President Panchaksharam

<p>A District Board president has a daughter studying in Madras. While he and his wife have different men as prospective grooms for her in their minds, the girl falls in love with her friend Sigamani. The two aspiring grooms come to the president’s town to finalise the marriage. Suddenly, the president receives a letter stating that the government is sending an official to secretly investigate his fraudulent affairs. When Sigamani visits the president and says he loves his daughter, the president mistakenly identifies Sigamani as the official. Playwright adapted Russian dramatist ‘s 1836 play into a Tamil play titled with starring. The play, which was produced by Sahasranamam’s own company Seva Stage, and had in a key role, was critically acclaimed, and it was adapted into a film with the same title. Sahasranamam, who appeared in the play, returned for the film as well. The film adaptation was directed and edited by , and produced by V. Arunachalam and under Savithri Pictures. Ramiah wrote the screenplay and dialogues. Cinematography was handled by , and the art direction by Chowdhury. The film featured a based on . The final length of the film was 14,614 feet (4,454 m). The soundtrack was composed by . was released on 10 July 1959. Kanthan of positively reviewed the film for being different from formulaic Tamil films released before. The film was commercially successful, and film historian said it would be remembered for “the interesting screenplay and good performances by Sahasranamam, Rajendran and Saroja Devi.”</p>