Engal Thangam

Thangam, a truck driver comes to the rescue of Sumathi, his blind younger sister, by putting on (by assuming) the offences of Moorthy, her husband. Moorthy is a childhood friend of Thangam. Today, Moorthy fell to the hands of a mysterious group of burglars, because he is the best professional in the city. Thangam wants at all costs to save him from this gang and to stop them. Thangam will be helped in his quest by Kaladevi, his lover. On learning that and were bankrupt, along with acted in without taking any remuneration. The colours of the (DMK) flag – red and black – are featured in the attire Ramachandran frequently wears in the film as his character. The song “Naan Sethu Pulachavanda”, where he sings that he has risen from the dead, is a reference to Ramachandran having survived a gunshot wound inflicted on his throat by in 1967. Music is composed by , with lyrics by . The song “Don’t Touch Mr X” includes English lyrics. “Thangapadhakkathin Mele” was remixed in (2005). was released on 9 October 1970, and distributed by Venus Movies. criticised the film for not offering anything new, but lauded Ramachandran’s performance of the and concluded, “One is tired of this kind of movie with a huge bag of morals”. The film ran for over 100 days in theatres. It won the – Second Prize, Vaali won the , and Pushpalatha won the .