Gemini Ganesan - Romance King of Tamil Films

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கால மாற்றமும் காட்சி மாற்றமும்!
வளரும் இளம் நடிகர்களுக்கு கை கொடுத்திட காதல் மன்னர் கவர்ச்சி (!?) வில்லனாக உருமாற்றம் அவரது பெருந்தன்மையே !

In 1979 GG was kind enough to act as a villain, Mir Kaasim, in Kamal-Rajini starrer Alavudinum Arputha Vilakkum! Still GG had not lost his touch of love or action...!! Though the movie was not well received, GG's surprising role as the arch villain, Keeping P.S. Veerappa(!) as the GOOD KING was appreciated.

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"Down to the Earth King of Romance-GG". contd.,

புதிய தொடர்
வான்வெளியில் இறக்கை கட்டிப் பறந்த காதல் பறவைகளை பூமியில் கால் பதித்து நடக்க வைத்த காதல் மன்னர்

பகுதி1 கல்யாணபரிசு :
பாஸ்கர்-வசந்தி-கீதா காதல் முக்கோணம்

கல்யாணபரிசு திரைப்படம் தொடர்பான தகவல்கள்

Supporting data and information (on the story line, production background, music and songs, cinematography, dialogues and lyrics, box office status, reviews) ........on Kalyana Parisu

Directed by C. V. Sridhar
Produced by S. Krishnamoorthy
T. Govindarajan
C. V. Sridhar
Written by C. V. Sridhar
Starring Gemini Ganesan
B. Saroja Devi
C. R. Vijaykumari
K. A. Thangavelu
M. Saroja
Music by A. M. Rajah
Cinematography A. Vincent
Edited by N. M. Shankar
Production
company
Venus Pictures
Distributed by Venus Pictures
Release dates 9 April 1959
Running time 167 minutes

Kalyana Parisu (Wedding Gift) is a 1959 Tamil romantic drama film produced and directed by C. V. Sridhar in his debut. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi and C. R. Vijaykumari in the lead roles, while K. A. Thangavelu, M. Saroja, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and M. N. Nambiar play supporting roles.

A triangular love story, the film is about a young man who rents a house near his girlfriend, but the girl's elder sister is not aware of their romance. She subsequently falls for the man and wishes to marry him, so her younger sister decides to sacrifice her love, unknown to the former.

Baskar (Gemini Ganesan) and Vasanthi (Saroja Devi) are college mates. A naughty girl creates misunderstanding between them, and an enraged Vasanthi complains to the college dean, who immediately dismisses Baskar. Now left homeless, Baskar however manages to get employed at a Tea Company, and gets to stay with his close friend Sampath (K. A. Thangavelu). Vasanthi approaches Baskar and apologises for her cruel act. Baskar forgives her, and they both fall in love. Vasanthi lives with her mother and her elder sister Geetha (Vijaykumari) who is unmarried. Baskar rents the vacant portion of their house. Over time, Vasanthi passes her exams and gets employed.

One day when Baskar falls ill, Geetha nurses him and in the process, falls in love with him. She confides her love to Vasanthi who is heartbroken, but decides to sacrifice her love for the sake of her sister. Since Geetha was responsible for raising Vasanthi, she is granted her wish, and Vasanthi convinces Baskar to marry Geetha. After Baskar and Geetha get married, they shift to Coimbatore where Baskar has been transferred. Meanwhile, Vasanthi's manager Raju (Nageshwara Rao) falls in love with her and expresses his desire to marry her, but she is unable to respond to his feelings.

Baskar is not able to lead a happy life in Coimbatore as he often thinks about his disappointment in love. He receives a letter from Vasanthi who advices him to forget about the past and lead a happy life with Geetha, and he relents to this. Shortly, Geetha becomes pregnant and returns to her original home where she delivers a son. Raju again meets Vasanthi and proposes to her, but she tells him her past history and expresses her inability to respond to his love. Heartbroken, Raju leaves her and resigns from his job. Vasanthi’s mother dies and Vasanthi joins Geetha at their house in Coimbatore. When Geetha falls sick, Vasanthi attends to all the household work. Baskar spends more time with Vasanthi than his own wife, and Geetha, suspecting them of being in a relation, abuses them both. Due to this, Vasanthi leaves them.

Geetha, having realised that Baskar and Vasanthi loved each other, dies in guilt, leaving Baskar alone to bring up their child, making him promise that he will find Vasanthi and make her the child's mother. He searches for Vasanthi all over the city, with no success. Meanwhile, Vasanthi meets with an accident, but is saved by a wealthy old man (M. N. Nambiar) who allows her to stay in his house. The man's son arrives and is revealed to be Raju, who Vasanthi agrees to marry. Through Sampath, Baskar learns about Vasanthi's impending marriage, and rushes to the marriage hall with his son. However by the time they arrive, Vasanthi is already married. Baskar then hands over his child to her as a wedding gift, and walks away.

The film marked the directorial debut for C. V. Sridhar, who was previously a partner in the production unit Venus Pictures, where he was an associate of S. Krishnamurthi and T. Govindarajan since 1956. In 1959, he created the story of Kalyana Parisu and narrated it to Krishnamurthy and Govindarajan, expressing his desire to direct the film. Though his partners liked the story, they were sceptical about his directorial capabilities and discouraged him. Sridhar requested them to give him a chance and offered to direct a few scenes for their approval. If they approved of his work, he would continue, otherwise some other director could be selected. He directed a few scenes, everyone was pleased with the outcome and he continued.

Chitralaya Gopu, who was previously an employee the ACA Enterprises, Triplicane, joined as an associate writer for the film, after which his "tryst with cinema began". Aloysius Vincent, who would later become a successful "multi-lingual filmmaker" was signed to handle the film's cinematography, while N. M. Shankar was signed as the editor. The film's script started out as a "love triangle" of two sisters in love with the same man and one eventually sacrificing the lover for her sister. The sisters were played by C. R. Vijaykumari and the-then "upcoming actor" B. Saroja Devi, whose breakthrough came previously with Nadodi Mannan. The role of the male lead was given to Gemini Ganesan, while K. A. Thangavelu and M. Saroja were signed for the comedy sequences. Even though Ganesan had contracted typhoid, Sridhar felt that only he could do "justice to the role" and had to wait for him to get better before casting him.

The film's soundtrack was composed by A. M. Rajah in his debut in Tamil cinema, while the lyrics were penned by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram. All the songs were acclaimed, and contributed to the film's success. The success of Kalyana Parisu's songs made P. Susheela a leading female playback singer of Tamil cinema.

The soundtrack received positive response. Tamil film historian S. Theodore Baskaran said, "Its songs were stupendous hits. It owed its phenomenal success in large part to its music composed by A.M. Raja, who was at his peak as a playback singer. the filmic convention of singing the same song twice, once in joy and once in sorrow, is followed. in fact, there are two such happy-sad songs.

Kalyana Parisu turned out very profitable with a silver jubilee run of over 175 days,and became one of C. V. Sridhar's biggest box-office hits.Kalyana Parisu, which created a major impact on the Tamil film industry, was the breakthrough for B. Saroja Devi and music director A. M. Rajah. Actor Sivaji Ganesan, after seeing the preview of the film, highly appreciated it and predicted that it would become a box office hit.

With the success of Kalyana Parisu, director C. V. Sridhar launched his own production company, Chitralaya Pictures,and he later "went on to scale greater heights" in Hindi, Telugu and Kannada cinema as well. At the 7th National Film Awards, the film won the Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Kalyana Parisu received positive critical response. Ananda Vikatan (26 April 1959) said, "We are happy to see a good story in a Tamil film for the first time... The film does not have any villain and everyone has a good heart... In totality, the film deserves a prize for its story, a prize for its acting and a prize for its dialogues and that is Kalyana Parisu."IndiaGlitz called it "immortal".

In a 2007 interview with S. R. Ashok Kumar The Hindu, director K. Balachander said, "‘Kalyanaparisu,’ a love story, is the first of its kind. I became director Sridhar’s fan after watching it."

Film historian Randor Guy called it "remarkable", and stated the film would be "remembered for the deft direction, interesting storyline, cinematography, music, and, above all, the comedy sequences of Thangavelu and Saroja."

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu called the film " A love story with well etched characters", and praised the actor's performances as "excellent". In 2005, India Today called Ganesan's performance as "memorable".

The success of Kalyana Parisu led to it being remade several times with different actors in the lead:

Kalyana Parisu (Tamil)(1959)
Pelli Kanuka (Telugu)(1960)
Nazrana (Hindi)(1961)
Premanubandha (Kannada)(1981)
Devatha (Telugu)(1982)
Tohfa (Hindi)(1984)


Reference courtesy : Wikipedia and Youtube

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மனசிருக்கணும் மனசிருக்கணும் பச்சைப் புள்ளையாட்டம் அது வெளுத்திருக்கணும் வெளுத்திருக்கணும் மல்லிகைப் பூவாட்டம்!
கோபாலகிருஷ்ணன் இயக்கத்தில் சின்னஞ்சிறு உலகம் (1966) திரைப்படத்தில் கவலையில்லாது டூப் போடாமல் கவலையிறைக்கிறார் காதல் மன்னர்



உள்ளமென்பது உலகமாகலாம்



புதுமைப் பெண்களே நாட்டின் கண்கள்

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எல்லோரும் இந்நாட்டு மன்னர் (1960) திரைப்படத்தில் ஒரு இதமான பாடல் : வெண்ணிலா என் காதலிக்கு இளையவளா மூத்தவளா?

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"Down to the Earth King of Romance-GG". contd.,

புதிய தொடர்
வான்வெளியில் இறக்கை கட்டிப் பறந்த காதல் பறவைகளை பூமியில் கால் பதித்து நடக்க வைத்த காதல் மன்னர்

பகுதி2 வஞ்சிக்கோட்டை வாலிபன் :

சுந்தரம் மந்தாகினி பத்மா காதல் முக்கோணம்

Data,information and box office status

Vanjikkottai Valiban is a 1958 Black-and-white Tamil romance epic film written by Gemini Studios story department consist of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan.
It stars Gemini Ganesan and Vyjayanthimala in lead with Padmini, P.S. Veerappa, T. K. Shanmugam, Pasupuleti Kannamba, Vijayakumari, K. A. Thangavelu and M. S. Sundari Bai as the ensemble cast of the film. The camera was handled by P. Ellappa with the audiography was handled by C. E. Biggs while the editing was done by N. R. Krishna Sami.

Story :

Chokkalingam Navilur (T. K. Shanmugam) is a diwan at Vanjikottai Kingdom. He with his wife, Sivakami (Pasupuleti Kannamba) is loyal to their King, where Chokkalingam without any hesitation accuses that Senathipathi (P.S. Veerappa), the brother of King's second wife, Maharani Ranthamani Devi (Meenakshi) over the trial to kill the prince (Daisy Irani). Over his guilt, the king ordered Senathipathi to be banished but the help by one of his armies make him stay in the kingdom without anyone's knowledge. He later set up a fire in the city and stab the king with his sword. The king before dying had uttered to Chokkalingam to save his daughter Padma (Padmini) and the infant prince and died afterward. In order to fulfil the king's desire. He sailed on a boat with the king's children leaving his family. Soon his wife also did the same with her children but only to be caught by the Senathipathi's army. Leaving her children on the moving boat, she spent her whole life at an island prison.



After, 10 years, the grown up Sunder (Gemini Ganesan) plan to arrange his sister's wedding, but it was interrupted by Senathipathi by kidnapping Gowri (Vijayakumari) in Sunder's absence. While returning home for the preparation for the engagement, Sunder spots Gowri with Senathipathi in his vehicle, in order to escape from Senathipathi, Gowri jumps out of the vehicle and dies soon. Sunder who seeks justice from Senathipathi, he planned to kill him but only to be precluded by his army. After he is found guilty over his action, Sunder later banished to a jail island where he should be serving a sentence of life punishment. There, he gets the chance to meet his mother who is also spending her whole life for her deed. She explains to him about persecution that did by Senathipathi to his family and the Vanjikottai kingdom. They both soon planned to escape from the prison, her mother soon died while Sunder escaped by fell into the sea. He soon saved by ship carrying some slave to Ratna Island.
There Sunder meets with Princess Mandakini (Vyjayanthimala) who at first averse to the attitude of Sunder, who ignores her beauty and does not respond to her assertive and arrogant behaviour of Mandakini.

இப்படத்தின் இன்னொரு சிறப்பம்சம் காதல்மன்னருக்கு பாடல்களே இல்லை ! அத்தோடு வஞ்சிக்கோட்டை வாலிபன் என்றாலே ஜெமினிகணேசனின் இளமையும் வனப்பும் நிறைந்த தேகமே நினைவுக்கு வருமளவு அவரது பாத்திரப் படைப்புக்கேற்ற கச்சிதமான உடையலங்காரத்துடன் கூடிய ஒப்பனையும் அவரது master piece காதல் வெளிப்பாடுகளுமே



Later she falls for him and gives him a special treatment, though Sunder also likes her but he requested Mandakini to release him in order to find his father and solve the conspiracy in his kingdom. She agrees with all the requests on the condition that he would return within one month. Provided with jewelry, clothes and bot, she sent Sunder to his kingdom. Meanwhile, Chokkalingam who is living in one of the hinterland village with Padma and planning a reformation along with Murugan who serve as his spy at Vanjikottai. After the awareness of the reforms were disseminated to the masses themselves in Vanjikottai, Chokkalingam return to Vanjikkottai to take down Senathipathi's government. He was later joined by Sunder, Padma, Murugan, Rangamma, Velan and his wife. Sunder has acted as a jeweler in and had deceived Maharani Ranthamani Devi and Senathipathi by gain their trust on him. He later invites them to his palace to watch a dance by Padma. He also planned to release Chokkalingam, Murugan and his wife Rangamma who were arrested by Senathipathi during their reformation.
After one month, Mandakini had came to Vanjikottai to search for Sunder. She set up her camp at the border of Vanjikottai and sent her spy to locate Sunder's place. While spotting Sunder and Padma together, her spy mistaken that Sunder is in love with Padma.



Mandakini who heard the news approached Sunder. Unable to explain his situation, Sunder ask Mandakini to watch the show along with Maharani Ranthamani Devi and Senathipathi, eavesdrop their conversation Padma realize Sunder's love towards Mandakini and changed her mind by forgetting her love. In the court, while watching the dance performed by Padma, Mandakini was averse by the meaning of Padma's song which indirectly tells her feeling towards Sunder. Soon, Mandakini changed her costume and give a dance battle for Padma. Watching Padma who almost faint during the rotation, Sunder cut the chandelier's rope making the chandelier to breakdown, thus ending the dance competition. Then he ordered Velan to dragged Mandakini out and tie her into a room. After Senathipathi had become intoxicated after drinking some solution, Sunder used this situation and has been masquerading as Senathipathi and rescued Murugan and Rangamma from the prison. He also get to know that Chokkalingam was brought to the island prison to undergo the death penalty.
Meanwhile, Mandakini who had escaped from Velan joined Senathipathi and secrete the secret about the place where Chokkalingam, Sunder, Padma and others were hiding. For her deed, she asked him to send Sunder to her in order to live with him. Senathipathi arrest all of them including Sunder. Mandakini who has realized Senathipathi's trick over her, she gathered her kingdom's army to save Sunder and others. Murugan and the people of Vanjikottai headed to Senathipathi's palace to bring down his government. Knowing this, Senathipathi leave the palace for the immediate execution of Sunder's and others death penalty. Murugan get to know the place where the execution occur, he brings his people to kill Senathipathi. Mandakini who also arrive there with her army jointt the battle to bring down Senathipathi.




During the battle, Senathipathi throws his sword over Sunder but hits Mandakini when she tries to protect him. The battle was ended with the murder of Senathipathi and Mandakini died while uniting Padma with Sunder.

Cast
• Gemini Ganesan as Sunderalingam / Sunder / Sunderam. He is the son of Chokkalingam and Sivagami who later meet with his parent after ten years. He seeks revenge when her sister Gowri died from the result of Senathipathi's action. Later he was also caught between the love of two princess; Mandakini and Padma where he is in love with Mandakini, the princess that helped him by providing food, money and boat for him.
• Vyjayanthimala as Princess Mandakini. She is the beautiful princess of Ratna Island Kingdom. She always want of achieve her ambition in any deed which lead to her ultimate death and forms the climax.
• Padmini as Princess Padma. She is the real princess of Vanjikottai kingdom who later joint the reformation process. Meanwhile, she also falls for Sunder, who helped her during the reformation process but later changed her mind after knowing that he is in love with Princess Mandakini.
• P.S. Veerappa as Senathipathi. He is the cruel patrician who killed the his own brother-in-law, in order take control of the Vanjikottai's empire along with his ambitious widowed young sister, who later crowned as the single queen of Vanjikottai.
• Meenakshi as Maharani Ranthamani Devi. She is an ambitious queen who later take over the crown
• T. K. Shanmugam as Chokkalingam Navalur. He is the diwan of Vanjikottai Kingdom, Senderalingam and Gowri is his children.
• Pasupuleti Kannamba as Sivakami. She is the wife of Navalur and mother of Sunderalingam and Gowri. She eventually died at the prison while making her way out with her son.
• S. V. Subbaiah Bagavathar as Murugan. He remained loyal to Vanjikottai's former diwan, Chokkalingam, where he help Chakkalingam for the independent of Vanjikottai from the rule of Sethupathi.
• M. S. Sundari Bai as Rangamma. Rangamma also joint the reformation to take down King Sethupathi's government in Vanjikottai along with her husband, Murugan, the present minister of Vanjikottai.
• Vijayakumari as Gowri. She is the sister of Sunderam who killed her self when kidnapped by Sethupathi.
• K. A. Thangavelu as Velan. He is the loyal informer of Chakkalingam where he protect them during their reformation process along with his wife.
• T. P. Muthulakshmi[4] as Wife of Velan. She is very brave and comical as well.
• Daisy Irani as Prince. He is the brother of Padma and the heir of the royal family of Vanjikottai.

The film's soundtrack was composed by C. Ramchandra while the lyrics was provide by Kothamangalam Subbu.[6] The playback singers consist of P. Leela,Jikki, C. S. Jayaraman, P. Susheela and Sirkazhi Govindarajan.

The film gained success at box office despite some technical errors, audience was pleasured by the dances featuring the lead actresses; Vyjayanthimala and Padminiand the production value of the film.At the end of its theatrical run the film was labelled as blockbuster at the box office.The film celebrated its 100th day theatrical run at Wellington theatre. The film was one of the successful Tamil films of 1958 along with films such as Nadodi Mannan and Uthama Puthiran.

(The film was inspired by the 1844 Alexander Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo.The film was shot simultaneously in Hindi as Raj Tilak with Gemini Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padminiwho reprises their role from original.)

The film was well known for its technical brilliance where the title sequence showing a ship caught in a storm was an excellent example of onscreen presentation which was rarely seen in South Indian film of that time.

However, it was the dance sequence of Vyjayanthimala and Padmini in the song "Kannum Kannum Kalanthu" which was choreographed by Hiralal, brother of B. Sohanlal, is still remembered even today by the critics and audience alike where the popularity of the song surpasses the popularity garnered by the film.

சபாஷ்! சரியான போட்டிதான் காதல் கன்னியரிடையே!! ஆனாலும் அவர்தம் கண்ணிகளிடையே சிக்கி தவிக்கும் காதல் மன்னரின் பாவனைகளும் ரசிக்கத்தகுந்தவையே !




The song was regarded as the best dance sequence in Indian cinema.The song was also used by many Indian classical dancer for stage performance.

Subsequently, the catch line/punch dialogue used by actor P.S. Veerappa, "Shabhash, sariyana potti!" which means "Bravo, an excellent competition!" was also becomes famous catch line and still used by the people of Tamil Nadu.

Reference courtesy : Wikipedia / You Tube

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ஹீரோவாக புரோமோஷன் பெற்ற மனம்போல மாங்கல்யம் படத்தில் இரு வேடங்களில் பிரபலமான பாடல்கள்

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Today is the 90th birthday of RajKapoor one of the greatest Indian showmen on earth! He also had acted the role of GG in the Hindi version of Kalyaanaparisu (NaZrana)! Our Heartfelt remembrances on him!!

துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும்...




Rajkapoor's signature songs !

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"Down to the Earth King of Romance-GG". contd.,

புதிய தொடர்
வான்வெளியில் இறக்கை கட்டிப் பறந்த காதல் பறவைகளை பூமியில் கால் பதித்து நடக்க வைத்த காதல் மன்னர்

பகுதி3 களத்தூர் கண்ணம்மா :

கண்ணம்மா - ராஜா

Data,information and box office status

Kalathur Kannamma (English: Kannamma of Kalathur) is an Indian Tamil romantic drama film produced by A. V. Meiyappan and directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Savitri in the lead, while Kamal Hassan made his debut in this film as a child artist.

The film tells the story of a young couple — a wealthy zamindar's son and a farmer's daughter — who are separated by unfortunate circumstances, while their innocent son is forced to grow up in an orphanage.

Directed by A. Bhimsingh
Produced by A. V. Meiyappan
Written by Javar Seetharaman
Starring Gemini Ganesan/Savitri/Kamal Haasan
Music by R. Sudharsanam
Cinematography T. Muthuraj
Edited by S. Suraiya
Production company AVM Productions
Release dates 12 August 1960
Running time 179 minutes

Story :

Rajalingam (Gemini Ganesan) is the only son of Ramalingam (T. S. Balaiah), the zamindar of Kalathur. Kannamma (Savithri) is the daughter of Murugan (S. V. Subbaiah), a farmer of the same place. On the zamindar's advice, Murugan sends his daughter to Madras for higher education. While returning from Madras, Kannamma meets Raja in the train. Noticing her respect and awe for the zamindar, Raja calls himself an electrician visiting the zamin palace. They fall in love. A few days later, Kannamma learns the truth and to reassure her, Raja marries her secretly in a temple.

Two days later, Raja has to go abroad for higher studies. During his absence, Ramalingam learns of the marriage and orders Kannamma to forget his son. Moved by the zamindar's feelings, Kannamma promises never to mention their marriage to anyone. Kannamma is now in the family way. Ramalingam arranges for the stay of Murugan and Kannamma in a nearby town, Sevalpatti. Murugan, who is ashamed of Kannamma's love affair, leaves Kannamma's newborn son in an orphanage and lies that the child was stillborn. They both decide to leave the place and settle in Bangalore.

When Raja returns, he learns that Kannamma had left Kalathur. His enquiries in Sevalpatti lead him to believe that Kannamma had led an immoral life. Grief-stricken, he travels from place to place to forget Kannamma and takes to drinking as a last resort. In Bangalore, he encounters Kannamma in a dancer's house where she had come to teach the dancer’s daughter. Her presence in the house and reticence to Raja’s questions strengthens his belief that Kannamma is a woman of ill repute and in disgust, he returns home.

Kannamma’s son Selvam grows up into an intelligent boy (Kamal Haasan) and is living in the orphanage in Sevalpatti. Murugan visits the orphanage and on meeting Selvam, decides to shift to Sevalpatti to be near him. Kannamma becomes a teacher in Selvam’s school and feels attracted to him. She invites him to stay with her but he refuses as he has to look after Mani, a lame orphan living with him. Raja is invited to Sevalpatti by Singaram, a rich merchant who wants to marry his daughter Maduram (Devika) to him, to preside over a school function. Raja takes a fascination for Selvam who acts in the school drama. He encounters Kannamma again and orders the Headmistress to dismiss her.

Mani is seriously ill and Selvam turns to Raja for help, but Mani eventually dies. Raja takes Selvam with him to the zamin. On Selvam's insistence, he stops drinking and to give him a mother, also decides to marry Maduram. A seriously ill Murugan confesses to Kannamma that her child is not dead and reveals the identity of Selvam. Kannamma tries to contact Selvam but does not find him in the orphanage. The news shocks Murugan and to soothe his nerves, they move down to their village Kalathur. In the local temple, Kannamma meets Selvam and tells him that she is his mother. On learning from him that Raja is bringing him up and is marrying shortly to find him a mother, she asks him not to mention anything about her to Raja. While preparations were going on for the marriage of Raja with Maduram, she comes to know from Selvam that he is the son of Raja. Singaram insists on a written undertaking that the properties of Raja would go to the children of Maduram only. The news of this conflict spreads in the village.

On learning this, Murugan rushes to the palace to own the boy, but collapses near the palace gate. Kannamma who has followed, takes Selvam and tries to move away when she is intercepted by Raja who demands the boy back. Raja refuses to believe that Selvam is Kannamma’s son and abuses Kannamma for her shameless life. Ramalingam observes that even in such a humiliating situation, Kannamma is silent and does not breathe a word about her promise to him. He is moved and acknowledges her as his daughter-in-law. Selvam is united with his parents, and Raja’s marriage with Maduram is cancelled.

Originally, T. Prakash Rao was the director of the film, before being replaced by A. Bhimsingh. He had directed "nearly half the film", but because producer A. V. Meiyappan and he "didn't see eye to eye", the entire film was re-shot by Bhimsingh. The film was written by Javar Seetharaman, and is said to have been adapted from the Moral Rearmament Army's play The Forgotten Factor. It is also said to have been inspired by the 1960 film Nobody's Child. While Gemini Ganesan and Savitri were cast in the lead roles, Kamal Haasan – who was then a child, was cast in the film, making his debut in cinema. (The original choice for Haasan's role was Daisy Irani, who appeared with GG in Yaar Paiyan, had been already been paid INR10,000 in advance. S. P. Muthuraman, who later became a leading director in Tamil cinema, made his debut as an assistant director in this film.

There are two versions regarding Kamal Haasan's entry into this film: One version has it that, as a little boy, he accompanied a doctor who went to treat an ill woman at the home of Meiyappan. On hearing loud shouting from a first-floor tenant of the bungalow, the doctor became uneasy. The young Kamal Haasan strode up the stairway to ask the noisemaker not to shout over the phone as someone was ill, leaving the person astonished. An impressed Meiyappan later provided him an entry into films. However, the more accepted version states that when young boy Kamal Haasan accompanied a family doctor of Meiyappan to his house, producer AVM Saravanan noticed Kamal as a hyperactive child. He took him over and introduced to Meiyappan who was looking for a young boy to play a role in the film Kalathur Kannamma.

The film's original soundtrack was composed by R. Sudharsanam. Lyrics for the songs were written by various lyricists like Kannadasan, Vaali and Kothamangalam Subbu.

சாவித்திரியுடன் காதல் மன்னரின் இனிமையான இதமான காதல் பாடல்களுடன் அதிரடி அறிமுகமாக ரசிகர்களை கட்டிப்போட்ட முளையிலேயே தெரிந்த வளரும் பயிர் கமலஹாசன் நடிப்பும் பாடலும்!

Tracklist
1. "Kangalin Vaarthaigal" Kannadasan A. M. Rajah, P. Susheela



2. "Sirithaalum" Kannadasan C. S. Jayaraman



3. "Aadatha Manamum" Ku. Ma. Subramaniam A. M. Rajah, P. Susheela



4. "Arugil Vanthaal" Kannadasan A. M. Rajah



5. "Ammavum Neeye" Vaali M. S. Rajeshwari



6. "Buthimaan Balavaan (Children's Drama)" Kothamangalam Subbu S. C. Krishnan, T. M. Soundararajan, M. S. Rajeshwari



The soundtrack received positive response, with major praises for the number Ammavum Neeye. A critic from FridayMoviez said, "Its music [the film's] is beautiful. A melodious song in chorus by the inmates of an orphanage 'Ammaavum neeye, appaavum neeye...' (sung by M. S.Rajeswari lending voice for Kamalahasan [sic], music composed by R.Sudarsanam) is still remembered and treasured by many all over the world." Film historian B. Vijayakumar said "One stand out sequence in Kalathoor Kannamma is the song pictured on Kamal. The song, ‘Ammavum neeye’... by M. S. Rajeswari and Kamal's acting made it an unforgettable experience". A report from The Hindu called the song's verses as "immortal". The Times of India said, "Ammavum Neeye Appavum Neeye... — this is a line that'll forever remain etched in the memory of Tamil cinema fans."

Reviews were mostly positive. Ananda Vikatan (11.9.1960) praised Kamal Haasan's performance and said, "One of the best films in Tamil seen so far... Master Kamal Haasan's acting has shaken up everyone...". FridayMoviez said, "Besides Gemini Ganesh, K. Savithri (Mrs. Gemini Ganesh in private life), T. K. Bhagavathi, S. V. Subbiah in lead roles, Meiyappan introduced a brilliant new talent as child artiste in this movie. The boy has created film history now and has emerged as a leading personality of Indian Cinema- Kamal Haasan". The critic further wrote, "The movie is not only brilliant in terms of the story and acting, but even its music is beautiful", while calling it "A Definite must-watch for quality-cinema lovers." Kamal Haasan's elder brother Charu Haasan said, "I have watched Kamal’s first movie a 100 times, as I took him to all the theatres wherever ‘Kalathur Kannamma’ was being screened. S. Saraswathi of Rediff included Kalathur Kannamma in her list of "The 10 Best Films of Kamal Haasan", praising Haasan's performance over Gemini Ganesan and Savitri's performances.

Accolades and Awards

Kalathur Kannamma was the winner of the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film in 1961, as well as the Certificate of Merit by the Government of India. Kamal Haasan's performance earned him the President's Gold Medal in 1961.

Other remake/dubbed versions

Kalathur Kannamma was dubbed in Telugu as Mavoori Ammayi, which was released on 20 October 1960. The film was also remade in the same language as Mooga Nomu. Bhimsingh later remade the film in Hindi as Main Chup Rahungi, which starred Sunil Dutt and Meena Kumari in the lead roles The film was also remade in Sinhala as Mangalika, while the Hindi version was remade as Udarata Menike. The Malayalam remake was titled Navavadhu.

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The Hindi Version of Kalathur Kannamma had Sunil Dutt / Meenakumari/Babloo Jagirdhar replacing GG/Savithri/Kamal!

For a change, enjoy the hindi equivalent songs too!!