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Vaanampadi (1963)

Vaanampadi poster
Original title
வானம்பாடி
Directed by
G. R. Nathan
Genre
thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 26m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man investigates a series of mysterious events that put his family in danger. He must uncover the truth before it is too late.

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What happens

Vanambadi ( transl. Skylark) is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language thriller film, directed by G. R. Nathan, produced by K. Murukesan and Kannadasan, and written by Valampuri Somanathan. A remake of the 1957 Bengali film Sesh Porichoy, it stars S. S. Rajendran and Devika, with R. Muthuraman, S. V. Sahasranamam, T. R. Rajakumari, T. R. Ramachandran, R. S. Manohar, Pushpalatha, Sheela and Kamal Haasan. The film was released on 9 March 1963 and emerged a success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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