''Sarangadhara'' is a 1958 Indian

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-language film directed by V. S. Raghavan and written by

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. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and

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. Based on the epic of the same name by Gurajada Apparao, it has musical score by

G. Ramanathan Gopalan Iyer Ramanathan was an Indian music composer for Tamil movies. He is also known as ''Isai Methai'' (Genius of Music) or ''Sangeetha Chakravarthy'' (Emperor of Music) and is considered to be one of the influential Tamil music composers ...

and was released on 15 August 1958.

Plot

Cast

Cast according to the opening credits: ;Male * Sivaji Ganesan as Sarangadhara *

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as Narendran *

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as Mahadevan * Muthukrishnan as Sumandran *

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as Karunanidhi * Sayeeram as Medhavi * Venkatachalam as Chitrangadhan * Harihara Bhagavathar as Rajasekhar * Santhanam and Ezhumalai as priests * C. V. V. Panthulu as the poet ;Female *

as Chitrangi * P. Santha Kumari as Rathnangi * P. Rajasulochana as Kanakangi * Muthulakshmi as Madhavi * Mohana as Mallika * Chandra as Maya ;Dance * Kamala Lakshmanan *

E. V. Saroja E. V. Saroja (1935 - 2006) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was born on 3 November 1935 as Engan V. Saroja. She belonged to Engan village of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu. Her debut film was '' En Thangai'' in 1952 starring M. G. Ramacha ...

Production

''Sarangadhara'' is the third Tamil film based on the epic of the same name by Gurajada Apparao, following a 1935 film and the 1936 film ''

Naveena Sarangadhara ''Naveena Sarangadhara (நவீன சாரங்கதாரா)'' is a 1936 Tamil film directed by K. Subramanyam, K. Subramaniam under Murugan Talkies. Naveena in Tamil means modern. The film was titled thus in order to distinguish itself ...

''. The screenplay was written by

, cinematography was handled by N. C. Balakrishnan and editing by V. S. Rajan. It is Sivaji Ganesan's 50th film as an actor.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. Lyrics were by A. Maruthakasi. The song "Vasantha Mullai" became hugely popular was later remixed by Mani Sharma for '' Pokkiri'' (2007). The song is set in Charukesi raga.

Release and reception

''Sarangadhara'' was released on 15 August 1958, and distributed by Annamalai Corporation. '' Ananda Vikatan'' negatively reviewed the film, saying it was like watching a play and not an actual film.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7478380 1950s historical films 1950s Tamil-language films 1958 films Films scored by G. Ramanathan Hindu devotional films Hindu mythological films Indian historical films