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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kanniyin Kathali<br />
| image = Kanniyin Kathali poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[K. Ramnoth]]<br />
| producer = K. Ramnoth<br />A. K. Sekhar<br />
| screenplay = K. Ramnoth<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Twelfth Night]]''|[[William Shakespeare]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Madhuri Devi]]<br />[[Anjali Devi]]<br />[[S. A. Natarajan]]<br />
| music = [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]]<br />[[C. R. Subbaraman]]<br />
| cinematography = W. R. Subba Rao<br />
| editing = T. Durairaj<br />
| studio = [[Jupiter Pictures]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|1949|8|6|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kanniyin Kathali''''' ({{trans|The Maiden's Lover}}) is a 1949 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[K. Ramnoth]], who produced it with A. K. Sekhar and wrote the screenplay. An adaption of the play ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]], it stars [[Madhuri Devi]], [[Anjali Devi]] and [[S. A. Natarajan]]. The film revolves around the twins Adithan and Chandrika, who are separated in a shipwreck. Chandrika (who is disguised as a man) falls in love with Prince Vasanthakumar, who in turn is in love with Megala Devi. Upon meeting Chandrika, Megala falls in love with her, thinking she is a man.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Muththucharam&nbsp;- Thirai Ulaga Adhisayangalum Arputhangalum 929&nbsp;- Maarupatta Irattai Vedangal |date=26 September 2015 |work=[[Dina Thanthi]] |language=Tamil}}</ref> ''Kanniyin Kathali'' was released on 6 August 1949.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Prince Adithan and his twin sister Princess Chandrika are separated in a shipwreck. Chandrika is shipwrecked on the coast of the Vasanthapuri Kingdom and she comes ashore with the help of a fisherman. She loses contact with Adithan, whom she believes had drowned. Disguising herself as a young man under the name "Kalaimani", she enters the service of Prince Vasanthakumar's palace, who posed at the Royal Poetry Position.<br />
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Vasanthakumar has convinced himself that he in love with Megala Devi, whose father and brother have recently died and who refuses to see charming things, be in the company of man and entertain lover or marriage proposals from anyone (Vasanthakumar included), until seven years have passed. Vasanthakumar then uses "Kalaimani" as an intermediary to profess his passionate love before Megala. However, forgetting about the seven years in his case, falls in love with Kalaimani as she does not realise Vasanthakumar's messenger is a woman in disguise.<br />
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Meanwhile, Chandrika has fallen love with Vasanthakumar, creating a love triangle between the trio: Chandrika loves Vasanthakumar, Vasanthakumar loves Megala, and Megala loves "Kalaimani", not knowing it is Chandrika. Adithan arrives in Vasanthapuri, adding to confusion of mistaken identity. Mistaking Adithan for Kalaimani, Megala asks him to marry her. Finally, when Kalaimani and Adithan appear in the presence of both Megala and Vasanthakumar, there is more wonder and confusion at their similarity. At this point, Chandrika reveals her disguise and that Adithan is her twin brother. This ends in declaration of marriage between Vasanthakumar, who marries Chandrika and Adithan, who marries Megala.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[S. A. Natarajan]] as Vasanthakumar<br />
* [[K. R. Ramsingh]] as Durjayan<br />
* [[K. Sarangapani]] as Anna Alanakara Bhoopathi<br />
* Pulimoottai Ramasami Iyer as Mama<br />
* K. Sayeeram as Wise Man<br />
* Nat Annaji Rao as Satyavanathan<br />
* M. K. Mustafa as Sailor<br />
* [[E. R. Sahadevan]] as Kirthivarman<br />
* C. P. Kittan as Kambhodi<br />
* M. R. Santhanam as Varali<br />
* C. V. V. Panthulu as Sanyasi<br />
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* [[Anjali Devi]] as Megala<br />
* [[Madhuri Devi]] as Adithan, Kalaimani, Chandrika<br />
* M. S. Sivabhagyam as Singaram<br />
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* [[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]] & [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
In 1947, [[K. Ramnoth]] and A. K. Sekhar resigned from [[Gemini Studios]]. They were invited by M. Somasundaram to join his company [[Jupiter Pictures]], and accepted. The first project they made for Jupiter was ''Kanniyin Kathali'',<ref name="thehindu" /> an adaptation of the [[William Shakespeare]] play ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="Baskaran" /> Ramnoth and Sekhar jointly produced the film, with the former also serving as director and screenwriter, and the latter as art director. S. D. Sundaram wrote the dialogues, W. R. Subba Rao handled the cinematography and T. Durairaj was the editor. The final length of the film was {{Convert|15342|feet|metres|abbr=}}.<ref name="song book" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1949-cinedetails4.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200228170359/http://lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1949-cinedetails4.asp |archive-date=28 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music by [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu]] and [[C. R. Subbaraman]], while lyrics were written by Bhoomi Balagadas, [[Kannadasan]] and [[K. D. Santhanam]].<ref name="song book" /> This was the cinematic debut of Kannadasan, and the first song he wrote was "Kalangaathiru Manamey".<ref name="Baskaran" /><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! No. !! Songs !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length<br />
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| 1 || "Kalangaathiru Manamey" || K. V. Janaki || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 02:37<br />
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| 2 || "Puvy Raja" || [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]] [[Thiruchi Loganathan]] || 02:42<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Kaaranam Theriyammal" || [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]] || 02:28<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Kandaen Ayya" || K. V. Janaki || 02:19<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Chithirai Paravaiyamma || K. V. Janaki || 03:07<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Kanniyin Kathali'' was released on 6 August 1949.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19490806&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Kanniyin Kathali |date=6 August 1949 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=1}}</ref> According to historian [[Randor Guy]], the film was not as commercially successful as expected to be; he believed this was due to the changing trends in [[Tamil cinema]] of that time, with audiences no longer being interested in films about royalty,<ref name="thehindu" /> though another historian [[S. Theodore Baskaran]] said the film was indeed a success.<ref name="Baskaran" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="song book">{{Cite book |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JevgDCLbuNZElOUzdhR1dLV28/view |title=கன்னியின் காதலி |publisher=[[Jupiter Pictures]] |year=1949 |language=ta |type=[[song book]]}}</ref><br />
<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/kanniyin-kaadhali-1949/article3021024.ece |title=Kanniyin Kaadhali 1949 |date=9 January 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228112135/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/kanniyin-kaadhali-1949/article3021024.ece |archive-date=28 February 2020 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref><br />
<ref name="Baskaran">{{Cite news |last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/theodore-baskaran-on-shakespeareinspired-tamil-films/article8510087.ece |title=Of monologues and melodrama |date=23 April 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228114147/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/theodore-baskaran-on-shakespeareinspired-tamil-films/article8510087.ece |archive-date=28 February 2020 |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0260117}}<br />
* {{CITWF title|180886}}<br />
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