''Inspector'' is a 1953 Indian

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film directed by R. S. Mani. It is an adaptation of the play of the same name. The film stars

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, Anjali Devi and P. K. Saraswathi.

Plot

A police inspector helps a young man who is a classmate of his sister. The young man is a kind person and he moves like one in the family. The inspector's sister falls in love with the young man. She wants to learn dancing. The young man arranges a dance master to teach her. But the dance master is an opportunist and he seduces the girl. She becomes pregnant. The inspector and his wife wants to marry her to the young man without knowing her pregnancy. However, the young man is in love with a village lass. The dance master sees the village beauty and sets his roving eyes on her. He rejects the responsibility for the pregnancy of the young woman. How all these problems are settled forms the rest of the story.

Cast

List Compiled from the database of

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and from

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review article. ;Male cast *

* T. K. Bhagavathi *S. A. Natarajan *T. N. Sivathanu *

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*M. S. Karuppaiah *''Master'' K. N. Krishnan *K. N. Venkataraman *A. Ganesh Singh *T. V. Jayaraman ;Female cast * Anjali Devi *M. S. Draupathi *P. K. Saraswathi *S. R. Janaki *K. Rathinam *Bhoodevi *C. R. Rajakumari (Dance)

Production

''Inspector'' was adapted from the TKS Brothers play of the same name. It was produced by M. Somasundaram and S. K. Mohideen under the banner

Jupiter Pictures Jupiter Pictures ( ta, ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictur ...

and was directed by R. S. Mani. N. Somasundaram wrote the screenplay and dialogues. Nemai Gosh was in charge of photography while the editing was done by K. Govidasamy. Art direction was by Thanu and the choreography was handled by K. S. Ramasami, Hiralal and V. Madhavan. Still photography was done by R. N. Nagaraja Rao. The film was shot at Neptune Studios,

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and processed at the Jupiter laboratory. The film was also produced in Telugu.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by G. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy, T. K. Sundara Vathiyar,

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and

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 ...

Reception

Unlike the play, the film adaptation was a commercial failure.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1950s Tamil-language films 1953 drama films 1953 films Films scored by G. Ramanathan Indian drama films Indian films based on plays Jupiter Pictures films