Panam Panthiyile

Panam Panthiyile (transl. Money is the vanguard) is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language film produced by MAV Pictures. The film was directed by Krishna Rao^[1] and stars S. S. Rajendran, M. R. Radha, C. R. Vijayakumari and Rajasree.^[2] It was released on 7 November 1961.^[3] The film was remade in Malayalam as Ozhukkinethire.^[4]

Panam Panthiyile
Poster
Directed by	Krishna Rao
Screenplay by	Salem Natarajan
Story by	Era. Chezhiyan
Produced by	M. A. Venu
Starring	S. S. Rajendran M. R. Radha C. R. Vijayakumari Rajasree
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production company	MAV Pictures
Release date	7 November 1961 (1961-11-07)
Running time	2:41:06 (14499 ft.)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

The list is adapted from Thiraikalanjiyam^[1] and from the film credits.

Male cast S. S. Rajendran M. R. Radha V. K. Ramasamy A. Karunanidhi V. M. Ezhumalai T. V. Sathiyamoorthi Rathinam V. P. S. Mani M. A. Ganapathi C. K. Soundararajan

Female cast C. R. Vijayakumari Rajasree Pushpalatha Gemini Chandra Indrakala Vasantha S. N. Lakshmi

Production

The film was produced by M. A. Venu under his own banner MAV Pictures and was directed by Krishna Rao. The story was written by Era. Chezhiyan and the dialogues were penned by Salem Natarajan.^[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and the lyrics were penned by Ka. Mu. Sheriff.^[1]

Song	Singer/s
"Enguminge Iyarkaiyin Kaadchi"	T. M. Soundararajan & S. Janaki
"Panam Panthiyile Kunam Kuppaiyile"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan
"Aadavenum Paadavenum Inbamaaga"	T. M. Soundararajan
"Irukkum Idaththai Viddu Illaatha Idathilellaam"
"Thattaan Kadaiyile Thaaliyirukku"	T. M. Soundararajan & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi
"Panam Irukkumpodhu Oru Pechchu"	S. V. Ponnusamy & L. R. Eswari
"Kallum Kallum Modhumpothu Kanal Pirakkuthu"	T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela

Reception

Reviewing Panam Panthiyiley, one magazine wrote, “Radha illayel padam kuppayiley!” (without Radha, the film will be in trashcans!).^[6]