Malaikkallan

Malaikkallan Tamil , English Thief of The Hills is a Tamil language film starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role. The film was released onJuly 1954, and was an astounding success. It was the first Tamil film to win a Presidents Silver Medal. Box office hit of the year.

Tamil filmmaker A. P. Nagarajan was cast as a police inspector wearing a turban and all. However, after shooting some scenes with him, Naidu for some reason chose to replace him with M. G. Chakrapani. During filming, a leopard went missing on the sets. A. Pattabhiraman, director of Raja Theatre locked himself in a cage saying, This is the last place where the leopard will find meVijayapuram is a beautiful hillside hamlet appears serene and restful to a casual passerby. But the happenings there are far from tranquil. Dacoities, burglaries and even kidnappings seem to be commonplace occurrences. One established perpetuator of at least some of the crimes is Kaathavarayan, his secret accomplices being some wellknown public figures like the rich young wastrel Veerarajan and the Kuttipatti Zamindar. ........

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