O. A. K. Thevar

Acting

O. A. K. Thevar

Born — Died

1924-01-01 — 1973-01-01

Place of birth

Othapatti, Usilampatti, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

O. A. K. Thevar (c. 1924 – c. 1973) was an Indian actor. He acted in over 200 films and stage plays. He is known for his antagonistic roles. In 1955 he acted his debut movie Maman Magal. His notable movies are Mahadhevi, Thaikkupin Tharam, Uthama Puthiran, Veerapandiya Kattabomman, and Karnan.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 13 titles

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9.0

In an adventurous journey of spreading goodness on earth and by contributing to Tamil literature, Sage Agathiyar faces challenges at various phases of his journey.

Agathiyar

1972

Sorgam poster
6.0

Sankar is an ambitious man who wants to make it big through fair means. However, the friend he works under, Sampath, begins to use corrupt measures to make them rich.

Sorgam

1970

Kurathi Magan poster
7.0

Malaikottai ostracises his wife and blames her for not being chaste. After she gets thrown out of the village, she takes her son and decides to give him a good education.

Kurathi Magan

1972

Kalam Vellum poster
NR

Owing to the exploitations of a vicious landlord, Velu, a meagre farmer, loses his sister. To avenge her death, Velu murders the landlord's brother and joins a gang of bandits.

Kalam Vellum

1970

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NR

Kannamma, a sensible girl from a poor neighbourhood loves mechanic Durai. When she gets adopted by a rich older man due to a strange twist of fate, Kannamma finds herself in a golden cage, unable to see her beloved. Does she rebel or accept her fate?

Kannamma

1972

Enga Mama poster
4.0

Koteeswaran, who runs an orphanage, is barely able to take care of the children. However, life takes an unexpected turn when he ends up saving a girl from committing suicide.

Enga Mama

1970

CID Shankar poster
NR

The film start had in its title sequence in which a Politician is killed by a Suicide bomber who explodes her explosive belt. C. I. D. Shankar and his assistant Raju(Thengai Srinivasan is deputed to the Nilgiris to investigate a case of mysterious murder. C. I. D. Ashokan(Pakkirisamy) also stay for the town, who pose at research of herbal, his close relation of lover's club dancer Reeta(Jayakumari). Ashokan finds all truth and he goes to Nagamalai estate, where he gives lift to a young girl who explodes her belt.Ashokan gives diary and locker key to Vithya(Sakunthala) who saves his life and admits him in the hospital. But unfortuneately ashokan was killed by the mysterious gang in hospital. Vithya gives the things to Shankar and both fall in love. Raju falls in love with actress Rama(Kumari Radha), who also stays in the same hotel. Shankar meet Reeta and asks her to help him. She gives information to his assistant Raju and later on she is killed by the same mysterious gang.

CID Shankar

1970

Maanavan poster
NR

Kadiraesan studies hard and fulfils his mother's dream of becoming a college professor. He tries to reform his friend but gets blamed for the murder of a student instead.

Maanavan

1970

Ganga Gowri poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ganga Gowri

1973

Adi Parasakthi poster
7.0

A man saved from death by God and told how God help others.

Adi Parasakthi

1971

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10.0

Anandhan grows up in an orphanage where Kalimuthu, the manager, mistreats the children. Soon, things get worse when Anandhan gets kidnapped after Kalimuthu learns that he is the heir of a rich family.

Anadhai Anandhan

1970

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7.5

Shankar is a lawyer and a man with a heart of gold. One of his clients entrusts huge amount of money to him, which gets stolen before he deposits it in the court. When his attempts to borrow money fails, accidentally a boxful of money and jewels reach his home. He rejoices and replaces his client's money with this against his wife Vijaya's will, but he tells her that there is no other alternative. Everything seems to be going hunky-dory until Manikam, a taxi driver, starts blackmailing him. Shankar's daughter Raji is upset that her father is harassed. She tries to seek the help of police. The owner of the box found to be father-in-law of Shankar's brother. Vijaya confesses about the box to him without Shankar's knowledge. When Shankar finds out about this, he thinks everything is finished. The police arrest him for killing Manikam. Worse still, Shankar's daughter Raji, who is the sole witness to the murder, becomes speechless due to shock. Rest of story is solving mystery.

Ethiroli

1970

Kannan Karunai poster
NR

Kannan Karunai is a 1971 remake Indian Tamil-language Hindu Epic film directed by N. T. Rama Rao.

Kannan Karunai

1971

1960s · 29 titles

Harichandra poster
8.0

Harichandra (Tamil: ஹரிச்சந்திரா) is a 1968 Indian Tamil film, directed by K. S. Prakash Rao and produced by G. Varalakshmi. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, G. Varalakshmi, T. S. Balaiah and K. A. Thangavelu in lead roles. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan

Harichandra

1968

Anbu Vazhi poster
7.0

Sadanand, a successful businessman, has two business partners, Nithyanand and Murthy. Things take an unexpected turn when Murthy murders Sadanand out of greed.

Anbu Vazhi

1968

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NR

A callous husband does not pay attention to his wife and cheats on her with impunity. However, he begins to change his ways when she fights for the rights of his mistress.

Pennai Vazha Vidungal

1969

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5.3

Jeeva decides to protect Kala Devi who joins a circus company after her father's death as she inherits enormous wealth and has a threat to her life.

Parakkum Paavai

1966

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5.0

Poojaikku Vantha Malar - It is a story about two thick friends Suresh (Gemini Ganesan) and Ravi (Muthuraman) who studied in same college and works in a same company. This story potrays about the relationship of two best friends and then how their relationships breaks because of small misunderstanding. Ravi gets appointed as an engineer in a company where suresh works in a junior level. After being best friends here they face each other as a boss and employee. Classic Movie starring Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, Muthuraman, Manimala, Manorama, Nagesh, S.Ramarao Pandari Bhai directed by Srinivasan and Music Composed by Vishwanathan - Ramamoorthy

Poojaikku Vantha Malar

1965

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NR

A man named Ramesh dies in an accident that is determined to be suicide by the public. However, Sekhar claims it to be a murder and embarks on a mission to find the real culprits.

Sabash Thambi

1967

Sadhu Mirandal poster
NR

The bank manager gets into trouble when his old friend dies in the scuffle while trying to rob his money. He runs for cover and ends up in a drama troupe.

Sadhu Mirandal

1966

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9.0

Malathi, who is hard to please, falls in love with Sukumar. However, when Balraj, an affluent man, is attracted towards Malathi, their love life begins to struggle due to Balraj's intrusion.

Bommalaattam

1968

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NR

Sivaraman, a railway station master, is very fond of his sister, Anandhi. However, when he sees her secretly meeting a man, he accidentally murders him.

Anbu Karangal

1965

Karnan poster
7.3

Brave and loyal warrior-archer Karna joins the Kauravas to battle the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra.

Karnan

1964

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7.0

A doctor , through a series of mysterious and unfortunate incidents, is inclined to believe that in his past life he was in love with a woman and her ghost is now haunting him, wanting to kill him. However, the truth turns out to be much much different than he expected.

Yaar Nee?

1966

Thiruvilayadal poster
7.6

The Hindu god Shiva gives a sacred mango fruit, brought by the sage Narada, to his elder son Vinayaka as a prize for outsmarting his younger brother Muruga in a competition. Angry with his father, Muruga leaves home for Palani. He meets Avvaiyar, one of his devotees, along the way. Despite her attempts to convince Muruga to return to Mount Kailash, he remains adamant about his decision to leave his family. His mother, the goddess Parvati, arrives there and tells the stories of four of Shiva's divine games to calm Muruga.

Thiruvilayadal

1965

Madras to Pondicherry poster
NR

Mala, a modern college girl witnesses the murder committed by Sudhagar and hops into a bus bound for Pondicherry. Sudhagar follows and tries to kill her on the journey.

Madras to Pondicherry

1966

Kannan En Kadhalan poster
9.0

Kannan is the adopted son of a retired Captain and Sundaram is the biological son. Mallika is the niece of this rich man, who is engaged, at birth to Sundaram. Mallika is secretly in love with Kannan. Malathi lost her father in an accident; she now lives with the widow as her adopted daughter.

Kannan En Kadhalan

1968

Puthiya Paravai poster
7.0

Gopal, a rich widower, falls in love with Latha. As they are getting prepared to marry, Gopal's presumed-dead wife, Chitra arrives.

Puthiya Paravai

1964

Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam

1962

Vanambadi poster
NR

Thanigachalam manages to save Meena from committing suicide. Meena reminds him of his late daughter Uma. Later, Meena tries her best to console Saker who is mourning Uma's death.

Vanambadi

1963

Adimai Penn poster
7.5

An evil man kills Vengaiyan's father and enslaves all his people. Vengaiyan is ignorant and wild but Jeeva helps him evolve into a valiant and wise man, who then swears to right his people.

Adimai Penn

1969

Anubavi Raja Anubavi poster
10.0

A man experiences culture shock after arriving in Madras for the first time.

Anubavi Raja Anubavi

1967

Kadhal Vaaganam poster
6.0

An undercover agent masquerades as a mysterious man to catch a group of smugglers red-handed and expose their corrupt activities.

Kadhal Vaaganam

1968

Ramu poster
NR

Raja returns from war only to learn that tragedy struck his family while he was away. He decides to help his son by leaving his village and seeking treatment for him.

Ramu

1966

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kuravanji

1960

Puthisaligal poster
9.0

Puthisaligal is directed by T.P. Arjun. Puthisaligal stars Jaishankar in the title role along with Ramachandran T.r., K.a. Thangavelu, O.a.k. Devar, Aachi Manorama, Sachu and Thengai Srinivasan in supporting roles.

Puthisaligal

1968

Poompuhar poster
7.0

After losing his entire wealth to a courtesan, Kovalan returns to his wife, Kannagi. She offers him her last piece of jewellery to help him but he is falsely accused of theft and beheaded by the king.

Poompuhar

1964

Anjal Petti 520 poster
6.0

A salaried manager tried to save his job and his company.

Anjal Petti 520

1969

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10.0

Sundaram returns from America and witnesses his father committing a murder. He takes the blame on himself and goes absconding in order to save his father.

Kungumam

1963

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Porsilai

1969

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7.0

Chidambaram Pillai, a revolutionary leader, starts the first shipping company in India. With the help of this company, he fights against the monopoly of the British over maritime trade out of India.

Kappalottiya Thamizhan

1961

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Thanga Surangam

1969

1950s · 8 titles

Veerapandiya Kattabomman poster
6.4

After the East India Company forces Kattabomman, the king of Panchalankurichi, to pay taxes and be their subordinate, the latter decides to fight against them.

Veerapandiya Kattabomman

1959

Mahadhevi poster
9.0

Impressed by his bravery, a king treats his rival and his daughter as guests after a battle. The king's senior commander gets attracted to her and plans to kidnap her.

Mahadhevi

1957

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NR

It is predicted that Kaladhar can only live up to 25 years of age. When he marries Gowri, they rue their short-lived happiness. However, Gauri has immense faith that God will help her.

Soubhagyavathi

1957

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7.3

A conspiring uncle separates the twin sons of his sister, the queen. One becomes his uncle's pawn while the other grows to be a brave and honest man, who inadvertently learns of his true parentage.

Uthama Puthiran

1958

Annaiyin Aanai poster
8.0

Ganesh's father is falsely accused of a crime and murdered in prison. Years later, his mother asks him to exact revenge against the culprit.

Annaiyin Aanai

1958

Maragatham poster
7.0

One day, a landlord belonging to a rich family gets murdered and the crime is imposed on Anandar, his innocent brother, and his lovely wife Karpagavalli.

Maragatham

1959

Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali poster
NR

Thanabakkiam and her daughter Sundhari are forced to leave the village after Sundharam grabs their land and house. Later, Sundhari becomes friends with Kanagu when her mother saves his life.

Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali

1959

Maheswari poster
8.0

Manickam is wanted by the army of East India Company. He is absconding and takes refuge in the house of Maheswari. Manickam and Maheswari fall in love with each other. Manickam's father Dharmalingam demands a large dowry from Maheswari's mother, Kanthimathi, who somehow manages to give the amount. However, Dharmalingam comes to know that Kanthimathi is ridiculed by the villagers as a woman of loose moral character. So, he sends back Maheswari to her home. Manickam is helpless because he depends on his father for everything.

Maheswari

1955