''Genova'' is a 1953 Indian

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, directed by F. Nagoor and produced by E. P. Eppan. The film stars

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...

B. S. Saroja B. S. Saroja (born 18 November 1929) is an Indian actress in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is the daughter of Johnson, who acted in the first Malayalam film, Vigathakumaran. She acted with MGR and Sivaji in their only movie together, Koondukk ...

and P. S. Veerappa. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan, Gnanamani, Kalyanam. It was filmed simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, with the Tamil version releasing two months after the Malayalam version.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, M. S. Gnanamani and T. A. Kalyanam and lyrics were written by Suratha, Ramani and Rajamani.

Tamil track list

The playback singers consists of

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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, ...

and A. P. Komala.

References

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* {{IMDb title, 1468845 1950s Malayalam-language films 1950s multilingual films 1950s romance films 1950s war drama films 1953 films Films about rape in India Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films shot in Chennai Indian black-and-white films Indian multilingual films Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam Films scored by M. S. Gnanamani Indian war drama films Malayalam films remade in other languages War romance films