Thirudathe is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by P. Neelakantan. A remake of the Hindi film Pocket Maar (1956), it stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and M. N. Nambiar. The film was released on 23 March 1961, and ran for 100 days in theatres.
Theatrical release poster
Palaniyaandi Neelakantan was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades.
P. Neelakantan