Bale Pandiya

<p>Bale Pandiya is a young innocent man who leads a troubled life. He is saved from his suicide attempt by Kabali, who hatches a plan to get him killed under the false identity of his goon (Pandiya’s look-alike) Marudhu and get all the insurance money on Marudhu’s head and share among themselves. Meanwhile, Pandiya falls for Geetha, and her father Amirthalingam Pillai accepts the romance. Ravi, Geeta’s nephew helps her love to get approval from Amirthalingam. Pandiya is continuously being chased by Marudhu and Kabali. While being chased by them once, he gets into a runaway car being driven by an insane young girl. The car crashes, but the girl gets cured from her insanity. Her father as a token of gratitude for her daughter’s cure, allows Pandiya, who is homeless, to stay with them. Parallelly, Marudhu and Kabali’s pursuit for Pandiya still continues. On one occasion, they successfully toss him into the sea. Meanwhile Ravi and Vasanthi fall in love. What happens next with all the look-alike identities and the comedy of errors forms the remaining story. Shortly before his trip to the United States in May 1962, had signed up for a film titled , produced and directed by under Padmini Pictures. He visited the studio on the second day of the month, and left on the twelfth after the film was completed. Ganesan believed himself to hold the “world record of completing a film in eleven days time.” He played three distinct roles, while his co-star played two roles. Ganesan spoke in to play his characters. The story was written by Maa. Raa. and Joshi, while the screenplay was written by Dada Mirasi. Cinematography was handled by V. Ramamoorthy, and the editing by R. Devarajan. According to Panthulu’s son Ravishankar, the entire film was completed in 15 days, with shooting going on simultaneously in three places. The final length of the film was 4,449 metres (14,596 ft). Music was composed by , with lyrics by . “Neeye Unakku Endrum” is set in the known as ( in ), and attained popularity. The song “Vaazha Ninaithal” was recreated as the theme song for the series . was released on 26 May 1962. Sekar and Sundar of praised the film for its comedy and Ganesan’s triple role performance. Kanthan of , however, gave a less positive review, praising Ganesan and Radha’s multiple role performances, but criticising the direction and cinematography.</p>