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{{Infobox film
| name = Mala Oru Mangala Vilakku
| image = Mala Oru Mangala Vilakku.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = S. Mukherjee
| producer = Madhuri Devi
| writer =
| screenplay = (Dialogues) A. L. Narayanan
| story = S. Mukherjee
| based_on =
| starring = [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]]<br />Madhuri Devi<br />[[N. N. Kannappa]]<br />Kamini
| narrator =
| music = [[C. N. Pandurangan]]
| cinematography = C. J. Mohan Rao
| editing =
| studio = Radhakrishna Films
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1959|3|27|India}}<ref name="anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails42.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |date=23 October 2004 |publisher=Sivakami Publishers |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170610003118/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails42.asp |archive-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| runtime = 161 mins. (14509 ft.)
| country = [[India]]
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Mala Oru Mangal Vilakku''''' ({{trans|Mala is an auspicious lamp}}) is a 1959 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by S. Mukherjee.<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 |pages=158 & 613 |authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen}}</ref> The film stars [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]], [[N. N. Kannappa]] and Madhuri Devi.<ref name=anandan />

== Cast ==
List adapted from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from ''Thiraikalanjiyam''.<ref name=neelamegam />
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;Male cast
*[[Chittor V. Nagaiah]]
*[[N. N. Kannappa]]
*Duraisamy
*Narayanapillai
;Female cast
*Madhuri Devi
*Kamini
*V. Saradambal
{{div col end}}

== Production ==
The film was produced by actress Madhuri Devi under the banner ''Radhakrishna Films''. The director was S. Mukherjee, her husband, who also wrote the story. A. L. Narayanan wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by C. J. Mohan Rao.<ref name=anandan />

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by [[C. N. Pandurangan]] while the lyrics were penned by Villiputhan and Era. Pazhanichami. [[Playback singer]]s are [[Raavu Balasaraswathi|R. Balasaraswathi Devi]], [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]], [[Radha Jayalakshmi|(Radha) Jayalakshmi]], [[A. M. Rajah]], [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]], [[P. B. Sreenivas]], Thangappan and A. V. Saraswathi.<ref name="neelamegam">{{Cite book |last=G. |first=Neelamegam |title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai. First edition December 2014 |page=183 |language=Tamil}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Aadudhu Poongodi Aahaa" || R. Balasaraswathi Devi || rowspan=8|Villiputhan || 02:27
|-
| 2 || "Naanaada Nee Paadu Kannaa" || Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi || 02:53
|-
| 3 || "Unnai Panindhen" || rowspan=2|(Radha) Jayalakshmi ||
|-
| 4 || "Annai Nee En Vaazhvile" || 02:32
|-
| 5 || "Mathi Valartha.... Ammaa Endru Azhuthaalum" || A. M. Rajah || 03:28
|-
| 6 || "Vaazhvinil Kaanum Adhisayame" || Sirkazhi Govindarajan || 02:46
|-
| 7 || "Penn Manam Pole Un Gunam" || P. B. Sreenivas & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi || 02:54
|-
| 8 || "Naan Paada Nee Aadu Kanne" || P. B. Sreenivas || 03:08
|-
| 9 || "Pattu Maenikkaari Velicham Pakkam" || Thangappan & A. V. Saraswathi || Era. Pazhanichami || 02:32
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1950s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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