Bhaaga Pirivinai

Vaidyalingam and Sundaralingam are brothers devoted to each other and married to Akilandam and Meenakshi respectively. While Vaidyalingam has no children of his own, Sundaralingam has Kannaiyan and Mani. While Kannaiyan had lost the use of his left hand due to an accident turns out to be uneducated; Mani turns out to be healthy, well-educated and almost the surrogate son of Akilandam, who hates the rest of Sundaralingam's family.

Enter Singapore Singaram, Akilandam's brother who is corrupt, cunning, evil, money-minded. He manipulates the situation such that Sundaralingam and Vaidyalingam are forced to partition their property (something considered the ultimate failure of joint families) while Kannaiyan and Mani are forced to separate as Mani is now married to Amudha, Singaram's daughter. Kannaiyan is married to Ponni. Singaram swindles off all the money from Akilandam and gets Mani into trouble in his office by stealing the company money.

In the end, Kannaiyan who comes to city to get treatment, accidentally gets electric shock and gets back the use of his hand, thrashes Singaram and reunites the family.

• Sivaji Ganesan as Kannaiyan{{Cite news |last=Jeyaraj |first=DBS |date=26 July 2014 |title=Sivaji Ganesan: Tamil cinema's versatile actor par excellence |work=Daily FT |url=http://www.ft.lk/article/328270/Sivaji-Ganesan---Tamil-cinema-s-versatile-actor-par-excellence |url-status=live |access-date=2018-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110082859/http://www.ft.lk/article/328270/Sivaji-Ganesan---Tamil-cinema-s-versatile-actor-par-excellence |archive-date=10 January 2017}}
• B. Sarojadevi as Ponni
• M. N. Nambiar as Mani (Kannaiyan's brother)
• M. R. Radha as Singapor Singaram
• T. S. Balaiah as Vaithiyalingam Moopanar
• S. V. Subbaiah as Sundaralingam Moopanar (Kannaiyan's father)
• M. V. Rajamma as Meenakshi (Kannaiyan's mother)
• C. K. Saraswathi as Akilandam (Vaithiyalingam's wife, Singarm's sister)
• N. Lalitha as Amutha (Mani Lover)
• K. M. Nambirajan
• S. Ramarao
• C. T. Rajakantham as Jaaldra Devi
• Padmini Priyadarshini as Annarkali

The film was produced by G. N. Velumani from Gobichettipalayam, who began life as a costume maker before rising to become a top Tamil producer. The film was shot at Neptune Studio (later Sathya Studio) in Adyar. G. Vittal Rao was the man behind the camera and Bhim Singh himself edited the film. Hari Babu and Gajapathi were in charge of make-up, while G. S. Mani, a musicologist, assisted in composing the music. The dances were choreographed by Madhavan, Chinnilal and Sampath.{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=31 January 2015 |title=Bhagapirivinai 1959 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-bhagapirivinai-1959/article6842599.ece |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815202237/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-bhagapirivinai-1959/article6842599.ece |archive-date=15 August 2020}} It was the first film to be shot in Gobichettipalayam.{{Cite web |date=7 March 2018 |title=Gobichettipalayam – a 'paradise' for cinema directors |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/salem/gobichettipalayam-a-paradise-for-cinema-directors/articleshow/63193200.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714173507/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/salem/gobichettipalayam-a-paradise-for-cinema-directors/articleshow/63193200.cms |archive-date=14 July 2018 |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=The Times of India}}

The music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy.{{Cite web |date=1959-12-01 |title=Bhaaga Pirivinai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/bhaaga-pirivinai-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1360844590 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720110831/https://music.apple.com/in/album/bhaaga-pirivinai-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1360844590 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=Apple Music}} Lyrics were by Kannadasan, A. Maruthakasi and Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram. Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy used only three instruments for the song "Thazhayam Poo Mudichi".{{Cite web |last=Rajasekaran |first=Ilangovan |title=The legend of music |url=https://www.frontline.in/other/obituary/the-legend-of-music/article7443685.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200907114733/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/the-legend-of-music/article7443685.ece |archive-date=7 September 2020 |access-date=20 July 2018 |website=Frontline}}{{cite magazine |date=16 April 1989 |title=திரையும் இசையும் |url=https://archive.org/download/kalki1989-04-16/kalki1989-04-16.pdf |access-date=3 October 2024 |magazine=Kalki |pages=20–22 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}} For the song "En Piranthai Magane", Kalyanasundaram was originally approached to write lyrics; however he was not comfortable writing lyrics for a lullaby so he insisted the producer to chose Kannadasan to write the lyrics. Kannadasan had a misunderstanding with Ganesan after Naane Raja and did not write any songs for him. When producer asked Ganesan to have Kannadasan as the lyricist, he duly agreed.{{cite magazine |date=15 June 1980 |title=பாடல் பிறந்த பின்னே... |url=https://archive.org/download/kalki1980-06-15/kalki1980-06-15.pdf |access-date=3 October 2024 |magazine=Kalki |pages=43–45 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}

The Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan appreciated the film stating "Sivaji's acting was fantastic in the role and the film totally fulfilled the expectations of everyone".{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=135}} At the 7th National Film Awards, the film won the President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil.{{Cite web |title=7th National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326125140/http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2015 |access-date=4 September 2011 |website=Directorate of Film Festivals}}

The film was remade in Hindi as Khandan (1965),{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=23 August 2014 |title=Orey Vazhi 1959 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-orey-vazhi-1959/article6345207.ece |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140824055417/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-orey-vazhi-1959/article6345207.ece |archive-date=24 August 2014}} in Telugu as Kalasi Vunte Kaladu Sukham (1961), in Kannada as Muriyada Mane (1964),{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=9 June 2016 |title=Kalasi Vunte Kaladu Sukham (1961) |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Kalasi-Vunte-Kaladu-Sukham-1961/article14412512.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114130541/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Kalasi-Vunte-Kaladu-Sukham-1961/article14412512.ece |archive-date=14 November 2020}} and in Malayalam as Nirakudam (1977).{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=30 May 2016 |title=Nirakudam: 1977 |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/nirakudam-1977/article8664132.ece |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210624084354/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/nirakudam-1977/article8664132.ece |archive-date=24 June 2021}}

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