''Mohini'' is a 1948 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, nativ ...
-language film directed by Lanka Sathiyam and produced by M. Somasundharam. It features
T. S. Balaiah
Thirunelveli Subramaniyan Balaiah (23 August 1914 – 22 July 1972) was an Indian actor. He is best known for playing supporting roles in Tamil films. Born in Sundankottai, near Udankudi in Thoothukudi, Balaiah was introduced to the cine fiel ...
,
V. N. Janaki,
Madhuri Devi
Madhuri Devi (19 September 1927 – June 1990) was a lead actress in Tamil films from the late 1940s until the 1950s. She has paired opposite leading heroes like M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. G. R and known for acting in the films ''Ma ...
,
M. G. Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...
, Pulimoottai Ramaswami,
M. N. Nambiar and
R. Balasubramaniam.
Cast
;Male cast
*
T. S. Balaiah
Thirunelveli Subramaniyan Balaiah (23 August 1914 – 22 July 1972) was an Indian actor. He is best known for playing supporting roles in Tamil films. Born in Sundankottai, near Udankudi in Thoothukudi, Balaiah was introduced to the cine fiel ...
as Mohankumar
*
M. G. Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...
as Vijayakumar
*
R. Balasubramaniam
* Pulimootai Ramasami as Sathyabala King
*
M. N. Nambiar
* M. A. Ganapathi
* C. P. Kittan
* Nott Annaji Rao
;Dance
*
Lalitha &
Padmini
;Female cast
*
V. N. Janaki as Mohini
*
Madhuri Devi
Madhuri Devi (19 September 1927 – June 1990) was a lead actress in Tamil films from the late 1940s until the 1950s. She has paired opposite leading heroes like M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. G. R and known for acting in the films ''Ma ...
as Kumari
* M. S. S. Bhagyam
;Kumari's Dance Group
* K. Malathi
* R. Lakshmisundaram
* D. Bharathi
* C. A. Nirmala Devi
* B. R. Lakshmi
* K. Rathnam
* M. D. Kamala Bai
* T. Ranganayaki
Soundtrack
Music composed by
S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
Subburayulu Munuswami Subbaiah Naidu (a.k.a. SMS) (15 March 1914 – 26 May 1979) was an Indian composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was one of the oldest music directors. He worked as an in-house music composer for Central Studios an ...
&
C. R. Subburaman
C. R. Subbaraman also known as C. S. Ram (1916–1952) was a famous South Indian film music composer and producer. He was born to Ramasamy at Chintamani village in Thirunelveli, in present-day Tamil Nadu. Music director Shankar of Shankar–Gan ...
. Lyrics were penned by T. K. Sundara Vathiyar and 'Bhoomi' Balakadas. The song ''Aahaa Ivar Yaaradi'' was a hit. C. R. Subburaman composed the music for this song.
G. Ramanathan went to Subburaman's home and congratulated him for the excellent composition in classical music.
Reception
''
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...
'' wrote, "The story is so full of action that it is difficult to narrate it succinctly".
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 1468865
1948 films
1940s Tamil-language films
Indian black-and-white films
Films scored by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman
Jupiter Pictures films