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| Directed by | P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
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| Produced by | P. S. Ramakrishna Rao |
| Starring | Sivaji Ganesan Bhanumathi
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| Music by | G. Ramanathan
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil Telugu
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Manamagan Thevai (Template:Translation) is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Bhanumathi. An adaptation of the American film The Fabulous Senorita (1952), it was simultaneously produced in Telugu as Varudu Kaavaali with Jaggayya replacing Ganesan. Manamagan Thevai was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.
Plot
Template:More plot Banumathi, the daughter of a wealthy man, desires to marry a shy professor named Vijayakumar instead of the wealthy suitor her father chose. To escape from trouble, she creates the fake identity of a twin sister, and in the hodgepodge that ensues, ends up in bugger trouble.
Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Vijayakumar
- Bhanumathi as Banumathi
- T. R. Ramachandran as K. Dhandapani
- Chandrababu as Chandrababu
- Karunanidhi as Manohar
- Ragini as the dancer
- Premila as Chandramathi
- T. N Sivathanu as Karadipatti Jamindar (uncredited)
Production
Manamagan Thevai was based on the American film The Fabulous Senorita (1952).[1] It was produced by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao and his wife Bhanumathi under their company Bharani Pictures. Rao also served as director, while Bhanumathi played the female lead. The film was produced as a Tamil-Telugu bilingual (the Telugu version titled as Varudu Kaavaali), with Sivaji Ganesan playing the male lead in Tamil, and Jaggayya replacing him in Telugu.[2]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by G. Ramanathan. Lyrics by K. D. Santhanam, A. Maruthakasi & Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. "Pambara Kannale" was later sampled in the song "En Peru Meenakumari" from Kanthaswamy (2009).[3][4]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yengo Kulukku Thalukku Thavalaiyaa" | P. Bhanumathi | A. Maruthakasi | 02:33 |
| 2 | "Pambara Kannaale Kaadhal Sangadhi Sonnaale" | J. P. Chandrababu | K. D. Santhanam | 03:18 |
| 3 | "Krishna Nee Begane Maaro" | P. Bhanumathi | 2:02 | |
| 4 | "Kodai Idi Kaatru" | A. M. Rajah & Jikki | 03:10 | |
| 5 | "Velavare Ummai Thedi Oru Madandhai" | P. Bhanumathi | A. Maruthakasi | 03:00 |
| 6 | "Vennilaa Jodhiyai Veesudhe" | P. Bhanumathi, Ghantasala & Pithapuram Nageswara Rao | A. Maruthakasi | 04:49 |
| 7 | "Nenjinile Pugundhu" | P. Bhanumathi | 03:33 | |
| 8 | "Nan Thaan Un Kaadhalan" | Seerkazhi Govindarajan & P. Bhanumathi | 00:56 | |
| 9 | "Pottaare Oru Podudhaan" | A. P. Komala, A. G. Rathnamala & K. Jamuna Rani | 01:54 | |
| 10 | "Poovaamal Kaayaadhu.... Kaadhal Kalyaaname Seidha Paappaa" | P. Leela | 04:23 | |
| 11 | "Vanthaal Varattum Podi" | M. L. Vasanthakumari | A. Maruthakasi | 3:07 |
Reception
Manamagan Thevai was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.[2]
References
- ↑ A voice that mesmerised. The Hindu(2 October 2009). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manamagan Thevai (1957). The Hindu(30 March 2017). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ Item girl turns heroine!. The Times of India(15 December 2008). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ Kanthaswamy's music is not Devi Sri Prasad's best. Rediff.com(3 June 2009). Retrieved 26 September 2020.