Engal Selvi

Engal Selvi
Film Poster
எங்கள் செல்வி
Directed by	D. Yoganand
Produced by	T. E. Vasudevan
Screenplay by	Murasoli Maran
Starring	A. Nageswara Rao Anjali Devi T. S. Balaiah C. K. Saraswathi K. Balaji
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	Adhi M. Irani
Edited by	M. S. Mani
Production company	Associate Producers
Release dates	July 8, 1960 (India)
Running time	15,704 ft.
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Engal Selvi (English: Our Selvi) is an Indian Tamil language film directed by D. Yoganand with A. Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi in the lead roles. The film was released in 1960.

Cast

A. Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
T. S. Balaiah
C. K. Saraswathi
Balaji
V. R. Rajagopal
Uma
K. R. Sellam
Dara Singh

Crew

• Producer: T. E. Vasudevan
• Director: D. Yoganand
• Screenplay & Dialogues: Maran
• Cinematography: Adhi M. Irani
• Editing: M. S. Mani
• Art Director: R. P. S. Mani
• Choreographer: P. S. Gopalakrishnan
• Photographer: R. Venkatachari
• Lab: Vijaya

Production

The film had a wrestling match between Dara Singh and King Kong. The producer said while the shooting of the match was in progress, he noticed blood oozing from King Kong's mouth. He was concerned and shouted "cut, cut". But the wrestler King Kong wanted the blood to be seen in the film. King Kong almost hit the producer but Dara Singh intervened and told him that he is the producer of the film, the producer reminisced in an interview later.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan, A. Maruthakasi, Kuyilan and Kavi Rajagopal.

Engal Selvi
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sollathaan Ninaikiren"	Kannadasan	P. Suseela	03:23
2.	"Vaarayo Vaarayo"	A. Maruthakasi	P. Suseela	01:34
3.	"Enna Peru Vaikkalaam"	Kannadasan	K. Jamuna Rani, P. Leela, L. R. Eswari	04:38
4.	"Sila Sila Aandugal Munnam"	Kuyilan	P. Leela & group	03:32
5.	"Ambuli Maamaa Varuvaayaa"	Kuyilan	A. L. Raghavan, M. S. Rajeswari & group	03:57
6.	"Unnai Nambi Aval Irundhaal"	Kuyilan	P. B. Srinivas	03:11
7.	"Jaya Jaya"	Kavi Rajagopal	V. N. Sundharam
8.	"Sollathan Ninaikiren (another song)"	Kannadasan	P. Suseela, K. Jamuna Rani & group

References

• "The time when KING KONG almost hit him". The Hindu. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
• Film News Anandan (2004). Sadhanaigal padaitha Tamil Thiraipada Varalaaru (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivagami Publications.