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Thangapadumai is a film of genre Drama with Sivaji Ganesan
Thangapadumai (1959)
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Thanga Padhumai (Tamil: :தங்கப் பதுமை, English: Golden Statue) is a Tamil language film starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini in the lead roles. The film was co- written and directed by A. S. A. Samy, produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures, and musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy.
Thanga Pathumai proved to be a hit in its re-release, and is one of the classics of Tamil Cinema. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year 1959.
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Sivaji Ganesan plays the younger physician to the king (R. Balasubramaniam) and his wife (Padmini) was modelled on Kannagi as the personification of female virtues. The physician is commanded to the palace to treat the king where the princess (M. N. Rajam) falls for him and virtually enslaves him, preventing him from going back to his wife. She even goes to the extent of blinding the hero and in a long drawn out song-oriented climax, the wife prays before the gold statue of Parvathi, hence the title, and gets back her husband's sight and happiness.Actors
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