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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Manamulla Maruthaaram<br />
| image = Manamulla Maruthaaram.jpg<br />
| border = no<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = W. R. Subba Rao<br />M. S. Ramnath<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = [[Murasoli Maran]]<br />
| story = Pandit [[Mukhram Sharma]]<br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[K. Balaji]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]<br />
| cinematography = W. R. Subba Rao<br />
| editing = R. Devarajan<br />
| studio = Padma Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1958|9|19|India}}<ref name="anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1958-cinedetails28.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/20170603011539/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1958-cinedetails28.asp |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Manamulla Maruthaaram''''' ({{trans|The Second Wife with the Good Heart}}) is a 1958 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by W. R. Subba Rao, starring [[K. Balaji]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]].<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=614 |authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gomolo.com/manamulla-marutharam-movie/9269 Manamulla Marutharam (1958 – Tamil)]</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
List compiled from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from the film credits. (See External links)<br />
;Dance<br />
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*Mohana<br />
*Madhuri<br />
*Shantha<br />
*Eswar Lal<br />
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;Featured Artistes<br />
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*[[K. Balaji]]<br />
*[[K. A. Thangavelu]]<br />
*Muthukrishnan<br />
*[[Nagesh]]<br />
*Sedhupathi<br />
*Soundar<br />
*Balu<br />
*Govindan<br />
*Sayeeram<br />
*[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />
*[[T. P. Muthulakshmi]]<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]<br />
*[[C. T. Rajakantham]]<br />
*Kumudhini<br />
*Gamini<br />
*Kalavathi<br />
*''Baby'' Premalatha<br />
*Seetha<br />
*Shanthakumari<br />
*Kandhala Devi<br />
*P. Susheela<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was produced by ''Padma Films'' and was directed by M. S. Ramnath and W. R. Subba Rao who also handled the Cinematography. [[Murasoli Maran]] wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the original story by Pandit Mukhram Sharma. Art direction was by C. HE. Prasad Rao while the choreography was done by Sampath and Chinni Lal. R. P. Sarathy handled the still photography. The film was shot ast Bharani studios and processed at Madras Cine Lab.<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]], while the lyrics were penned by [[A. Maruthakasi]]. [[Playback singer]]s are [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]], [[S. C. Krishnan]], [[A. M. Rajah]], [[Jikki]], [[K. Jamuna Rani]], [[L. R. Eswari]], Kasthuri.<ref>{{Cite book |last=G. Neelamegam |title=Thiraikalanjiyam&nbsp;– Part 1 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014 |page=155 |language=Tamil}}</ref><br />
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Gajalakshmi and Udutha (Sarojini) are credited in the film as playback singers but songs they rendered are not known. May be they joined the (Chorus) group songs.<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Duration (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Thiruvilakku Veettuku Alankaaram" || rowspan=2|Jikki || 03:15<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Nellukkulle Arisi Irupadhu Avasiyam" || 02:44<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Inbamenge Inbamenge Endru Thedu" || Sirkazhi Govindarajan || 03:39<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Aasai Kanavugale Sadhaavum" || Jikki, L. R. Eswari & Kasthuri || 03:16<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Kaayile Inipadhenna" || A. M. Rajah & Jikki || 02:26<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Thoondiyil Meenum Maattikichu" || K. Jamuna Rani || 03:39<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || "Aadaatha Aattamellaam" || Sirkazhi Govindarajan & Jikki || 03:26<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || "Kaalile Thandai Kalakalakka" || L. R. Eswari & Kasthuri ||<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || "Vaanga Ammaa Vaanga Valaiyal" || S. C. Krishnan & L. R. Eswari || 02:03<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{youtube|o7mIB7OpsQg|Manamulla Maruthaaram}} - Full feature film<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Tamil-language films]]<br />
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