Malaikkallan (transl. Thief of The Hills) is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language action film starring M. G. Ramachandran and P. Bhanumathi. The film was released on 22 July 1954, and was an astounding success and highest collection of the year. It ran more than 140 days in Chennai and all other major cities.[1] It was the first Tamil film to win a President's Silver Medal.[2] It was the first Indian movie to be remade in five other languages.
^Pande, Ram (1985). Congress 100 Years. Jaipur Pub. House. p. 286. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^"History of Tamil Cinema". Indiancinemas.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
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