{{Multiple issues| {{No plot|date=September 2021}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | image = Panathukkaga.jpg | caption = Poster | director = M. S. Senthil | producer = M. S. Senthil | screenplay = Aaroor Dass | story = N. Govindan Kutty | starring = {{plainlist| * Sivakumar * Jayachitra * Sasikumar * Kamal Haasan * Sripriya }} | music = M. S. Viswanathan | cinematography = M. R. Ravindran | editing = T. R. Nadarajan | studio = Vetrivel Productions | distributor = | released = {{film date|1974|12|06|df=y}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Tamil | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Panathukkaga''''' ({{translation|For money}}) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by M. S. Senthil.<ref name="Maalai Malar">{{Cite web |date=19 June 2016 |title=ஜுபிடர் காசியின் அதிசய அனுபவங்கள் |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/06/19225118/1020047/Cinema-History-June-19.vpf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210513125144/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/06/19225118/1020047/Cinema-History-June-19.vpf |archive-date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |website=Maalai Malar |language=ta}}</ref> It stars Sivakumar. Jayachitra, Sripriya, Sasikumar, Kamal Haasan and Thengai Srinivasan play supporting roles. It was a remake of the director's own Malayalam film ''Police Ariyaruthe'' (1973). Kamal Haasan worked under Thangappan as his dance assistant in this film.<ref name="Maalai Malar" /> The film was released on 6 December 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=பணத்துக்காக / Panathukaga (1974) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/panathukaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222062922/https://screen4screen.com/movies/panathukaga |archive-date=22 December 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Sivakumar as Ramesh * Jayachitra as Chitra * Sasikumar as Inspector Sundar<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2021 |title=திரைப்படச்சோலை 22: சசிகுமார் வம்சம் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/658066-thiraippada-solai.html |access-date=4 May 2021 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506045536/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/658066-thiraippada-solai.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Thengai Srinivasan as Kannan * Sripriya as Geetha * Master Sridhar as Ravi * C. I. D. Sakunthala as Kokila * Kamal Haasan as Kumar (guest appearance)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=116 |author-link1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}</ref> * S. V. Ramadas as Masilamani * Ennathe Kannaiah }}
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panathukkaha - Pattaam Poochi Tamil Film Ep Vinyl Record by M S Viswananthan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/panathukkaha-pattaam-poochi-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswananthan/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=Mossymart |language=en-US |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004147/https://mossymart.com/product/panathukkaha-pattaam-poochi-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswananthan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singers !! Length |- | "Sangeetham Eppothum Sugamanathu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, L. R. Eswari || 4:13 |- | "Yaarumillai Ingey" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela || 4:15 |- | "Mounam Ingey" || P. Susheela || 4:20 |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|3420130}}
Category:1974 Indian films Category:1974 Tamil-language films Category:1974 films Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Category:Tamil-language Indian films