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Thaaye Unakkaga
1966 film by P. Pullaiah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thaaye Unakkaga (transl. Mother, for you only) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Pullayya and written by Kannadasan. The film has an ensemble cast. It is a remake of the 1959 Russian film Ballad of a Soldier.[2] The film was released on 26 August 1966.[3]
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Plot
A single mom awaits her son in the beautiful Nilgiri mountains, as her young son is on the war front in the Himalayan range . The Jawan , Raju gets letter from his mom wanting to meet him . He faces various challenges as he embarks on the journey from the Kashmir to the Nilgiris . Whether hs is able to meet his mom forms the climax of the movie
Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Captain Swamy[4]
- Sivakumar as Major Raju
- S. S. Rajendran as Major Raghu
- Muthuraman as Johnson
- Nagesh as Neelu
- Padmini as Devi
- C. R. Vijayakumari as Lakshmi
- Devika as Reetta
- J. Jayalalithaa as Komala
- Santha Kumari as Thaayaramma
- Vijayakumar as George Reetta’s Fiancée
- V. K. Ramasamy as Aarumugam
- Ennathe Kannaiah as Kannaiya
- Pushpalatha as Radha, Raju’s Fiancée
- C. K. Saraswathi as Paravatham
- R. S. Manohar as Rajankam
- Major Sundarrajan as Vignesh Irudhayaraj
- Ramadas as Military Soldier
- Kuladeivam Rajagopal as Ranga
- Manorama as Padma
- Kumari Sachu as Dancer
- Comedy Shanmugam as Village People
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Production
After watching the 1959 Russian film Ballad of a Soldier at the International Film Festival in Madras, Kannadasan wanted to remake it in Tamil.[5] The dialogues were written by A. L. Narayanan.[6]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and lyrics written by Kannadasan.[7]
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