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Thanga Padhakkam is a film of genre Drama directed by P. Madhavan with Sivaji Ganesan

Thanga Padhakkam (1974)

Thanga Padhakkam
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Length 2h45
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Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating74% 3.73843.73843.73843.73843.7384

Thanga Pathakkam (English: Gold Medal) is a 1974 Tamil film directed by P. Madhavan and written by Mahendran. Produced by Shanthi Narayanaswamy and T. Manohar, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, and Shrikanth in the lead roles, while Major Sundararajan and Cho Ramaswamy play supporting roles. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The film completed a 182-day run at the box office. It was remade in Telugu as Kondaveeti Simham with N. T. Rama Rao and in Hindi as Farz Aur Kanoon with Jeetendra and as Shakti_(1982_film) with Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan.

Synopsis

S.P. Choudhry (Sivaji Ganesan) is a dedicated policeman, caring husband and a respected man in the community. Being a policeman, however, makes him a strong disciplinarian, even at home. Because of Choudhry’s dedication to hs job, his son, Jagan (Shrikanth), grows up more under the care of his mother Lakshmi (K.R.Vijaya) than under his father. As Jagan grows up he becomes more and more rebellious. He begins to play truant, gamble and lie to his parents. Choudhry’s attempts to discipline him only results in Jagan resenting him.

Actors

Sivaji Ganesan

(S. P. Choudhry)K. R. Vijaya

(Lakshmi)Sreekanth

(Jagan)Prameela

(Jagan's wife)Sundarrajan
And :
V K Ramasamy
Cho Ramaswamy
Aachi Manorama
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