Maragadham (1959)

Original title

மரகதம்

Directed by

S. M. Sriramulu Naidu

Genre

crime, thriller

Country

India

Runtime

2h 33m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a murder in a hill station. The film follows the search for a killer.

suspensefulmysterioustenseretrodramaticnoirishgritty

What happens

Maragatham (transl. Emerald) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film produced, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It is an adaptation of the novel Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai by T. S. D. Sami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. It was released on 21 August 1959. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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