Kodimalar is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar.

The film stars Muthuraman and R. Vijayakumari, with A. V. M. Rajan, Nagesh, M. V. Rajamma and Kanchana in supporting roles.

Although the Bengali film Shyamali (1956), based on Debnarayan Gupta's play of the same name was a failure, C. V. Sridhar still decided to adapt the story in Tamil.

[1] The remake, titled Kodimalar, was produced by Sree Productions and directed by Sridhar who also wrote the screenplay.

"[5] Writing for Sport and Pastime, T. M. Ramachandran wrote "The delineation of the story follows the conventional pattern.