Thanippiravi

In the film, Ramachandran’s character initially sports a beard and , taking inspiration from the Argentine revolutionary . The music was composed by , with lyrics by . The song “Uzhaikkum Kaigale” conveys Ramachandran’s beliefs, and highlights “the role of the worker in building society”. was released on 16 September 1966 in most centres, and on 18 September in Madras (now ). said the film stood out compared to other Tamil films with regards to action and romance sequences. The film was not commercially successful, having run for ten weeks in theatres. Since Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa appeared as the gods and in a dream sequence, many of the actors’ fans worshipped pictures of the actors in their goddess avatars as if worshipping the actual gods.