''Chavukkadi Chandrakantha'' () is a 1960 Indian

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film directed by M. Radhakrishnan. The film stars

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and

Sowkar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil langua ...

Plot

Cast

The following list is adapted from the database of Film News Anandan ;Male cast *

*T. K. Ramachandran *Jagadheesan * Veerappa *Radhakrishnan ;Female cast *

Sowcar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Telug ...

*Vanaja *

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Production

The film was produced and directed by M. Radhakrishnan under the banner ''Aruna Films''. The story was written by J. Rangaraj and A. L. Narayanan wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by N. Prabhakar while the editing was done by B. V. Manickam. Art direction was by C. Ramraj. A. K. Chopra, Chinni Sampath handled the choreography. Still photography was done by R. N. Rangaraja Rao.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

G. Ramanathan Gopalan Iyer Ramanathan was an Indian music composer for Tamil movies. He is also known as ''Isai Methai'' (Genius of Music) or ''Sangeetha Chakravarthy'' (Emperor of Music) and is considered to be one of the influential Tamil music composers ...

while the lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi, A. L. Narayanan,

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, Ka. Mu. Sheriff and Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam. Playback singers are P. Leela, A. G. Rathnamala, P. Susheela, K. Jamuna Rani, Soolamangalam Sisters, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, K. Rani (singer), K. Rani,

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and

Thiruchi Loganathan Thiruchi Loganathan (24 July 1924 – 17 November 1989) was a playback singer of the Tamil film industry. He is known for his work in movies such as ''Manthiri Kumari'' (1950) and '' Parasakthi'' (1952). He was married to Rajalakshmi, daughter ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 27709194 Indian black-and-white films 1960s Tamil-language films