''Mangalyam'' () is a 1954 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * 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 **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language film directed by K. Somu and written by

A. P. Nagarajan Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan (24 February 1928 – 5 April 1977) was an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer who set a trend in film making in Tamil cinema from 1965 to 1977. Film career Nagarajan started his own drama c ...

. The latter also stars (using the credit "'' Naalvar'' Nagarajan") alongside B. S. Saroja. The film was released on 11 June 1954.

Plot

Kumar is a young and rich doctor. He falls in love with the housemaid, Selvathaal. But his mother does not like their love affair and she chases away the housemaid. In the meantime, Kumar's sister falls in love with Kumar's friend Gopi. Selvathal becomes an actor with a new name Manorama. Kumar and Gopi go in search of Selvathal. Another person is after the actor. He kidnaps her and places her in a hideout.

Cast

;Male cast * ''Naalvar'' Nagarajan as Kumar *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

as Gopi * S. A. Natarajan as Raja * K. V. Srinivasan as Balu *

V. M. Ezhumalai V. M. Ezhumalai was an Indian actor and comedian who featured in Tamil language films. He was active in the field from 1937 till 1962. He had a style of his own making viewers to laugh by his body language as well as by voice. He started his car ...

as Va. Mu. Kazhugumalai *

A. Karunanidhi A. Karunanidhi ( Tamil : கருணாநிதி) was an Indian actor and comedian who featured mainly in Tamil-language films. He was active in the field from 1948 till 1978. Though he was a comedian, the roles he played in some of the film ...

as Mani * T. S. Loganathan as Mangalakaram Pillai * K. N. Kaleswaran as Kalai * S. R. Dasarathan as Groom ;Male Support cast * A. R. Dhamotharam, M. M. A. Chinnapa,
N. P. Noor Mohammed, R. Sathyendran, P. S. Marimuthu,
R. T. Kurunathan, C. R. Raju, and Gauthama Das. ;Female cast * B. S. Saroja as Selva * P. R. Sulochana as Lakshmi * S. Mohana as Nalina *

C. T. Rajakantham C. T. Rajakantham (1917–2002) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She was the mother-in-law of playback singer Tiruchi Loganathan and grandmother of playback singers and popular music show judges T. L. Maharajan and Deepan Chakkravarthy E ...

as Vadivambal * P. S. Gnanam as Jagathambal * Rushyendramani as Queen Mangammal * P. Kanaka as Roopayi * Vijayakumari as Bride ;Female Support cast * Shanthammal, Komathi

Production

The film was produced by M. A. Venu under the banner ''M. A. V. Pictures''. K. Somu directed the film. It was made at

Central Studios Central Studios was an Indian film studio in the neighbourhood of Singanallur, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, started by B.Rangaswamy Naidu (a.k.a. B. R. Naidu) and other prominent industrialists like Swamikannu Vincent of Coimbatore in 1935 to ma ...

Coimbatore.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...

. Lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi and Ka. Mu. Sheriff.

Reception

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' wrote, "Nagarajan, in the leading role, gives a performance beautiful in its delicacy. The playing in general is impressive".

References

External links

* {{A. P. Nagarajan 1950s Tamil-language films 1954 films 1955 films Films directed by K. Somu Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Films with screenplays by A. P. Nagarajan Indian black-and-white films