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School Master
School Master
	Poster
Directed by	B. R. Panthulu
Screenplay by	A. Jagadeesan
Story by	Padmini Pictures Story Dept.
Produced by	B. R. Panthulu
Starring	Gemini Ganesan; Sowcar Janaki; Srikanth; Rajasree;
Cinematography	Amirtham
Edited by	V. P. Krishnan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Padmini Pictures
Release date	1973;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

School Master is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, produced and by directed B. R. Panthulu. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Srikanth and Rajasree. It is a remake of Panthulu's 1958 Kannada film of the same name.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film revolves around an old school master and his noble attempt to transform the students of his native village.

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while lyrics were written by Kannadasan.^[3]^[4]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Poonkodiye Poonkodiye Poovirunthal"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
2.	"Agara Mudhala Ezhuthellam"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Chorus
3.	"Odi Vangada Onna Vangada"	L. R. Anjali, Chorus
4.	"Thannanth Thanimaiyile"	P. Susheela
5.	"Paatha Sirisuthan Paatti"	Pushpalatha

Kanthan of Kalki criticised the story for being outdated, and lacking newness.^[5]

^ Vijayakumar, B. (26 September 2010). "School Master (1964)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 98.
^ "School Master". Gaana. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "School Master Tamil FIlm EP VInyl Record by MS Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ காந்தன் (8 July 1973). "ஸ்கூல் மாஸ்டர்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 31. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2021.