Ratha Paasam

Ratha Paasam (1954)

ரத்த பாசம்

Raja is a petty thief living around the streets of Bombay, indulging in pickpocketing. In the same city lives Rani who makes a living through dancing. The two meet and fall in love. Raghu, the owner of a cycle company, lives luxuriously with his wife Sarala and children in Madras. Madhu, his manager, has been misappropriating the company funds with the help of his lover Manorama who Raghu is later attracted to. The company is soon closed due to losses, putting Sarala and her children in poverty.

Date of release
1954-08-14
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 59m
Director
R. S. Mani

Casting

Interesting facts

Ratha Paasam is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by R. S. Mani, written by C. V. Sridhar and produced by T. K. Muthusamy. The film stars T. K. Shanmugam, T. K. Bhagavathi, Anjali Devi, M. S. Draupadi, T. S. Balaiah and N. R. Vidyavathi. It is based on Sridhar's play of the same name. The film was released on 14 August 1954, became a commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi as Bhai-Bhai (1956).

Production

When he was 17−18 years old, C. V. Sridhar wrote a story named Latchiyavathi and approached AVM Productions with the intention of making it a film, but AVM director P. Neelakantan rejected it. The story was later picked up for the stage by T. K. Shanmugam's troupe, T.K.S. Brothers and staged as Ratha Paasam. The play's film adaptation would later be produced by Shanmugam's brother T. K.

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