''Naga Nandhini'' is a 1961 Indian
Tamil language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...
film directed by G. R. Nathan. The film stars
Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...
,
K. Balaji
Krishnamachari Balaji (24 June 19342 May 2009) was an Indian film producer and actor. He was a prominent actor in the 1960s and 70s, playing lead, supporting and antagonist roles. He appeared in many Sivaji Ganesan films.
Early life
Balaji was ...
and
Devika
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi) (25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil, Telugu with few Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi film industry. She was a popular lead actress in the 1960s.
Devika is the grand daughter ...
. It was released on 10 February 1961.
Plot
Cast
The following list is adapted from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam Part-2''.
;Male cast
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K. Balaji
Krishnamachari Balaji (24 June 19342 May 2009) was an Indian film producer and actor. He was a prominent actor in the 1960s and 70s, playing lead, supporting and antagonist roles. He appeared in many Sivaji Ganesan films.
Early life
Balaji was ...
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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.
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P. S. Veerappa
P. S. Veerappa (10 September 191111 September 1998) was an Indian actor and a producer of Tamil cinema.
Early life
Born in 1911, Veerappa belonged to Kangeyam, then part of Coimbatore District in Madras Presidency. But he grew up in his gra ...
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K. R. Ramsingh
K. R. Ramsingh (c. 1915 – 18 October 1985) was an Indian theatre, film and Voice acting, voice actor.
Early life
Ramsingh was born into a Rajput family in Nagercoil, Travancore (present day Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu). He was educated ...
*Ramdas
*V. R. Rajagopal
*Narayanasamy
*Karikol Raj
;Female cast
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Anjali Devi
Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...
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Devika
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi) (25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil, Telugu with few Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi film industry. She was a popular lead actress in the 1960s.
Devika is the grand daughter ...
*Sandhya
*Rajakumari
*Ramamani Bai
*Thilagam
Production
The film was produced by B. ValliNayagam under his own banner B. V. N. Productions and was directed by G. R. Nathan who also handled the cinematography. A. Natarajan was the operative cameraman while special effects were handled by Harban Singh. Art direction was done by P. Angamuthu and M. Azhagappan while the stunt was managed by Shyam Sundar. Thangappan was in charge of choreography.
Still photography was done by P. K. Nataraj. The film was shot at
AVM, Golden and Shyamala Studios. Processing was done by T. Jegatheesan at Madras Cine Laboratory and Eastman Colour was done at Gemini Colour lab.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by
R. Sudarsanam
Ramakrishna Sudarsanam (26 April 1914 – 26 March 1991) was an Indian music composer who had worked in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada Malayalam, Telugu and Sinhala film industry
Career
Ramakrishna Sudarsanam entered the Tamil film industry wit ...
and the lyrics were penned by
Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass (1914-1965) was an Indian poet and script writer who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He wrote more than 500 lyrics for Tamil films.
Early life
Born to Narayanasamy and Pappu at Manampoochavadi in Thanjavur district, h ...
, Sundara Kannan and
M. K. Athmanathan.
References
External links
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1960s Tamil-language films