Kappalottiya Thamizhan

V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, a devoted freedom fighter in India during the British Raj, starts the National Shipping Company to free Indian trade from foreign dependence, despite the Britishs attempts to sabotage it, but faces numerous disappointments before his death, including the loss of the company and witnessing the effects of his activism on his friends. Kappalottiya Thamizhan is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language Biography Drama movie featuring Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Shivaji Ganesan, S.v. Subbaiah, T.k. Shanmugham, Kumari Rukmini and Chittor V. Nagaiah. The movie is inspired from Kappalottiya Thamizhan by M. P. Sivagnanam. Padmini Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) B. R. Panthulu. The movie is directed by B. R. Panthulu. Kappalottiya Thamizhan was released on 7th November 1961 and takes a screen time of 197 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Chithra Krishnaswamy. Cinematography was done by W. R. Subba Rao and Karnan and editing by R. Devarajan. The music was composed by G. Ramanathan.