Devaki is an Indian

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of P ...

film directed by R. S. Mani and released in 1951. The film stars N. N. Kannappa and V. N. Janaki.

Cast

The list is adapted from the song book. ;Male cast * N. N. Kannappa ''as'' Durai *

S. Balachander Sundaram Balachander (18 January 1927 – 13 April 1990) was an Indian veena player and filmmaker. He directed, produced, and also composed music for a few of his films. Balachander was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1982. He died of a hear ...

''as'' Raja * M. N. Nambiar ''as'' Gopu * D. Balasubramanyam ''as'' Raghunath *T. N. Sivathanu ''as'' Secretary * A. Karunanidhi ''as'' Govindan *S. M. Thirupathisami ''as'' Meiyappar *A. Ganapathi ''as'' Kandavel * V. M. Ezhumalai ''as'' Doctor *M. N. Krishnan ''as'' Student * T. M. Soundar Rajan ''as'' Beggar *P. S. Subbaiah ''as'' Unemployed Person ;Female cast * V. N. Janaki ''as'' Devaki *

Madhuri Devi Madhuri Devi (19 September 1927 – June 1990) was a lead actress in Tamil films from the late 1940s until the 1950s. She has paired opposite leading heroes like M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. G. R and known for acting in the films ''Ma ...

''as'' Leela *R. Bharathi ''as'' Pappa *S. R. Janaki ''as'' Kunjammal *M. Radha Bai ''as'' Student's Association President *M. D. Krishna Bai ''as'' Women's Association President *Baby Rani Vasanthi ''as'' Selvamani ;Dance * Lalitha * Padmini * Ragini *

Kumari Kamala Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) is an Indian dancer and actress (also known as Kamala Lakshman). Initially featured as a child dancer, Kamala appeared in almost 100 Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films throughout her career. In the 1970s, she ...

Soundtrack

Music was composed by G. Ramanathan and lyrics were penned by

A. Maruthakasi A. Maruthakasi (13 February 1920 – 29 November 1989) was an Indian poet and film lyricist who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He penned more than 4000 lyrics in more than 250 Tamil films. Early life Born in Melakudikadu in Tiruchirappal ...

Ka. Mu. Sheriff Ka. Mu. Sheriff was a writer and poet who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He was a popular Tamil film lyricist during the 1950s and 60s. His lyrics ''Chittukuruvi Chittukuruvi Sedhi Theriyuma?'', ''Yerikaraiyin Maele Poravale Penn Mayile'' a ...

and

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

Singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

s are

, T. M. Soundararajan and Master Subbaiah. Playback singers are

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 ...

N. L. Ganasaraswathi N. L. Ganasaraswathi was an Indian playback singer who sang mainly in Tamil language, Tamil films and some Telugu language, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was active in the field during the 1950s and early 60s. She sang many songs based on Carna ...

P. Leela Porayathu Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, Carnatic vocalist and a music director. She has recorded more than 5,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, ...

Jikki Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese langua ...

, A. G. Rathnamala and U. R. Chandra.

References

{{reflist 1951 films 1950s Tamil-language films Films with screenplays by M. Karunanidhi Films scored by G. Ramanathan