Thirumbi Paar (1953)

Thirumbi Paar, directed by T. R. Sundaram, was an interesting film in which Sivaji Ganesan played a role with negative shades. The character dabbles in avenues such as journalism and politics. T. P. Muthulakshmi plays the dumb wife of an elderly husband (K. A. Thangavelu) who goes to work early. Sivaji Ganesan, a seducer, who sneaks into the dumb woman’s house, alters the clock to send the husband away well before the usual time. This sequence was mercilessly scissored by the censors and what was left lost its touch of satire and innuendo!

Date of release
1953-03-31
TMDB
1.0 / 10 (2)
Genres
Drama
Director
T. R. Sundaram

Casting

Interesting facts

Thirumbi Paar is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language film starring Sivaji Ganesan, P. V. Narasimha Bharathi, Pandari Bai, Krishna Kumari and Girija. Produced and directed by T. R. Sundaram of Modern Theatres, the film was written by M. Karunanidhi, who would later become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Thirumbi Paar was one of the earliest Tamil films whose dialogues were known to be a political satire on the Indian National Congress, the ruling party then. Sivaji Ganesan played a negative role in the film and received wide acclaim.

Production

Thirumbi Paar was produced and directed by T. R. Sundaram. M. Karunanidhi, the screenwriter, was then a prominent member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). The story of the film was inspired from the story of Ahalya. Sivaji Ganesan, who made his debut through Parasakthi (1952) played antihero roles in most of the films during this period. He continued to act in such roles in films such as Rangoon Radha and Andha Naal, both in 1954.

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