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{{Infobox film
| name = Mangayarkarasi
| image = Mangayarkarasi poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Jiten Banerjee
| producer = F. Nagoor S. N. Ahmed
| writer = [[Suratha]]
| screenplay = [[Kambadasan]] Suratha
| story =
| based_on = A folk tale
| starring = [[P. U. Chinnappa]] [[P. Kannamba]] [[Anjali Devi]] [[N. S. Krishnan]] [[T. A. Mathuram]]
| narrator =
| music = [[G. Ramanathan]] [[Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer]] [[C. R. Subburaman]]
| cinematography = Jiten Banerjee
| editing = V. B. Nataraja Mudaliar
| studio = Bhagya Pictures
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1949|9|3|ref1=<ref name="lakshmansruthi">{{Cite web |title=1949 – மங்கையர்க்கரசி – பாக்யா பிக்சர்ஸ் |trans-title=1949 – Mangayarkarasi – Bhagya Pictures |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1949-cinedetails13.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170525141142/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1949-cinedetails13.asp |archive-date=25 May 2017 |access-date=26 May 2017 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=Tamil}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 172 mins. (15495 ft.)
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
'''''Mangayarkarasi''''' ({{translation|Queen of women}}) is a 1949 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by Jiten Banerjee. The film was produced by F. Nagoor and S. N. Ahamed, and stars [[P. U. Chinnappa]], [[P. Kannamba]] and [[Anjali Devi]]. It is a remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''Gollabhama'' (1947) and Anjali Devi reprised her role. The film was re-released two years later, in a brand new coloured copy. <ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/indiandailymail19510524-1.1.4</ref>

==Plot==
A heavenly seductress takes away the crown prince from his kingdom to her heavenly abode. The wife of the prince is helped by an angel and goes to her husband's abode. They spend the night together. She returns to Earth and finds that she has become pregnant. She is accused of being intimate with the court poet by the King and others. She leaves the palace and goes to live with some tribal people and there she delivers a child. The King rescues the child and brings him up. The child grows into a young man. Due to a strange situation the young man wants to have a relationship with his mother without knowing who she is. However, the heavenly woman brings back her husband in time and explains everything so that all ends well.<ref name="hindu">{{Cite web |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=4 April 2008 |title=Mangayarkarasi 1949 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/mangayarkarasi-1949/article3022741.ece |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=25 May 2017 |author-link=Randor Guy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525115020/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/mangayarkarasi-1949/article3022741.ece |archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

==Cast==
''Cast according to the opening credits of the film''
{{Col-begin|width=60%}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Male Cast
* [[P. U. Chinnappa]] ''as'' Madhurangathan, Kandarupan, Sudhaman
* [[N. S. Krishnan]] ''as'' Parthiban, Jeevamrudham
* [[T. S. Durairaj]] ''as'' Parthiban's Friend
* [[Kambadasan|Kavi Kambadasan]] ''as'' Poet Vidyapathi
* Pudukottai Seenu ''as'' Panchavarnam
* P. A. Kumar ''as'' Prime Minister
* P. V. Angappa ''as'' Minister
* Durai Pandian ''as'' Parthiban's Friend
* [[Kaka Radhakrishnan|Radhakrishnan]] ''as'' Young Jeevamrudham
* C. Valli Nayagam ''as'' Hunter
* Thirupathi ''as'' Pujari
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;Female Cast
* [[P. Kannamba]] ''as'' Mangayarkarasi
* [[Anjali Devi]] ''as'' Sasikala
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] ''as'' Mohana
* Saradambal ''as'' Dasi Vanji
* D. S. Krishnaveni ''as'' Vasanthavathi
* T. A. Kantham ''as'' Maya
* Seetha - [[M. N. Rajam|Rajam]] ''as'' Heavenly Virgins
* Padma — Pattammal ''as'' Heavenly Virgins
* Lalitha — Vathsala ''as'' Heavenly Virgins
* Navaneetham ''as'' Heavenly Virgin
;Dance
*[[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]]-[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]
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==Production==
The film featured [[P. U. Chinnappa]] in triple roles — King, Prince and the grandson. It was the first time in Tamil cinema that an artiste featured in 3 roles. [[N. S. Krishnan]] featured in double roles as father and son. Radhakrishnan played the role of N. S. Krishnan's kid and literally caught a crow in one scene. Thereafter he came to be fondly called as ''Kaka'' Radhakrishnan, Kaka in Tamil meaning crow.<ref name="hindu" />

The ''knife dance'' performed by Lalitha and Padmini was a thriller. The film was shot at Newtone Studios, [[Chennai|Madras]]

==Soundtrack==
Music was composed by [[G. Ramanathan]], [[Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer]] and [[C. R. Subburaman|C. R. Subbaraman]] while the lyrics were penned by Kambadasan, Lakshmana Das and Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthi (film credits). Most of the tunes were set in [[Carnatic music]] ragas and were rendered by P. U. Chinnappa became popular. The song ''Kaadhal Kanirasame'' set in the raga Chittharanjani, was a hit. It was composed using the same metre, melody and tune of the well-known composition ''Naatha thanumanisum Sankaram...'' made famous by [[Madurai Mani Iyer]].<ref name="hindu" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mangayarkarasi |url=https://gaana.com/album/mangayarkarasi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601175041/https://gaana.com/album/mangayarkarasi |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=2020-03-17 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No
!Title
!Singer(s)
!Length
|-
|1
|"Paarthaal Pasitheerym"
|[[P. U. Chinnappa]]
|2:58
|-
|2
|"Kadhal Kanirasame"
|P. U. Chinnappa
|6:27
|-
|3
|"Vanilavi "
|P. U. Chinnappa
|4:06
|}

==Reception==
The film fared well at the box office. Film historian [[Randor Guy]] wrote in 2008 that the film is "remembered for: Triple role played by Chinnappa, double role by NSK, pleasing music and Kannamba’s performance."<ref name="hindu" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title}}

[[Category:1949 Indian films]]
[[Category:1940s musical drama films]]
[[Category:1949 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1949 films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian folklore]]
[[Category:Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman]]
[[Category:Films scored by G. Ramanathan]]
[[Category:Films scored by Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian musical drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Mangayarkarasi - Revision history

JillianCogburn at 03:37, 6 March 2026