Paththarai Maathu Thangam

Paththarai Maathu Thangam (transl. Pure gold) is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film produced and directed by K. S. Mani. The film stars N. N. Kannappa, T. S. Balaiah and Pandari Bai.^[1] It was released on 22 May 1959.^[2]

Paththarai Maathu Thangam
Poster
Directed by	K. S. Mani
Screenplay by	Kalaipithan
Produced by	K. S. Mani
Starring	N. N. Kannappa Pandari Bai T. S. Balaiah T. R. Ramachandran M. S. Sundari Bai
Cinematography	Balakrishna
Music by	G. Govindarajulu Naidu Tiruvenkadu Selvarathinam
Production company	Manivel Pictures
Release date	22 May 1959 (1959-05-22)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

The following list was adapted from the database of Film News Anandan^[2]

Male cast N. N. Kannappa T. S. Balaiah T. R. Ramachandran M. R. Santhanam K. S. Rajam Gopal

Female cast Pandari Bai M. S. Sundari Bai Meenakshi Kanchana

Production

The film was produced and directed by K. S. Mani under the banner Manivel Pictures and was released on 22 May 1959. Kalaipithan wrote the story and dialogues. Balakrishna was in charge of Cinematography.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Govindarajulu Naidu and Tiruvenkadu Selvarathinam while the lyrics were penned by Thamizh Azhagan, Subbu Arumugam, Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy, V. Lakshmana Das and Kavi Rajagopal.^[3]

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Length
"Aasai Thambi Kitte Vaa"	Shantha Nair	Thamizh Azhagan	03:04
"Sirithu Pesi Otrumaiyaai"	P. Leela, A. P. Komala		02:39
"Kaathulla Pothe Thoothikanum"	T. M. Soundararajan	Subbu Arumugam
"Aadhavanaam Deivam Tharum"
"Aniyaayam Adukkumaa"	M. S. Rajeswari	Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy	03:14
"Yezhai Ennaalume Yezhaiyaa"	S. Janaki	V. Lakshmana Das
"Onnum Theriyaadha"	P. Susheela	Kavi Rajagopal	03:29
"Manasa Nallaa Theriyaame"	T. V. Rathnam
"Jaya Jaya Nama Paarvathi"	Dasarathan, Shanmugam, Rama Rao Shanmugasundaram, Dhuruvan	Old Tamil song