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{{Infobox film
| name = Geetha Gandhi
| image = Geetha Gandhi.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[K. Subramanyam]] M. R. S. Mani
| producer = L. Krishnan
| writer =
| screenplay = [[K. Subramanyam]]
| story = [[K. Subramanyam]]
| based_on = 
| starring = [[P. A. Periyanayaki]] [[B. S. Saroja]] [[Padma Subramanyam|Baby Padma]] [[T. R. Ramachandran]] [[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]]-[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] V. Kumar
| narrator =
| music = [[C. N. Pandurangan|Pandurangan]] [[Br Lakshmanan|Brother Lakshmanan]]
| cinematography = P. L. Rai
| editing = M. R. S. Mani
| studio = Madras United Artistes Corporation
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1949|3|16|India}}<ref name="anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1949-cinedetails6.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |date=23 October 2004 |publisher=Sivakami Publishers |location=Chennai |language=ta |trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170529043006/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1949-cinedetails6.asp |archive-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| runtime = 208 minutes (19500 ft.)
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Geetha Gandhi''''' ({{trans|Bhagavad Gita and Gandhi}}) is a [[List of Tamil films of 1949|1949]] Indian, [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film produced and directed by [[Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998 |page=595 |authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen}}</ref> The film stars [[T. R. Ramachandran]] and [[B. S. Saroja]].

== Plot ==
Subbaiyer is an old man whose granddaughter, Girija is studying in [[Annamalai University]]. She comes home by train. At [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Egmore railway station]], an unknown woman hands over an infant child asking the girl to hold it for a moment. While Girija is doing so, the woman intentionally jumps in front of a train. Shocked by this, Girija goes to the police, but they taunt her. She goes home with the baby and is mistreated in the same way. In the meantime, two men travel in a train. One is Dr. Chander and the other is Gopu, who takes revenge on Dr. Chander for insulting him. Gopu takes the identity of Chander and sends him to a mental asylum. Gopu "invents" a medicine (Andev Pazhani) and becomes rich. Gopu's sister Sarada, who is a nurse, falls in love with him (in parallel). Girija is sent to the mental asylum for drowning the abandoned baby at the beach. Subbaiyer is saddened by the turn of events and takes it upon himself to bring back happiness in the family. What he does, forms the rest of the story.<ref name="hindu" /><ref name="songbook" />

== Cast ==
The list is compiled from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from the review article in [[the Hindu]] newspaper<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/geetha-gandhi-1949/article3021779.ece |title=Geetha Gandhi 1949 |date=7 August 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529045317/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/geetha-gandhi-1949/article3021779.ece |archive-date=29 May 2017 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref> and the song book<ref name="songbook">{{Cite book|url=https://ia800909.us.archive.org/13/items/sok.GeethaGandhi_K.Subrahmanyam_1949/10.%20GeethaGandhi_K.Subrahmanyam_1949.pdf|title=Geetha Gandhi|publisher=Madras United Artistes Corporation|year=1949|language=ta|type=[[song book]]|access-date=2019-08-14|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
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;Male Cast
*[[T. R. Ramachandran]] as Subbaiyer
*M. R. S. Mani as Doctor Chander
*V. Kumar as Gopu
*K. Viswanathan
*Pandit Bholonath Sharma
*Vinayaka Mudaliar
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;Female Cast
*[[P. A. Periyanayaki]] as Sarada
*[[B. S. Saroja]] as Girija
*[[Padma Subramanyam|Baby Padma]] as Baby Padma
*R. Padma as Kamakshi
*Lakshmiprabha
*K. S. Angamuthu as Angurbala
;Dance
*[[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]]-[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]
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== Production ==
[[Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam]] produced the film under his own banner ''Madras United Artistes Corporation''. As a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Subrahmanyam made films like ''[[Sevasadanam]]'', ''[[Thyagabhoomi]]'' and ''[[Balayogini]]'' with social themes relevant to Gandhian principles. This is another on the same lines.<ref name=hindu />

Subrahmanyam's daughter, who was known as [[Padma Subramanyam|''Baby'' Padma]] featured in this film as a child artiste. There was a dance sequence by Lalitha and Padmini, a dance drama. B. S. Saroja and Pandit Bholonath Sharma performed a fine dance as well.<ref name=hindu /> Choreography was handled by Pandit Bholonath Sharma, Katak, and Muthusami.<ref name=songbook /> Makeup was done by Haribabu, Somu and Gopal.

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by [[C. N. Pandurangan|Pandurangan]] and [[Br Lakshmanan|Brother Lakshmanan]] while the lyrics were penned by Meenakshi Subrahmaniam. The songs were recorded by [[T. R. Ramachandran]] and R. Ramachandran.<ref name=songbook /> Padma sang two songs in the film. One song was in praise of Mahatma Gandhi and the other was about her ambition in life. There was a line in the lyrics that said she will become a dancer and stage her dance in America. It is significant because in later years she became a world renowned [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer.<ref name=hindu /> Singers are [[P. A. Periyanayaki]], Baby Padma.
{| class="wikitable"
! No !! Song !! Singer !! Length(m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Manamohana Das Gandhi" || [[P. A. Periyanayaki]] || 02:39
|-
| 2 || "Sonnarodi Gandhi Mahatma" || ||
|-
| 3 || "Enakku Vayasu Enna Theriyuma" || Baby Padma ||
|-
| 4 || "Karuvizhi Edhaiyum Paaraadhu" || ||
|-
| 5 || "Aandev Pazhani" || P. A. Periyanayaki ||
|-
| 6 || "Kandu Malar Ennai" || P. A. Periyanayaki ||
|-
| 7 || "Parinile Seerongum Nadu Nam India" || K. S. Angamuthu ||
|-
| 8 || "Jagame Mayakkam En" || K. S. Angamuthu ||
|-
| 9 || "Gandhi Thatha" || Baby Padma ||
|-
| 10 || "Aaduvom Geetham Paduvom" || K. S. Angamuthu ||
|-
| 11 || "Mannan Chandran" || P. A. Periyanayaki ||
|-
| 12 || "Unnaiyallal Gathi Edhu" || P. A. Periyanayaki ||
|-
| 13 || "Kannan Geethopadesam Seidha" || P. A. Periyanayaki ||
|-
| 14 || "Pudhu Juram Pudhu Juram Adhu" || Dance Music ||
|-
| 15 || "Jeevathmakkal Ithayajothi" || ||
|-
| 16 || "Sathyamidho Sathyamidho Sathyamidho" || ||
|-
|}

== Reception ==
The film did not perform well at the box office.<ref name=hindu />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Subramanyam]]
[[Category:1949 drama films]]
[[Category:1949 films]]

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