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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Guna Sundari<br />
| image = Guna Sundari.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Kamalakara Kameswara Rao|K. Kameswara Rao]]<br />
| writer = [[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]] (dialogues)<br />
| story = [[Pingali Nagendra Rao]]<br />
| producer = [[B. N. Reddy]]<br />[[Chakrapani (filmmaker)|A. Chakrapani]]<br />
| starring = [[Gemini Ganesan]]<br />[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Marcus Bartley]]<br />
| editing = C. P. Jambulingam <br /> G. Kalyanasundaram<br />
| music = [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]]<br />
| studio = [[Vijaya Productions]]<br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1955|12|16}}<br />
| runtime = 15370 ft<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Guna Sundari''''' or '''''Gunasundari''''' is a 1955 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film starring [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]].<ref name="lakshmansruthi">{{Cite web |title=1955 – குணசுந்தரி – விஜயா புரொடக்சன்ஸ்-குணசுந்தரி கதா(தெ) |trans-title=1955 – Guna Sundari – Vijaya Productions-Gunasundari Katha(te) |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1955-cinedetails11.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914153006/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1955-cinedetails11.asp |archive-date=14 September 2016 |access-date=6 September 2016 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=Tamil}}</ref> The film was a remake of the 1949 Telugu film ''[[Gunasundari Katha]]''. It was not successful at the box office.<ref name="Narasimham">{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=29 September 2012 |title=Gunasundari Katha (1949) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/gunasundari-katha-1949/article3948788.ece |url-status=live |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930115544/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/gunasundari-katha-1949/article3948788.ece |archive-date=30 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Ugra Senan is the king of Dhara Nagaram. He has three daughters, Rupasundari, Hemasundari, and Gunasundari.<br />
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Gunasundari is the youngest. Their mother dies when Gunasundari is born. Ugra Senan brings up the three girls with the utmost care. After the girls are grown up, one day during a chat between father and daughters, the two older daughters declare that the father is the most important person in a girl's life. However, Gunasundari differs from them and says that the husband is the most important person in a girl's life. Father Ugra Senan becomes displeased and angry at Gunasundari. He marries off the two older daughters to their cousins. But to teach Gunasundari a lesson, he marries her off to an aged pauper with a physical deformity.<br />
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After the wedding, the king learns that the pauper is actually a young prince but suffers from a curse. The king orders Gunasundari and her husband to leave his kingdom. They then live in a hut outside the kingdom.<br />
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The king becomes ill. The native physicians say his illness can be cured only with a rare gem called Mahendra Mani. Gunasundari's husband goes in search of the gem and succeeds in finding it. He is turned into a bear due to another curse. His two elder brothers-in-law rob the gem from him and give it to the king who is then cured.<br />
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Gunasundari prays to [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] and [[Parvati]] regularly. Shiva and Parvati are pleased with her devotion and bless her and her husband. Relieved of his curses, Gunasundari's husband regains his handsome princely form.<br />
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The king learns the truth. He recalls Gunasundari and her husband back to the kingdom and crowns them King and Queen.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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;Male cast<br />
* [[Gemini Ganesan|R. Ganesh]] as prince<br />
* M. E. Madhavan as deformed prince<br />
* [[S. V. Ranga Rao]] as Ugrasenan<br />
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as second son-in-law<br />
* [[A. Karunanidhi]] as Eldest son-in-law<br />
* Duraisami<br />
* [[V. M. Ezhumalai]]<br />
* [[Rajanala Nageswara Rao|R. Nageswara Rao]]<br />
* C. V. V. Panthulu<br />
* R. S. Ramaswamy<br />
* [[E. R. Sahadevan]]<br />
* Balakrishna<br />
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;Female cast<br />
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] as Gunasundari<br />
* Lakshmi Prabha as Rupasundari<br />
* [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] as Hemasundari<br />
* [[T. G. Kamala Devi|A. Kamala Chandrababu]]<br />
* T. N. Meenakshi<br />
* [[Rushyendramani]]<br />
* Seetha<br />
* Rajani<br />
* Dhanam<br />
* ''Kumari'' Thulasi<br />
* ''Baby'' Sharada<br />
* ''Baby'' Jaya & Nirmala<br />
* ''Baby'' Uma & Komala<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[B. N. Reddy]] and [[Aluri Chakrapani|A. Chakrapani]] produced the film under the banner [[Vijaya Productions]]. The film was made in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with the title ''[[Gunasundari Katha]]''<ref name="lakshmansruthi" /> with [[Sriranjani Jr.|Sriranjani]] and Kasturi Siva Rao. The Telugu film was released in 1949.<ref name="Narasimham" /> The film is said to be inspired by Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran |date=23 April 2016 |title=Of monologues and melodrama |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/theodore-baskaran-on-shakespeareinspired-tamil-films/article8510087.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 November 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181102080351/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/theodore-baskaran-on-shakespeareinspired-tamil-films/article8510087.ece |archive-date=2 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music was composed by [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]] and lyrics for all songs were penned by [[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]]. [[Playback singer]]s are [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], [[A. M. Rajah]], S. C. Krishnan, [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]], [[P. Leela]], [[Jikki]], [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]] & Kamala.<br />
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| '''No.''' || '''Song''' || '''Singers''' || Lyrics || '''Length (m:ss)'''<br />
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| 1 || {{youtube|FAhp1FXoux0|Ho Brahmadevane}} || Ghantasala || rowspan=18|Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass || 02:56<br />
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| 2 || {{youtube|fyooFOUxUS8|Ennaasai Kannaalane Arugil Vaadaa}} || [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]] || 01:28<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || {{youtube|WrBaRcjEeO0|Kalaiye Un Vizhikooda}} || [[A. M. Rajah]] || 02:32<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || {{youtube|ato3aOOz5Jo|Adhuve Edhiril Varuvathurkkulle Adadaa Nadadaa}} || S. C. Krishnan & [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]] || 02:26<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || {{youtube|vlKhnGAkmmk|Jil Jil Jil Raani}} || [[Jikki]] || 02:34<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || {{youtube|NWlD2U2La70|Naan Seidha}} || A. M. Raja & P. Leela || 02:45<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || {{youtube|2BU00eGV8hs|Ammaiye Appaa Arutchelvame}} || Ghantasala & Kamala || 01:07<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || {{youtube|bxiHF2Magy8|Thaaragai Solaiyile Veniilaave}} || Jikki & [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]] || 03:09<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || {{youtube|spim27pSwdA|Karpanai Bavaaniye Karunaiyamudhe}} || P. Leela || 03:05<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || {{youtube|FQhhCsu3TN8|Araaro Aariraro.... Poojaa Balam Petra}} || Ghantasala || 01:03<br />
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| 11 || {{youtube|guTCBxIeyaw|Theindhu Kolluveer Theindhu Kolluveer}} || S. C. Krishnan & [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]] || 02:38<br />
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| 12 || {{youtube|r5UVGu4UMNE|Ubagaara Gunaanidhiyaai Uruvaanavale Maadhaa}} || P. Leela || 02:49<br />
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| 13 || {{youtube|DUuvzoifda0|Indha Ulaga Naadaga Medaiyadaa}} || [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], S. C. Krishnan<br>& [[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]] || 03:25<br />
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| 14 || {{youtube|I6EppmFdrGE|O Maadhaa Vaaraai Kurai Kelaai}} || P. Leela || 03:04<br />
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| 15 || {{youtube|plPBGUZ1-b0|Aatthirame....Vidhiyaa idhu Sadhiyaa}} || Ghantasala || 02:24<br />
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| 16 || {{youtube|Mlsc5RFZly4|Thoodhu Sellum Kogilam}} || Jikki & K. Rani || 02:55<br />
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| 17 || {{youtube|Npjob5WVobY|Thiruvodu Enthidum Paradhesiyaam}} || P. Leela || 02:03<br />
|}<br />
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== Box office ==<br />
''Gunasundari'' was a flop unlike the original.<ref name="Narasimham" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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[[Category:1955 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1955 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1955 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about royalty]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on King Lear]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ghantasala (musician)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]<br />
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