The Contract of Life) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, produced and directed by K. V. Reddy.

It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna, with music composed by Ghantasala.

The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Pellinaati Pramanalu (1958) with a slightly different cast, but was released on 4 September 1959.

[4][5] Vaazhkai Oppandham was released on 4 September 1959, nearly a year after its Telugu version.

[6] Kanthan of Kalki criticised the film's play-like feel, and felt it was perpetuating this flaw of Tamil cinema.