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title: 'Andha Naal (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'S. Balachander'
released: '1954-04-13'
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/andha-naal-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154153/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Andha Naal (1954)

1954 · Mystery · India

Original title: அந்த நாள்

## Synopsis

Andha Naal is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language mystery and thriller film, produced by A. V. Meiyappan and directed by S. Balachander. It is the first film noir in Tamil cinema, and the first Tamil film to be made without songs, dance, or stunt sequences. Set in the milieu of World War II, the story is about the killing of a radio engineer Rajan. The suspects are Rajan's wife Usha, the neighbour Chinnaiya Pillai, Rajan's brother Pattabi, Rajan's sister-in-law Hema (Menaka), and Rajan's mistress Ambujam. Each one's account of the incident points to a new suspect.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Javar Seetharaman](https://cinepixo.com/people/javar-seetharaman)
- **Director:** [S. Balachander](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-balachander)
- **Director of Photography:** [S. Maruti Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-maruti-rao)

## Cast

- [T. K. Balachandran](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-k-balachandran)
- [P. D. Sambandam](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-d-sambandam)
- [Pandari Bai](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandari-bai)
- [Sivaji Ganesan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sivaji-ganesan)
- [Javar Seetharaman](https://cinepixo.com/people/javar-seetharaman)

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