''Anbe Deivam'' () is a 1957 Indian
Tamil
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* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language film directed by
R. Nagendra Rao. The film stars him alongside
M. K. Radha,
K. Sarangapani and
Sriranjani Jr.
Plot
Mohan Rao is a film producer. He lives with his wife. A couple and their child daughter Uma live in the neighbourhood. The husband is a rogue. He plans to rob the film producer. While he is executing his plan he kills someone. His wife takes the blame, but both are imprisoned. Mohan Rao and his wife adopt Uma. Time goes and Uma becomes a young woman. She is in love with a youth who is the son of a police officer. Uma's parents are released and they return home. Her father observes that Uma is living comfortably and that she is going to marry. He tries to blackmail Mohan Rao and get money. Uma's marriage is fixed. On the wedding day her father tries to create problems in order to stop the marriage. How he is exposed and how Uma's wedding takes place forms the rest of the story.
Cast
The list was adapted from the review article in
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
;Male cast
*
R. Nagendra Rao
*
M. K. Radha
* C. V. V. Panthulu
*
K. Sarangapani
* V. Gopalakrishnan
* Ganapathi Bhat
*
P. D. Sambandam
P. D. Sambandam was a comic actor who has performed many supporting and minor roles in Tamil films.
Filmography
References
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Li ...
;Female cast
*
Sriranjani Jr.
* N. R. Sandhya
* Sooryakala
*
K. S. Angamuthu
* ''Baby'' Uma
* T. E. Krishnamachari
* ''Pottai'' Krishnamurthi
;Dance:
E. V. Saroja
E. V. Saroja (1935 - 2006) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was born on 3 November 1935 as Engan V. Saroja. She belonged to Engan village of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu.
Her debut film was '' En Thangai'' in 1952 starring M. G. Ramacha ...
, Thangappan, Ganga, Madhavi
Soundtrack
The music was composed by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry &
Vijaya Bhaskar
Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...
. Lyrics were penned by Sundarakannan.
Reception
''Anbe Deivam'' was released on 6 December 1957.
On the same day, ''
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...
'' called it a "technically flawless picture" and praised the music.
Despite this, it was not a success.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, tt0263060
1950s Tamil-language films
1956 drama films
Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar
Indian drama films
Films scored by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry