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 182day 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 Shakti1982film with Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan.
Music is composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. Behindwoods said, Songs in the film were superhits like the soulful Sumaithangi saindhal, or the lilting Nalladhoru kudumbam. One of the songs from this film Nallathoru Kudumbam has inspired a 1979 film of same name.Behindwoods called the film a simple story told in a powerful manner. and added that Sivaji breathed life into the character so much so that several of his successors have imbibed his style in playing the upright police officer. ........
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