Sadhu Mirandal is 1 1966 Tamil crime thriller film was directed by Thirumalai — Mahalingam and Produced by A. Bhimsingh under his production company Sun Beam's. The film story was inspired by Surya Narayana Murder Casein T. Nagar. The film story and dialogue were written by Usilai Tha. Somanathan and Screenplay were written by A. Bhimsingh. Music by T. K. Ramamoorthy assets to the movie. The film starring T. R. Ramachandran(who played Bank Cashier), Nagesh(who Played Taxi Driver) and O. A. K. Thevar(who played criminal) played lead with Kalpana, Manorama, Kutty Padmini and Master Prabhakar(the two Kids are played Cashier Childrens played portraying supporting roles.^[1][2] The film was remade in Hindi as Sadhu Aur Shaitaan and in Kannada as Driver Hanumanthu.

Plot

It is story of two bosom - friends Pasubathi(T. R. Ramachandran and Narasimman(O. A. K. Thevar). The Bank Cashier with a happy family of his two kids Preema(Kutty Padmini and Ramu(Master Prabhakar). The two children's are most close to they school teacher Kalpana(Kalpana) Innocent and honest Kabali(Nagesh) drives a taxi and helps everyone. He is devoted to another kind - hearted gentleman Mr. Pasubathi(T. R. Ramachandran), who is bank employee. Kabali is attracted to a food carrier maid Karpangam(Manorama) and she is also Kabali's Cousin. Karpagam father strictly told Kabali gives 5,000 rupees cash for our marriage. So, he was try to saving money for Mr. Pasubathi's Bank. One day a man claiming to be childhood friend of Pasubathi, named Narasimman(O. A. K. Thevar) enter their lives. His motive is to rob the bank where Pasubathi is employed and Blame Pasubathi for this. He manipulates Pasubathi into accepting him and moves in with him. He borrows 5,000 rupee money from Pasubathi and also manages to duplicate the bank's safe Key and steals the money. The Bank Manager(S. V. Sahasranamam) notifies the Police of the robbery and Pasubathi becomes crime suspects. In Panic Pasubathi, who comes into possessions of the money that Narasimman has stolen, flees with the police on his tail. Narasimman is killed and his dead body ends up in the back seat of Kabali taxi. Where he is forced to becomes a perfomer. However, truth triumphs in the end and the bank cashier. Cleared the charge, unites with his family.

Cast

• T. R. Ramachandran as Pasubathi, A Bank Cashier
• Nagesh as Kabali , A Taxi driver
• O. A. K. Thevar as Narasimman, Criminal head
• Kalpana as Kalpana, A School teacher
• Manorama as Karpagam, a Carrier maid
• Kutty Padmini as Preema, Pasubathi's daughter
• Master Prabhakar as Ramu, Pasubathi's Son
• S. V. Sahasranamam as Bank Manager
• S. D. Subbulakshmi as Parvathi, Bank Manager's Wife
• T. S. Balaiah as Ramananda Bhagavathar, Kalapana's Father
• Typist Gopu as Kadam Master, Ramananda Bhagavathar Troupe
• S. R. Janaki as Pasubathi's house Maid/Kabali's Mother
• Chittoor V. Nagaiah as Micheal, Church Priest
• S. Rama Rao as Prohit - 1
• Usilai Mani as Prohit -2
• A. Karunanidhi as Cinema Makeup Artist
• A. Veerappan as The Groom
• K. Surya Kala as The Bride
• Chandran Babu as A Stranger
• K. Natarajan as A Judge

Crew

• Art = H. Shantharam
• Stills = C. Padmmanaban
• Design = Baktha
• Publicity = Sembi Publicities
• Processing = T. Ramasami by AVM
• Audiography(song) = J. J. Manickam
• Re - Recording = J. J. Manickam
• Audiography(dialogue) = M. Loganathan
• Outdoor = Sujatha Movietone
• Choreography = Chinni - Sambath
• Stunt = K. Sedhu Madhavan

Soundtrack

Music composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Alangudi Somu and Thanjai Vaanan. The playback singers consists of Balamurali Krishna, A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari, S. C. Krishnan, Ponnusamy, Lalitha and Sundar - Surendran. A Song with them, a for Apple...B for Biscuit... C for Chocolate become popular(voice by A. L. Raghavan and L. R. Eswari).^[1]