Oh, I love this dancing duo! When I wrote about them two weeks ago, I started off with the clip that people know most, “Aplam Chaplam,” from the movie Azaad. But Azaad was actually a Hindi remake of the Tamil movie Malaikallan. Now, thanks (once again) to Tom’s channel, I can post a couple of clips with Sai-Subbulaxmi in Malaikallan:
(“Neeli Megan”)
(“O’Ayye O’Amma”)
Malaikallan was directed by Sriramulu Naidu S.M. and the music is by Subbiah Naidu (and it would be interesting to find out if the similarity in names means anything). It stars M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) and P. Bhanumathi aka Dr. Paluvayi Bhanumathi Ramakrishna. There is a lot of interesting information floating around about the actress Bhanumathi, including one article at Super Telugu Profiles and one at Upperstall. The Upperstall profile describes Malaikallan as a film “about an outlaw who robs the rich to feed the poor while maintaining a double identity.” I guess that’s an old story, but it’s still one guaranteed to make me root for the hero.
Dances on the Footpath 
Oh great! Thanks for the clips!
You’re welcome!
Interesting. When was it released?
Hi, there. Are you asking when the movie was released? I put that in the post title, 1954.
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I wd like to know more abt sai subbulaxmi,where abouts .i ‘ve bcom their biggest fan after accidentally happen to see apalam apalam video on Feb 8 2013 i watch it en number of times daily
Iam also telling my children n their friends to watch .sai subbulakshmis’apalam chapalam dance video, they too enjoying the old and golden songs n dance sequences
I have seen so many time video song apalam chaplam, it is very difficult to dance, and done by two sisters sai and subbulaxmi . Now a days it is very important to meet these dancers and to introduces them in dance reality show.,