united, and all's well that ends well.Actors
Sivaji Ganesan
(Varendran)
Padmini Ramachandran
(Maragatham/Alamu)
Sandhya Shantaram
(Karpagavalli)
S. Balaiah
T. S. Durairaj
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