Punnagai 53 years old

Punnagai means Smile. Smile which has many emotions and represents many gestures and expressions of life. Punnagai is a story of five friends Satya(Gemini Ganesan), Rajan(Muthuraman), Haniff who studied in the same college, while graduating they took an oath in front of Gandhi's statue saying they will always stand with truth. But later they got split as Haniff dies in a car accident and each of them got settled in their profession where they have to cheat their profession and principles. The story begins with three different stories (plots) where as the one friend (Nagesh)out of four explains the story. Will they follow Gandhi's principles ?

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Punnagai Cast

Name Character
Nagesh He was 38, 76 years old when he died
Major Sundarrajan He was 36, 68 years old when he died
Jayanthi She was 26, now 79 years old
Gemini Ganesan He was 50, 84 years old when he died as Satya
V. S. Raghavan He was 46, 90 years old when he died
R. Muthuraman He was 42, 53 years old when he died as Rajan
Vanisri She was 23, now 76 years old

Punnagai Crew

Name Department
K. Balachander as Director. He was 41 (84) years old when He died Directing
K. Balachander as Writer. He was 41 (84) years old when He died Writing
M. S. Viswanathan as Music. He was 43 (87) years old when He died Sound
S. Arumugam as Producer. He was 46 (now 6) years old Production
Punnagai (53 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, November 04, 1971
  • Runtime: 155 minutes