''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' () is a 1954 Indian

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-language

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, directed by

P. Neelakantan Palaniyaandi Neelakantan (2 October 1916 – 3 September 1992) was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades. Life He was born at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. He graduated to movies from stage play. His play '' Naam Iruvar'' ...

and produced by

B. R. Panthulu Budaguru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu (26 July 1910 – 8 October 1974) was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is best known for directing films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are '' Karnan'', ''Veerapandiya ...

. The film stars T. R. Ramachandran,

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

, Padmini and Ragini. The film had musical score by

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. It was released on 13 April 1954 and became a box office success.

Plot

Cast

* T. R. Ramachandran as Ganapathy *

as Ambalavanan * Padmini as Padmini * Ragini as Savithri * K. D. Santhanam as Balasundaram *M. A. Ganapathy *M. N. Krishnan *T. K. Kalyanam *Krishna Bai *Saradambal *Hariharan, Dhanam

Production

''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' was written and directed by P. Neelakantan, and produced by B. R. Panthulu under Padmini Pictures. The film became embroiled in a plagiarism controversy; playwright Vedam Venkataraya Sastri accused the makers of lifting the plot from his Telugu play ''Vyamoham''. A notice was sent via lawyer N. K. Mohanrangam Pillai to Panthulu, who offered compensation to Sastri to avoid creating trouble before the film's release. Sastri wanted his name to be shown in the film's credits, but this request was outrightly refused by Panthulu. Sastri filed a copyright infringement case with Mohanrangam Pillai as his lawyer, but ultimately lost the case even after appealing. A few sequences from the 1952

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film ''

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'' were reported to have been copied in bits in this film.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Bharathidasan Bharathidasan Birth name: K. Subburathinam, the person's given name: Subburathinam, father's given name: Kanagasabai. (K. Subburathinam by the prevalent patronymic initials as prefix naming system in Tamil Nadu and it is Subburathinam Kanag ...

and K. D. Santhanam. T The song "Jolly Life Jolly Life" which actor J. P. Chandrababu had sung as playback for Sivaji Ganesan, and "Vennilavum Vaanum Pole" became popular.

Release and reception

''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' was released on 13 April 1954, and distributed by Madras Pictures. ''Thought'' wrote, "This Padmini Pictures release confirms that Tamil films require a good deal of 'polishing up.' They lack just that quality to be aesthetically perfect." The film was successful at box office and established Ramachandran as one of the famous comedians in Tamil cinema.

References

External links

* {{P. Neelakantan 1950s Tamil-language films 1954 films Films directed by P. Neelakantan Films involved in plagiarism controversies Films scored by T. G. Lingappa Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy films 1954 comedy films