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Parakkum Paavai is a film of genre Drama with M. G. Ramachandran
Parakkum Paavai (1966)
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Add to a movie listParakkum Paavai (Tamil: பறக்கும் பாவை English: Flying women), is a 1966 Indian Tamil directed by T. R. Ramanna, starring M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, J. P. Chandrababu, Kanchana in the lead role. The film ran for 80 days.
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Jeeva (M. G. Ramachandran) promised Védhatchalam (Chittor V. Nagaiah), Kala 's father(B. Saroja Devi), to keep an eye on her (Kala). In order to do so, he becomes a trapeze artist in the National Circus in 1960s India.Actors
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