Kaithi Kannayiram (1960)
கைதி கண்ணாயிரம்
Kannayiram loses his son to kidnappers and is jailed on false charges. Later, he finds a new direction in life and decides to save the life of the jailer's son who is kidnapped by other inmates.
- Date of release
- 1960-12-01
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- A. S. A. Samy
Casting
- R. S. Manohar — Kannayiram
- P. S. Veerappa — Jagatheeran
- Rajasulochana — Pattammal
- K. A. Thangavelu — Singaram
- E. V. Saroja — Madhavi
- Javar Seetharaman — Jailor
- Sridhar — Ravi
- Daisy Irani — Kumaran
- Kallapart Natarajan — Inspector Anand
- Kambar Jayaraman — Sethu
- Periyar Rajavelu
- ‘Socrates' Thangaraj
Interesting facts
Kaithi Kannayiram is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language crime film, written and directed by A. S. A. Sami. Produced by T. R. Sundaram of Modern Theatres, the film stars R. S. Manohar and Rajasulochana. A remake of the 1959 Hindi film Qaidi No. 911, it revolves around a man who is arrested for a robbery he never committed. The film was released on 1 December 1960 and became a commercial success.
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