| Pallandu Vaazhga | |
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| Directed by | K. Shankar |
| Screenplay by | S. Maniyan Vidwan V. Lakshmanan Thamarai Manalan Na. Pandurangan |
| Story by | V. Shantaram |
| Produced by | S. Maniyan Vidwan V. Lakshmanan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | T. V. Rajaram |
| Edited by | K. Shankar |
| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Udhayam Productions |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pallandu Vaazhga (pronounced [pallaːɳdu ʋaːɻɡa] transl. Long live!) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language prison drama film directed and edited by K. Shankar. A remake of the 1957 Hindi film Do Aankhen Barah Haath, it stars M. G. Ramachandran and Latha. The film revolves around a prison warden (Ramachandran) who takes six paroled convicts (M. N. Nambiar, V. K. Ramasamy, Thengai Srinivasan, R. S. Manohar, P. S. Veerappa and Gundumani) to work on a dilapidated country farm in an attempt to rehabilitate them.
The script of Pallandu Vaazhga was written to be substantially different from Do Aankhen Barah Haath, by including references to politics in Tamil Nadu, adding new characters, and changing the fate of the lead character. The film was produced by S. Manian and Vidwan V. Lakshmanan, who also contributed to the screenplay alongside Thaamarai Manaalan, and Na. Pandurangan, while cinematography was handled by T. V. Rajaram. Shooting took place predominantly at Karnataka.
Pallandu Vaazhga was released on 31 October 1975. The film broke even and ran for over 100 days in theatres, but was not as successful as the original Hindi film.