''Engal Selvi'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film, produced by

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and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and

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, with music composed by

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. The film was a remake of Hindi film '' Lajwanti''. The film was dubbed into

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as ''Kanna Kuthuru'' (1960).

Plot

Cast

as Kamala * Nageswara Rao * T. S. Balaiah * Balaji as Ashoka *V. R. Rajagopal *

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* K. R. Chellam *Mohana *Baby Uma

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

Production

The film had a wrestling match between

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and King Kong. The producer said while the shooting of the match was in progress, he noticed blood oozing from King Kong's mouth. He was concerned and shouted, "cut, cut". But the wrestler King Kong wanted the blood to be seen in the film. King Kong almost hit the producer, but Dara Singh intervened and told him that he is the producer of the film, the producer reminisced in an interview later. The producer said he had to burn copies of the film due to lack of storage facilities. However, it appears some copies have survived.

Reception

'' The Indian Express'' wrote, "Anjali Devi, Nageswara Rao and Baby Uma give a convincing display of a devoted wife, a distraught husband a love-lorn child".

References

External links

* {{D. Yoganand 1960 drama films 1960 films 1960s Tamil-language films Films directed by D. Yoganand Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Hindi films