''Kannamma En Kadhali'' () is a 1945 Indian
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
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* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language film starring
M. K. Radha
Madras Kandaswami Radhakrishnan (20 November 1910 – 29 August 1985), professionally known as M. K. Radha, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was born in Chennai and took up acting in Tamil stage at the age of 7. He was ...
and
M. S. Sundari Bai
Madurai Saurashtra Sundari Bai (2 March 1923 – 12 March 2006) was an Indian actress, singer and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil cinema from the 1940s to the 1970s. Sundari Bai was the wife of writer and director Kothamangalam Subbu. Her mos ...
in the lead roles.
The film was directed by
Kothamangalam Subbu
Kothamangalam Subbu (born S. M. Subramanian, 10 November 1910 – 15 February 1974) was an Indian poet, lyricist, author, actor and film director based in Tamil Nadu. He wrote the cult classic Tamil novel ''Thillana Mohanambal'' and was awarded ...
, marking his directorial debut. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
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Plot
A wealthy, lecherous old man named Vaiyapuri finds a young girl lost in a temple festival crowd and brings her up with the intention of marrying her later. Without his knowledge, the young woman, Sundari falls in love with a young man Muthu and the two play smart games fooling the old man.
Cast
Cast in order of the film's song book
*
M. K. Radha
Madras Kandaswami Radhakrishnan (20 November 1910 – 29 August 1985), professionally known as M. K. Radha, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was born in Chennai and took up acting in Tamil stage at the age of 7. He was ...
as Muthu
*
M. S. Sundari Bai
Madurai Saurashtra Sundari Bai (2 March 1923 – 12 March 2006) was an Indian actress, singer and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil cinema from the 1940s to the 1970s. Sundari Bai was the wife of writer and director Kothamangalam Subbu. Her mos ...
as Sundari
* L. Narayana Rao as Vaiyapuri
* P. A. Subbaiah Pillai as Doctor
* S. Krishnamoorthy as Pottai
* Kulathu Mani as Natesa Mudaliar
* Appanna Iyengar as Kuppan
* Angamuthu as Pechi
* Velayutham as Velayutham
* Ramamurthi as Thief
* Viswanathan as Doctor Sundaresan
* Joker Ramadu as Astrologer
* Seetharaman as Priest
* Sundara Rao as Friend
* Chitralekha, Dhanam as Female Dancers
* Niranjala Devi as Young Dancer
Production
This film is based on the French play ''
The School for Wives
''The School for Wives'' (french: L'école des femmes; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palai ...
'' by the 17th century playwright
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by
M. D. Parthasarathy and lyrics were penned by
Kothamangalam Subbu
Kothamangalam Subbu (born S. M. Subramanian, 10 November 1910 – 15 February 1974) was an Indian poet, lyricist, author, actor and film director based in Tamil Nadu. He wrote the cult classic Tamil novel ''Thillana Mohanambal'' and was awarded ...
.
References
{{Gemini Studios
1945 films
1940s Tamil-language films
Indian black-and-white films
Films based on works by Molière
Indian films based on plays
Gemini Studios films
Films directed by Kothamangalam Subbu
Lost Indian films
Indian war films
War romance films
1940s war films
1945 directorial debut films
1940s lost films
Films scored by M. D. Parthasarathy