Mathar Kula Manickam

Mathar Kula Manickam

Film poster
Directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao
Produced by Shankar Reddy
Written by C. V. Sridhar
Screenplay by V. Sadha Sivabrahmmam
Based on The Wreck (Naukadubi)
by Rabindranath Tagore
Starring
Music by S. Rajeswara Rao
Cinematography M. K. Raju
P. L. Rai (Director of Cinematography)
Edited by N. M. Shankar
Production
company
Vahini Studios
Distributed by Lalitha Films[1]
Release dates
  • 20 December 1956 (1956-12-20)
Running time
 197 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
Telugu

Mathar Kula Manickam is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao and produced by Shankar Reddy. The screenplay and dialogue were written by V. Sadha Sivabrahmmam and C. V. Sridhar, respectively. The film's soundtrack and score were composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, A. Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Savitri and S. V. Ranga Rao in the lead. Also filmed in Telugu under the title Charanadasi, both versions were critical and commercial successes.

Plot

The story revolves around a man, who presumes that his wife is dead in a train accident, and gets married to another woman. It turns out that his wife survives and comes back to his house to work as a servant.

Cast

Crew

Production

The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel, The Wreck. The director Tatineni Prakasa Rao chose to replace the boat crash sequence in the novel with a train accident in the film, inspired by a real event that took place near Ariyalur.[2] C. V. Sridhar, then an upcoming writer, was recruited as the dialogue writer.[1] The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, with the Telugu version titled Charanadasi.[2] Mathar Kula Manickam remained the only Tamil film in which Anjali Devi and Savitri co-starred.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and lyric were written by Udumalai Narayanakavi, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Doss, A. Maruthakasi and Vembatti Sathyam.[2]Playback singers are Ghantasala, Thiruchi Loganathan, T. M. Soundararajan, V. N. Sundharam, P. Leela, Jikki, P. Suseela, A. P. Komala, T. V. Rathinam & G. Kasthoori.

No Songs Singers Lyrics Length(m:ss)
1 Anbe Enthan Vaazhvil Ghantasala & P. Leela 02:13
2 Malaiyae Asainthalum T. M. Soundararajan 04:01
3 Isaiyarasiyae Kala Nithiye P. Suseela 09:16
4 Kaadhalin Jothi Theeyae P. Suseela 04:08
5 Payaname Kadduvom Tiruchi Loganathan 04:03
6 Ye Manitha T. M. Soundararajan 04:13
7 Naalum Nalla Naalu Tiruchi Loganathan & A. P. Komala 07:12
8 Thean Idhazh Meley Jikki 03:12
9 Enkke Tharamaadi V. N. Sundharam 02:15
10 Denjaru Aiyaa Denjaru T. V. Rathinam & G. Kasthoori
11 Yennintha Jaalamada P. Leela 03:48
12 Boologamada Idhu Boologamada T. M. Soundararajan 04:10
13 Sri Laitha Dhayabhariyae P. Leela
14 Maasar Uyarntha Maragathame 03:14

Release

Mathar Kula Manickam and Charanadasi, the Tamil and Telugu versions respectively, were released the same year and were box-office successes.[2] The former helped Gemini Ganesan and Anjali Devi establish a career in Tamil cinema.[3][4] It was later remade in Hindi as Gharana (1961), by S. S. Vasan, and was a moderate success at the box-office.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Swatantra. 1956. p. 48.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Guy, Randor (20 October 2012). "Blast from the Past – Mathar Kula Manickam 1956". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 தீனதயாளன், ப. (13 February 2016). "அஞ்சலி தேவி: 2. எங்கெங்கு காணினும்...!". Dina Mani (in Tamil). Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Film World. T.M. Ramachandran. 1964. p. 145.
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