Pallandu Vazhga
| Pallandu Vazhga | |
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| Directed by | K. Shankar |
| Produced by | S. Maniyan Vidwan V.Lakshmanan |
| Written by | R. K. Shanmugam |
| Screenplay by | S. Maniyan Vidwan V.Lakshmanan Thamarai Manalan Na. Pandurangan |
| Story by | V. Shantaram |
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| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | T. V.Rajaram |
| Edited by | K. Shankar |
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Production
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Udhayam Productions
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| Distributed by | Udhayam Productions |
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Release date
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31 october 1975 |
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Running time
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154 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pallandu Vazhga (English: Live Long!) is a 1975 Indian Tamil drama film directed by K. Shankar, starring M. G. Ramachandran and Latha in the lead roles. The film ran for over 100 days in theatres. It is a remake of V. Shantaram's 1957 Hindi film Do Aankhen Barah Haath.
Rajan (MGR) is a jail warden who rehabilitates six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue. He takes these notorious, often surly, murderers and makes them work hard with him on a dilapidated country farm, rehabilitating them through hard work and kindly guidance as they eventually produce a great harvest. The warden is however given an ultimatum: He will be arrested if even one of the prisoners attempts escape.
They all come across Saroja (Latha) an itinerant seller who they get attracted to, but she only gets close to Rajan, after he saves her from a bunch of goons. As Saroja is homeless, the six prisoners plead with Rajan to let the girl stay with them and he subsequently agrees. When Sanguili (R.S. Manohar), one of the prisoners, coincidentally runs into his long-lost family, he tearfully re-unites with them. But they appear homeless, and so Rajan allows them also to stay with him and the other prisoners. This angers the other prisoners who feel that Rajan did not give them freedom, compelling them to try killing him in order to escape.
Another prisoner Mayandi (V.K. Ramaswamy) who was a barber before his arrest, agrees to give Rajan a shave (it is his trick to kill the warden by cutting his neck). The warden has unaware that he is going to be killed and blissfully sits for the shave, but the prisoner sees Rajan's magical eyes and gets hypnotised, thus compelling him to abort the idea of murder. The prisoners who were attempting escape while Rajan was having a shave, however see a statue of C. N. Annadurai and because they see Rajan's spirit in it, they get hypnotised and eventually return. The prisoners' escape was well seen by the other policemen around, which leads to Rajan's stay in jail for one day. However, when they hear that the prisoners have returned, Rajan is released and returns to his duty. The prisoners gradually turn into good people and become attached to Rajan, who dreams of marrying Saroja, in his mother's presence.
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