Nallathambi

Nallathambi Tamil is a 1949 Tamil film starring and produced by N. S. Krishnan. The films script was written by C. N. Annadurai later chief minister of Tamil Nadu. This film marked Annadurais debut in Tamil films.

Nallathambi NSK a simple rural man inherits an estate from his deceased Zamindar relative. The Zamindars daughter Pushpa Bhanumathi falls in love with Nallathambi. However he loves another girl T. A. Madhuram. Bhoopathy Sahasranamam the estate manager has his eye on the wealth and tries to cheat Nallathambi out of it. He goads Pushpa into filing a suit that Nallathambi is mentally insane. In the end Nallathambi defeats Bhoopathys machinations.The film was a commercial failure and a critical success. Its songs became hits and were popular. The musical skit Kindanar Kalatchepam became popular. To offset the financial loss of his backers, NSK announced a new film project titled Thambithurai to be written by Annadurai. However furious with the changes made to his Nallathambi script, Annadurai refused to work with NSK again. ........

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