Overview
Bale Pandiya is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language comedy film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, M. R. Radha and Devika, with K. Balaji, Vasanthi and Sandhya in supporting roles. It revolves around the title character having to evade a lookalike wanting to kill him for insurance money.
The story of Bale Pandiya was written by Maa. Raa. and Joshi, while the screenplay was written by Dada Mirasi. Cinematography was handled by V. Ramamoorthy, and the editing by R. Devarajan. The music was scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. The features stars Ganesan in three distinct roles, and Radha in two. Production began in early May 1962, ended in the middle of the month, and the film was released on the 26th of the same month.
Plot
Pandiya, a young jobless man; Marudhu, a small time gangster and assistant to Kabali; Shankar, Pandiya's elder twin brother are look-alikes. Kabali himself is Amirthalingam's look-alike. Ravi also has another personality that he adopts to marry Vasanthi. In the above situation, romance blossoms between Geetha, Amirthalingam's daughter as Kabali turns out to be the enemy of Pandiya. In a comedy of errors completely replete with mistaken identities and look-alikes swapping places with ulterior motives, do Pandiya and Geetha unite?
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