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Ezhai Pangalan (1963)

Ezhai Pangalan poster
Directed by
K. Shankar
Genre
drama
Country
India
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor man struggles with life and love in 1960s Tamil Nadu. His fortunes change when he meets a kind woman, but family and social pressures create conflict.

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What happens

Ezhai Pangalan (transl. Poor partner) is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar, written by M. Lakshmanan and produced by K. V. Mahadevan, who also composed the music. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Ragini, Pushpalatha and M. N. Nambiar. It was released on 20 December 1963. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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