Sabash Thambi

1967 Indian film
  • 10 February 1967 (1967-02-10)
Running time
177 minutes[1]CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Sabash Thambi (transl. Bravo, my brother) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language spy thriller film, directed by C. P. Jambulingam and produced by K. R. Balan. Music was by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. The film stars Jaishankar and L. Vijayalakshmi.[1] It was released on 10 February 1967.[2]

Plot

Ramesh dies in an accident and he is suspected to have committed suicide by every one. But Sekar claims it to be a murder and he is on a mission to find out the culprits using his wits and instinct. He gets behind the mystery of Ramesh's death and solves the case.

Cast

  • Jaishankar as Sekhar[3]
  • L. Vijayalakshmi as Shanthi[3]
  • S. A. Ashokan as Ramesh[3]
  • Rathna as Ratna
  • Nagesh as JB[3]
  • Thengai Srinivasan as Muthu
  • Pandari Bai as Sarada[3]
  • O. A. K. Thevar as Jagadish
  • Master Rajkumar as Babu
  • M. R. R. Vasu as Vasu
  • Suryakala as JB's assistant

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and lyrics were written by Vaali.[4]

Song Singer Length
"Nenjam Oru Panju" (Puthusu Idhu) T. M. Soundararajan P. Susheela 05:22
"Oi Mama Ungal" L. R. Eswari & Sadhan 04:18
"Polish Boot Polish" P. Susheela 03:15
"Aambala Singame" (Aiyaadio Aiyaadio) S. C. Krishnan, L. R. Eswari & Chorus 05:10
"Sabash Thambi Unseigayai" T. M. Soundararajan 03:19

Reception

Kalki noted that the film did not have enough scope for Jaishankar to show his heroism and called the story old-fashioned, but appreciated Rajkumar's performance.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cowie & Elley 1977, p. 279.
  2. ^ Mahendran 2013, p. 343.
  3. ^ a b c d e "சபாஷ் தம்பி". Pesum Padam (in Tamil). March 1967. p. 129. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Issuu.
  4. ^ "Sabash Thambi". Songs4all. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ "சபாஷ் தம்பி". Kalki (in Tamil). 5 March 1967. p. 26. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

Bibliography

  • Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek, eds. (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-498-01565-3.
  • Mahendran (2013) [2004]. சினிமாவும் நானும் [Cinema and I] (in Tamil). Karpagam Publications. OCLC 54777094.

External links

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