''Naga Nandhini'' is a 1961 Indian

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film directed by G. R. Nathan. The film stars

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and

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. It was released on 10 February 1961.

Plot

Cast

The following list is adapted from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam Part-2''. ;Male cast *

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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*Ramdas *V. R. Rajagopal *Narayanasamy *Karikol Raj ;Female cast *

*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

*{{IMDb title 1960s Tamil-language films