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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ezhandha Kaadhal<br />
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| director = K. S. Mani<br />
| producer = N. S. Krishnan<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = ''Yadhartham'' Ponnusamy Pillai<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{based on|Ezhandha Kaadhal - Play staged by Thiruchi Amateur Sangam}}<br />
| starring = [[N. S. Krishnan]]<br />[[T. A. Mathuram]]<br />K. P. Kamakshi<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = N. S. Balakrishnan<br />K. M. Gowrisan<br />
| cinematography = E. R. Cooper<br />
| editing = Surya<br />
| studio = Asoka Films<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1941}}<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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'''''Ezhandha Kadhal''''' ({{translation|Lost Love}}) is a 1941 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by K. S. Mani.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author2=Paul Willemen |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|pages=593 |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}}</ref> The film stars [[N. S. Krishnan]], [[T. A. Mathuram]], T. Premavathi and K. P. Kamakshi.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/ezhandha-kaadhal-1941/article5538292.ece | title=Ezhandha Kaadhal (1941) | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=4 January 2014 | access-date=3 June 2017|last=Guy|first=Randor|author-link=Randor Guy | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140111182047/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/ezhandha-kaadhal-1941/article5538292.ece| archive-date=11 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
A rich man on his deathbed gave 5000 rupees to his trusted friend and asked him to take care of his motherless daughter Padma and to marry her to Jagadish when she came to the right age. The friend, Somanathan Pillai undertakes his friend's request. Padma comes to live with Somanathan Pillai's family. Jayapalan, a son of Somanathan Pillai, likes Padma. They become lovers. However, Somanathan Pillai forcibly marries Padma to Jagdish as per his dead friend's wish. He also finds another bride, Saroja, for Jayapalan. But then both Jayapalan and Padma are not happy in their respective married lives. Jayapalan becomes a drunkard and loses eyesight on a stormy night. A sacred ''sadhu'' enters the scene. How he solves all the problems forms the rest of the story.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Cast==<br />
List adapted from the song book<ref name="song book">{{Cite book |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP689-27-1-16|title=Ezhandha Kadhal |publisher=Asoka Films |year=1941 |language=ta |type=[[song book]]}}</ref><br />
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* [[N. S. Krishnan]] <small>''as''</small> Venu<br />
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] <small>''as''</small> Veni<br />
* T. P. Ponnusami Pillai <small>''as''</small> Somanatha Pillai<br />
* K. P. Kamakshi <small>''as''</small> Jagadish<br />
* O. N. Kittu <small>''as''</small> Jayapal<br />
* [[C. S. Jayaraman]] <small>''as''</small> Sadhu<br />
* T. R. Ramasami <small>''as''</small> Astrologer<br />
* P. A. Subbaiah Pillai <small>''as''</small> Sundaram Pillai<br />
* N. S. Velappan <small>''as''</small> Rajaram<br />
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* P. G. Kuppusami <small>''as''</small> Sivakozhandhu<br />
* E. Krishnamurthi <small>''as''</small> Music Teacher<br />
* P. V. Chinnasami <small>''as''</small> Narendran<br />
* [[Kaka Radhakrishnan|Master Radhakrishnan]] <small>''as''</small> Gopal<br />
* M. Raghavan <small>''as''</small> Shankaran<br />
* Chellappa <small>''as''</small> Beggar Boy<br />
* T. Premavathi <small>''as''</small> Padma<br />
* M. R. Mangalam <small>''as''</small> Saroja<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was produced by [[N. S. Krishnan]] under his own banner ''Asoka Films'' and was directed by K. S. Mani who was a member of the N. S. Krishnan's unit. Cinematography was handled by E. R. Cooper while the editing was done by Surya. The film was shot at Central Studios, Coimbatore.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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Another film [[Chandrahari]] was packaged together as Part 2 with this Part 1 film.<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1941.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161121155516/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1941.asp|archive-date=21 November 2016|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Music was composed by N. S. Balakrishnan and K. M. Gowrisan. N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram and C. S. Jayaraman sang the songs.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Reception==<br />
Film historian [[Randor Guy]] wrote in 2014 that the film is "Remembered for the melodramatic storyline, pleasing music rendered by C. S. Jayaraman and comedy sequences of NSK and Mathuram.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:1941 films]]<br />
[[Category:1941 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. S. Mani]]</div>KiaGreenwald