''Marumagal'' () is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language

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, produced by

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on Krishna Pictures banner and directed by D. Yoganand. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Padmini and Lalitha, with music composed by C. R. Subburaman. It was simultaneously shot in

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-language as ''Ammalakkalu'' ().

Plot

''This is the plot of the Telugu version''. Ramaiah & Kistaiah are close friends and farmers. Ramaiah's family consists of his wife Sugunamma and two sons Sundar, Kumar, and a daughter Rupa, who are struggling with their daily needs. Under the guidance of Kishtaiah, Ramaiah starts a small contract business in the town for which Kistaiah organizes the amount by mortgaging his wife's jewelry. Right now, Ramaiah settles in the town, returns the debt, and also promises to couple up Kishtaiah's daughter Usha (Padmini) with Kumar. Meanwhile, Ramaiah's sons move to town for education when this Ammalakkalu heckles Usha which makes Kistaiah offended, so, he too joins Usha in the same school. Years roll by, and Kumar & Usha grow up together and love each other. At present, Ramaiah arranges his elder son Sundar's marriage with a shrew woman Shanta. During the time of the wedding, Ammalakkalu provokes Sugunamma and she insults Kistaiah's wife when a rift arises between the families. Here Kistaiah becomes furious leaves the venue and even breaks up the match between Usha & Kumar. So, they perform registered marriage when soft-hearted Ramaiah welcomes the couple into the home. But Sugunamma & Shanta are very cold towards Usha. During that plight, Kumar leaves abroad for higher studies and Usha faces a lot of difficulties in her in-law's house. The rest of the story how she gets rid of these problems and reunited the family.

Cast

* N. T. Rama Rao as Kumar * Padmini as Usha * Lalitha as Shanta ; Tamil version * S. V. Sahasranamam *

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* B. R. Panthulu * M. Saroja *M. Lakshmiprabha * D. Balasubramaniam * S. D. Subbulakshmi * V. K. Ramasamy * Kallapart Natarajan * C. T. Rajakantham *K. S. Angamuthu *"Master" Sudhakar *"Surabhi" Balasaraswathi as Rupa *Indra Acharya *K. S. Adhilakshmi *V. Suryakantham * Baby Saraswathi ;Dance * Ragini- Padmini- Kusalakumari ;Telugu version * Relangi as Riyo *Amarnath as Sundar *Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Achchaiah * B. R. Panthulu as Ramaiah *D. Balasubramanyam as Kishtaiah *

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as Seshamma * Rushyendramani as Sugunamma * Surabhi Kamalabai as Parvathi *Surabhi Balasaraswathi as Rupa

Soundtrack

The music was composed by C. R. Subburaman with background music to be completed later by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and Party after the untimely death of C. R. Subburaman.

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acted as his assistant in several films and was asked by the producer to complete the music for the film. Tunes for both languagres are the same. ;Tamil soundtrack However, there was one song in the film "Aanukkoru Penn Pillai" that was composed by

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. Lyrics by Udumalai Narayana Kavi &

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. Singer is

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s are A. M. Rajah, C. R. Subburaman, P. A. Periyanayaki, M. L. Vasanthakumari, Jikki, A. P. Komala &

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. ;Telugu soundtrack

s are A. M. Rajah,

Pithapuram Nageswara Rao Pithapuram Nageswara Rao (5 May 1930 – 5 March 1996) was an Indian playback singer who worked in the early period of Telugu cinema. He sang thousands of songs, mostly of a comedic nature, in the 1950s and 1960s along with Madhavapeddi Satyam ...

, P. A. Periyanayaki, M. L. Vasanthakumari, Jikki, A. P. Komala &

R. Balasaraswathi Devi Raavu Balasaraswathi Devi (born 28 August 1928) is an Indian singer and actress who performed from 1930 to the 1960s in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She was the first light music singer on All India Radio and the first playback singer in the T ...

Box office

The film fared well at box office in both languages, but the Telugu version was more successful. In ''Ammalakkalu'', the duet song sung by Relangi became popular in Telugu districts.

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* * * {{D. Yoganand 1953 films 1950s Tamil-language films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Films scored by G. Ramanathan Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman Indian drama films Indian multilingual films Films directed by D. Yoganand 1953 directorial debut films 1953 drama films Indian black-and-white films