Thozhilali

Raju, a relentless worker, is the only son of a widow of peasant origin, which in spite of the economic difficulties, makes a success, in parallel, of brilliant of high studies. We see him climbing, not without happiness and problems, the social scale, via diverse jobs, arousing in the passage, the jealousy of his rich neighbours. But his effort will be rewarded in the measure for hard sound labour, in the person of beautiful and intelligent Vijaya. Raju joins a bus company and earns the respect of boss Murugappan. Murugappan’s daughter Meena falls for Raju but he refuses to marry her and is thrown out of the company. marked the acting debut of . The film was inspired by ‘s early life as a milk supplier before he became a wealthy film producer in a manner. While Thevar himself wrote the story, wrote the dialogues. The soundtrack was composed by . was released on 25 September 1964. Writing for , T. M. Ramachandran praised M. A. Thirumugam’s direction, saying he has “shown much improvement in skill and ability as a box-office wizard” and also praised N. S. Varma’s cinematography and performances of the artistes. The film became a box-office success, running for over 100 days in theatres.