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Paradesi (1953 film) during this time that "Parasakthi" was made. Perumal, the film's producer made a request to Anjali Devi that "Parasakthi" be released before "Paradesi". Anjali and Rao, the producers agreed and hence "Parasakthi" became Ganesan's first released film. Sakthi Krishnaswamy wrote the dialogues while Bharathidasan and Kambadasan wrote the lyrics for the Tamil film "Poongodhai". The film released on released on 14 January 1953. Both the versions did well in the run. The Tamil version "Poongodhai" received positive response from the critics. In November 2013, M. L. Narasimhan of "The Hindu" noted that the film would be "remembered as the launch