Anjal Petti 520 Explained

Anjal Petti 520
Director:T. N. Balu
Producer:N. Vasudeva Menon
Starring:Sivaji Ganesan
B. Saroja Devi
Music:R. Govardhanam
Studio:Bharath Movies
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Anjal Petti 520 is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by T. N. Balu and produced by N. Vasudeva Menon.[1] The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, M. N. Nambiar and Nagesh. It was released on 27 June 1969.[2] [3]

Plot

Prabhu is the Chennai Manager in a baby food company whose head office at Madurai. He is a very talented Manager and his MD assures him of a promotion to the General Manager position. Suddenly Prabhu gets information that his MD is not giving a promotion. Prabhu becomes angry and tends his resignation abusing his company MD. He drops the letter in Post box 520 (Anjalpetti 520). On the next day, Prabhu receives a telegram on his promotion. Prabhu realises his mistake and willing to take back the letter he posted to Post box 520. There starts the story of him chasing the letter and he getting messed up with conspiracy by villains and finally coming out of all his problems.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. Govardhanam.[4]

Song Singers Lyrics
"Manjal Mugamadiyo Santhana Silaye" Kannadasan
"Pathu Pathinaru" T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari
"Thirumagal En Veetai" P. Susheela Vaali
"Aathi Manithan" L. R. Eswari

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "Stringing together a few incidents, interesting in themselves but violating logic does not guarantee good entertainment, let alone make a novel movie."[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ashok . A. V. . 19 July 2002 . Incredible charisma on screen . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210423155852/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/incredible-charisma-on-screen/article28571251.ece . 23 April 2021 . 2 March 2021 . The Hindu.
  2. Web site: 121-130 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023410/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp13.htm . 4 March 2016 . 11 September 2014 . nadigarthilagam.com.
  3. 6 July 1969 . அஞ்சல் பெட்டி 520 . dead . https://archive.today/20220722051502/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1969/jul/06-07-1969/p62.jpg . 22 July 2022 . 22 July 2022 . . 62 . ta.
  4. Web site: Anjal Petti 520 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210921025025/https://tamilsongslyrics123.com/movie/Anjalpetti%2520520 . 21 September 2021 . 20 September 2021 . Tamil Songs Lyrics.
  5. News: 28 June 1969 . Too many fights . 11 February 2021 . . 5 . Google News Archive.