Sadhu Mirandal

Sadhu Mirandal
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Tamil	சாது மிரண்டால்
Directed by	Thirumalai — Mahalingam
Produced by	A. Bhimsingh by Sun Beam's
Written by	Usilai Tha. Somanathan
Screenplay by	A. Bhimsingh
Story by	Usilai Tha. Somanathan
Based on	Surya Narayanan Murder Case in T. Nagar
Starring	T. R. Ramachandran Nagesh Kalpana Manorama O. A. K. Thevar Kutty Padmini Master Prabhakar
Music by	T. K. Ramamoorthy
Cinematography	G. Vittal Rao
Edited by	A. Paul Durai Singam
Production company	Sree Venkateswara Cinetone
Distributed by	Sun Beam's
Release date	14 April 1966
Running time	120 Mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sadhu Mirandal (English: If the meek are angered) is 1966 Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Thirumalai — Mahalingam and produced by A. Bhimsingh under his production company Sun Beam's. The film story was inspired by Surya Narayana Murder Casein T. Nagar. The film story and dialogue were written by Usilai Tha. Somanathan and Screenplay were written by A. Bhimsingh. Music by T. K. Ramamoorthy assets to the movie. The film starring T. R. Ramachandran(who played Bank Cashier), Nagesh(who Played Taxi Driver) and O. A. K. Thevar(who played criminal) played lead with Kalpana, Manorama, Kutty Padmini and Master Prabhakar(the two Kids are played Cashier Children's played portraying supporting roles. The film was remade in Hindi as Sadhu Aur Shaitaan(1968) and in Kannada as Driver Hanumanthu(1980). The role play by Nagesh in Tamil Version was reprised by Mehmood in the Hindi Version.

In late 1958, Madras woke up to the shocking news of a bank official named Surya Narayanan having been murdered in a moving car on the South Beach Road by two men, who claimed to be his friend. While the third, another friend drove the car, the two hailing from Northern India made a living acting as extras (now called Junior Artist) in the South Indian film world based in Kodambakkam. It was conspiracy hatched by the three particularly the car - owner - driver, who knew the manager was carrying a large sum of money from the head office in George Town to his branch in T. Nagar Known as the Surya Narayanan Murder Case it was a sensation reported in details of during the sevions court trial in English and local language dailies of the day. One killer managed to escape and has not been caught till today. While another was caught somewhere in Northern India and was hanged to death later. The main conspirator also received a stiff sentence. Inspired by the murder case, he worked out a screenplay, giving it an interesting twists, which made it a top class crime thriller.