Kathal Paduthum Padu

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;Lead cast

• Jaishankar as Raju
• Vanisri as Suguna

;Male supporting cast

• K. A. Thangavelu as Achu
• Moorthy as Vichu
• Suruli Rajan as Ponnambalam

;Female supporting cast

• Pandari Bai as Raju's mother
• Vijaya Lalitha as Chandra
• Jayanthi as Maya
• Muthulakshmi as Meenakshi
• Kumari Radha as Lalli
• Sakunthala as Kalarani
• Rajeshwari
• Rama Prabha as Laila

Kathal Paduthum Padu was directed by Joseph Thaliath Jr and produced by Dominic Joseph under the banner of Citadel Studios.{{Cite web |title=1966 – காதல்படுத்தும் பாடு – சிட்டாடல் ஸடுடியோ |trans-title=1966 – Kathal Paduthum Padu – Citadel Studios |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1966-cinedetails6.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171003072553/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1966-cinedetails6.asp |archive-date=3 October 2017 |access-date=3 October 2017 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=Tamil}} The story and dialogues were written by Kalaignanam.{{Cite news |date=9 November 2015 |title='திரைஞானி' கலைஞானம் |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/weekly/virunthinar-paguthi/news/1383373 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070454/https://www.dinamalar.com/news_detail.asp?id=1383373&Print=1 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |access-date=30 March 2019 |work=Dinamalar |language=ta}} This film marked Vanisri's first lead role in Tamil.{{sfn|Rajadhyaksha |Willemen |1998 |pages=228}} Gemini Rajeshwari (credited simply as Rajeshwari) was cast after Thaliath was impressed with her performance in the play Kannum Imaiyum.{{Cite web |last=Pannerselvam |first=Kanimozhi |date=27 June 2021 |title=பிரபல பழம்பெரும் நடிகை காலமானார்... சோகத்தில் மூழ்கிய திரையுலகம்...! |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/veteran-actress-gemini-rajeshwari-passed-away-qvcxqp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007051948/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/veteran-actress-gemini-rajeshwari-passed-away-qvcxqp |archive-date=7 October 2021 |access-date=7 October 2021 |website=Asianet News |language=ta}} Cinematography was handled by B. B. Lucas, and editing by M. Vellaichami. It is Vellaichami's first film as editor.{{Cite web |date=22 July 2021 |title=ஹீரோயின் ஊரில் இல்லாத நேரத்தில் கிடைத்த வாய்ப்பு... ஜெய்சங்கர் படத்தில் வாணி ஸ்ரீக்கு அடித்த ஜாக்பாட்! |url=https://www.nakkheeran.in/cinema/cinema-news/kalaignanam-about-actress-vani-sri-debut-movie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007043110/https://www.nakkheeran.in/cinema/cinema-news/kalaignanam-about-actress-vani-sri-debut-movie |archive-date=7 October 2021 |access-date=7 October 2021 |website=Nakkheeran |language=ta}}

The music was composed by T. R. Pappa.{{Cite web |title=Kadhal Paduthumpadu |url=https://tamilsongslyrics123.com/movie/kadhal-paduthumpadu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230310155717/https://tamilsongslyrics123.com/movie/kadhal-paduthumpadu |archive-date=10 March 2023 |access-date=10 March 2023 |website=Tamil Songs Lyrics}}

{{Track listing

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| title1 = Alli Chendathuthe

| note1 =

| writer1 =

| lyrics1 = Panchu Arunachalam

| music1 =

| extra1 = P. Susheela

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| title2 = Ivaloru Azhagiya

| note2 =

| writer2 =

| lyrics2 = Mayavanathan

| music2 =

| extra2 = T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela

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| title3 = Kangalilrandil

| note3 =

| writer3 =

| lyrics3 = M. K. Athmanathan

| music3 =

| extra3 = P. Susheela, S. Janaki

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| title4 = Meladai Katrada

| note4 =

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| lyrics4 = Mayavanathan

| music4 =

| extra4 = P. Susheela

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| title5 = Velli Nila

| lyrics5 = Alangudi Somu

| extra5 = P. Susheela

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Kathal Paduthum Padu was released on 7 October 1966, and became a commercial success.{{Cite news |date=10 July 2012 |title=வாணிஸ்ரீ, எஸ்.எஸ். சந்திரன், சுருளிராஜன் அறிமுகமான படம் |trans-title=The debut film of Vanisri, S. S. Chandran and Surulirajan |url=http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2012/07/10/?fn=f1207104 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171003073253/http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2012/07/10/?fn=f1207104 |archive-date=3 October 2017 |access-date=3 October 2017 |work=Thinakaran |location=Sri Lanka |language=ta}}

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{{Cite magazine |date=23 October 1966 |title=காதல் படுத்தும் பாடு! |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1966/oct/23-10-1966/p37.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220726044156/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1966/oct/23-10-1966/p37.jpg |archive-date=26 July 2022 |access-date=26 July 2022 |magazine=Kalki |page=37 |language=ta}}

{{Cite news |date=7 October 1966 |title=Kathal Paduthum Padu |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19661007&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=22 March 2018 |work=The Indian Express |pages=8 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}

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• {{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |author-link2=Paul Willemen |publisher=British Film Institute and Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |orig-date=1994}}

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Category:1960s Indian films

Category:1960s romance films

Category:1960s Tamil-language films

Category:1966 films

Category:Films directed by Joseph Thaliath Jr.

Category:Films scored by T. R. Pappa

Category:Indian romance films

Category:Tamil films remade in other languages

Category:Tamil-language Indian films