Thaaye Unakkaga

{{Infobox film

| name = Thaaye Unakkaga

| image = Thaaye Unakkaaga.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = P. Pullayya

| screenplay = Kannadasan

| based_on = {{based on|Ballad of a Soldier}}

| producer = R. M. Kannappan

| starring = See "Cast"

| music = K. V. Mahadevan

| studio = Sri Kamalaalayam

| distributor = Sembi{{Cite news |date=23 August 1966 |title=Thaye Unakkaga! |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=vzY-6mMDyDUC&dat=19660823&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=The Indian Express |pages=3 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}

| released = {{film date|1966|8|26|df=y}}

| country = India

| language = Tamil

}}

Thaaye Unakkaga ({{translation|Mother, for you only}}) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Pullayya and written by Kannadasan. The film has an ensemble cast. It is a remake of the 1959 Russian film Ballad of a Soldier.{{Cite news |date=23 May 2014 |title='Thaye Unakkaga' to be screened |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/thaye-unakkaga-to-be-screened/article6037945.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018054415/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/thaye-unakkaga-to-be-screened/article6037945.ece |archive-date=18 October 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=The Hindu}} The film was released on 26 August 1966.{{Cite web |title=நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814054109/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |archive-date=14 August 2016 |access-date=21 April 2023 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=ta}}

Plot

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Sivaji Ganesan as Captain Swamy{{Cite web |date=6 September 2019 |title=வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மன் 60: தூக்கில் போடாதீர்கள்..! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/514350-veerapandiya-kattabomman.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612063421/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/514350-veerapandiya-kattabomman.html |archive-date=12 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}
Sivakumar as Major Raju
S. S. Rajendran as Major Raghu
Muthuraman as Johnson
Nagesh as Neelu
Padmini as Devi
C. R. Vijayakumari as Lakshmi
Devika as Reetta
J. Jayalalithaa as Komala
Santha Kumari as Thaayaramma
Vijayakumar as George Reetta’s Fiancée
V. K. Ramasamy as Aarumugam
Ennathe Kannaiah as Kannaiya
Pushpalatha as Radha, Raju’s Fiancée
C. K. Saraswathi as Paravatham
R. S. Manohar as Rajankam
Major Sundarrajan as Vignesh Irudhayaraj
Ramadas as Military Soldier
Kuladeivam Rajagopal as Ranga
Manorama as Padma
Kumari Sachu as Dancer
Comedy Shanmugam as Village People

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Production

After watching the 1959 Russian film Ballad of a Soldier at the International Film Festival in Madras, Kannadasan wanted to remake it in Tamil.{{Cite web |date=7 August 2011 |title=இயக்குநரானார் சந்திரபாபு! |url=https://cinema.dinakaran.com/oldisgold-cinema-Detail.aspx?id=5331&id1=16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020043914/https://cinema.dinakaran.com/oldisgold-cinema-Detail.aspx?id=5331&id1=16 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Dinakaran |language=Tamil}} The dialogues were written by A. L. Narayanan.{{Cite magazine |date=4 September 1966 |title=தாயே உனக்காக! |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1966-09-04/page/25/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230421075432/https://archive.org/details/kalki1966-09-04/page/25/mode/2up |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=21 April 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=56 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}}

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and lyrics written by Kannadasan.{{Cite web |date=31 December 1966 |title=Thaaye Unakkaaga |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/thaaye-unakkaaga/QwAW-,E283g_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710035838/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/thaaye-unakkaaga/QwAW-,E283g_ |archive-date=10 July 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=JioSaavn}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Oru Kodi Padalukkum

| extra1 = Sirkazhi Govindarajan

| length1 =

| title2 = Poonthendral Isai

| extra2 = P. B. Sreenivas

| length2 =

| title3 = Yesunathar Pesinaal

| extra3 = B. Vasantha

| length3 =