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Kalam Vellum
Kalam Vellum
	Poster
Directed by	M. Karnan
Written by	A. Gurusamy; Mathangan
Story by	Mathangan
Produced by	M. Karnan
Starring	Jaishankar; Vijayakumari; Vijaya Lalitha
Cinematography	M. Karnan
Edited by	G. Kalyanasundaram
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production; company	Indirani Films
Release date	11 September 1970;
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Kalam Vellum (/kɑːləm vɛllum/ transl. Time Will Win) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language Western film^[1] produced, filmed and directed by M. Karnan. The film stars Jaishankar, Vijayakumari and Vijaya Lalitha. It revolves around a farmer who, in his quest to avenge his sister's death, becomes a dacoit bent on revenge. The film was released on 11 September 1970.

Plot

Velu, a poor farmer, loses his sister Dhanam due to the atrocities and exploitation of landlord Periyaraja. To avenge his sister's death, Velu kills Periyaraja's brother Chinnaraja. He then escapes from there and joins a gang of dacoits, headed by Narasingam. The gang is initially perturbed by Velu's presence, but his courage and good nature wins him their love and respect. Velu succeeds Narasingam as the gang leader. His aim is to rob the rich and save the poor. He is constantly looking for an opportunity to take revenge against Periyasamy. Velu forgets that his wife is waiting for his return to his village. Finally, Velu takes revenge on Periyaraja and surrenders to the police.

Cast

Jaishankar as Velu^[2]
Vijayakumari as Kannamma^[2]
Nagesh as Paavadai^[3]
O. A. K. Thevar as Periyaraja^[2]
M. R. R. Vasu as Chinnaraja^[2]
Vijaya Lalitha as Rani^[3]
Gandhimathi as Velu's mother^[2]
Usha as Dhanam^[2]
Shanmugasundaram as Narasingam^[4]
V. Nagayya as a police officer^[5]

Production

In January 1970, several months after the release of his first film as a producer (Pennai Vazha Vidungal, August 1969), M. Karnan began pre-production on his directorial debut, Kalam Vellum.^[6]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[7]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Ellorum Thirudargale"	P. Susheela
2.	"Ennanga Sambandhi Eppo Namma Sambandham"	P. Susheela, T. M. Soundararajan, P. Madhuri
3.	"Maalaiyittom Pongalittom"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari, Chorus
4.	"Penn Oru Kannadi"	L. R. Eswari

Release and reception

Kalam Vellum was released on 11 September 1970.^[6] The Indian Express called it a "hotchpotch of all the adventure films that have come in Tamil and English movies that have been imported".^[8]

References

^ Rangan, Baradwaj (11 April 2020). "Sivaji Ganesan's 'Vietnam Veedu' Turns 50: A Rewind To The Film, Its Time, And Its Leading Man". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pillai 2015, p. 168.
^ ^a ^b Pillai 2015, p. 171.
^ Pillai 2015, p. 169.
^ Pillai 2015, p. 176.
^ ^a ^b Pillai 2015, p. 166.
^ "Kaalam Vellum". Tamil Songs Lyrics. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Cinema". The Indian Express. 26 September 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Google News Archive.

Bibliography

Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (24 April 2015). "Tamil B Movie Westerns: The Global South and Genre Subversion". The Western in the Global South. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-73113-1.

External links

Kalam Vellum at IMDb

[1] Rangan, Baradwaj (11 April 2020). "Sivaji Ganesan's 'Vietnam Veedu' Turns 50: A Rewind To The Film, Its Time, And Its Leading Man". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015168-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pillai 2015, p. 168.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015171-3] Pillai 2015, p. 171.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015169-4] Pillai 2015, p. 169.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015176-5] Pillai 2015, p. 176.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015166-6] Pillai 2015, p. 166.

[7] "Kaalam Vellum". Tamil Songs Lyrics. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[8] "Cinema". The Indian Express. 26 September 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Google News Archive.

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+'''''Kalam Vellum''''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɑː|l|ə|m|_|v|ɛ|l|l|u|m}} {{translation|Time Will Win}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Western (genre)|Western film]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=11 April 2020 |title=Sivaji Ganesan's 'Vietnam Veedu' Turns 50: A Rewind To The Film, Its Time, And Its Leading Man |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/sivaji-ganesans-vietnam-veedu-turns-50-a-rewind-to-the-film-its-time-and-its-leading-man/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/oHVtw |archive-date=27 April 2022 |access-date=31 May 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref> produced, filmed and directed by [[M. Karnan]]. The film stars [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]], [[C. R. Vijayakumari|Vijayakumari]] and [[Vijaya Lalitha]]. It revolves around a farmer who, in his quest to avenge his sister's death, becomes a [[Dacoity|dacoit]] bent on revenge. The film was released on 11 September 1970.
 == Plot ==
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-Velu, a poor farmer, loses his sister Dhanam due to the atrocities and exploitation of landlord Periyaraja. To avenge his sister's death, Velu kills Periyaraja's brother Chinnaraja. He then escapes from there. He joins a gang of [[Dacoity|dacoits]], headed by Narasingam. The gang is initially perturbed by Velu's presence, but his courage and good nature wins him their love and respect. Velu succeeds Narasingam as the gang leader. His aim is to rob the rich and save the poor. He is constantly looking for an opportunity to take revenge against Periyasamy. Velu forgets that his wife is waiting for his return to his village. Finally, Velu takes revenge on Periyaraja and surrenders to the police.
+Velu, a poor farmer, loses his sister Dhanam due to the atrocities and exploitation of landlord Periyaraja. To avenge his sister's death, Velu kills Periyaraja's brother Chinnaraja. He then escapes from there and joins a gang of [[Dacoity|dacoits]], headed by Narasingam. The gang is initially perturbed by Velu's presence, but his courage and good nature wins him their love and respect. Velu succeeds Narasingam as the gang leader. His aim is to rob the rich and save the poor. He is constantly looking for an opportunity to take revenge against Periyasamy. Velu forgets that his wife is waiting for his return to his village. Finally, Velu takes revenge on Periyaraja and surrenders to the police.
 == Cast ==
-* [[Jaishankar]] as Velu{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
+{{Cast listing|* [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as Velu{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
 * [[C. R. Vijayakumari|Vijayakumari]] as Kannamma{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
 * [[Nagesh]] as Paavadai{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=171}}
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 * [[M. R. R. Vasu]] as Chinnaraja{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
 * [[Vijaya Lalitha]] as Rani{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=171}}
-* [[Ganthimathi]] as Velu's mother{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
+* [[Gandhimathi]] as Velu's mother{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
 * [[Usharani|Usha]] as Dhanam{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=168}}
 * [[Shanmugasundaram]] as Narasingam{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=169}}
-* [[V. Nagaiah]] as a police officer{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=176}}
+* [[V. Nagayya]] as a police officer{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=176}}}}
 == Production ==
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 == Soundtrack ==
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+The soundtrack was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]], with lyrics by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaalam Vellum |url=https://tamilsongslyrics123.com/movie/Kaalam%20Vellum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426105202/https://tamilsongslyrics123.com/movie/Kaalam%20Vellum |archive-date=26 April 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=Tamil Songs Lyrics}}</ref>
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 == Release and reception ==
-''Kalam Vellum'' was released on 11 September 1970.{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=166}} ''[[The Indian Express]]'' called it a "hotchpotch of all the adventure films that have come in Tamil and English movies that have been imported".<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 September 1970 |title=Cinema |pages=8 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700926&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 May 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
+''Kalam Vellum'' was released on 11 September 1970.{{sfn|Pillai|2015|p=166}} ''[[The Indian Express]]'' called it a "hotchpotch of all the adventure films that have come in Tamil and English movies that have been imported".<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 September 1970 |title=Cinema |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700926&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 May 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=8 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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+[[Category:1970s Indian films]]
+[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by M. Karnan]]
 [[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
 [[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
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