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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kangkanam<br />
| image = Kanganam1948.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = S. K. Vasagan<br />
| producer = G. P. Narayanan<br />
| writer = Chandrasekhar<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = [[A. T. Krishnaswamy]]<br />
| starring = [[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]]<br />Menaka<br />P. G. Venkatesan<br />P. R. Mangalam<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = H. R. Padmanabha Sastry<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = G. P. Narayanan Company<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1948|6|10|ref1=<ref name="anandan">{{Cite web |title=1948-1947-கங்கணம் – ஜி.பி.நாராயணன் கம்பெனி. |trans-title=1948-1947-Kangkanam – G. P. Narayanan Company. |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1948-cinedetails7.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180823045552/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1948-cinedetails7.asp |archive-date=23 August 2018 |access-date=23 August 2018 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=Tamil}}</ref>}}<br />
| runtime = 176 mins<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Kangkanam'''''{{efn|Transliteration of Tamil according to international standard ISO 15919:2001:kaṅkaṇam meaning a string tied around the wrist taking a vow}} is a [[List of Tamil films of 1948|1948]] Indian [[Tamil language]] film directed by S. K. Vasagan. The film was censored in November 1947 but was released in 1948. [[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]], Menaka and P. G. Venkatesan featured in the lead roles.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
The following list is adapted from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name="anandan" /><br />
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;Male cast<br />
*[[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]]<br />
*P. G. Venkatesan<br />
*M. R. Swaminathan<br />
*Narendranath<br />
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;Female cast<br />
*Menaka<br />
*Leela<br />
*P. R. Mangalam<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was produced by G. P. Narayanan under his own banner G. P. Narayanan and Company and was directed by S. K. Vasagan. [[A. T. Krishnaswamy]] wrote the story while the dialogues were penned by Chandrasekar.<ref name="pp">{{Cite magazine |date=January 1948 |title=1947 Varushathiya Veliyeedugal |trans-title=1947 Films |magazine=Pesum Padam |language=Tamil |page=121}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music was composed by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry and the lyrics were penned by [[Kambadasan]].<ref name="anandan" /><br />
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This was the debut film for [[Playback singer]] [[P. Leela]].<ref name="hindu">{{Cite web |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=4 November 2005 |title=This nightingale will be heard forever |url=https://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/11/04/stories/2005110401660100.htm |url-status=dead |website=[[The Hindu]] |author-link=Randor Guy |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101101608/https://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/11/04/stories/2005110401660100.htm |archive-date=1 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:1948 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1948 Indian films]]<br />
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