Inspector (1953 film)
1953 film
Inspector is a 1953 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by R. S. Mani. It is an adaptation of the play of the same name by the TKS Brothers. The film stars T. K. Shanmugam, S. Balachander, Anjali Devi and P. K. Saraswathi. It was released on 31 July 1953.
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A police inspector helps a young man who is a classmate of his sister. The young man is a kind person and he moves like one in the family. The inspector's sister falls in love with the young man. She wants to learn dancing and the young man arranges a dance master to teach her. But the dance master is an opportunist and he seduces the girl and she becomes pregnant. The inspector and his wife wants to marry her to the young man without knowing her pregnancy.
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