''Sorgavasal'' () is a 1954 Indian

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film, directed by A. Kasilingam and produced by M. Somasundaram and M. K. Kaliapa. The film starred K. R. Ramasamy, Padmini,

S. S. Rajendran Sedapatti Suryanarayana Rajendran, also known by his initials SSR (January 1928 – 24 October 2014), was an Indian actor, director, producer and politician who worked in Tamil theatre and cinema. Film career Rajendran made his acting de ...

and Anjali Devi in lead roles. The film had a musical score by

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were an Indian music composing duo composed of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. They worked together on over 100 films, from 1952's '' Panam'' to 1965's '' Aayirathil Oruvan''. After their split, Ramamoorthy wo ...

Cast

* K. R. Ramasamy as Madivannan * Padmini as Queen Kumara Devi *

as Muthu Manikam * Anjali Devi as Thilagavathy * R. Balasubramaniam as Court Priest * P. S. Veerappa as King Verivelan

Trivia

C. N. Annadurai Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1969), popularly known as Anna also known as Arignar Anna or Perarignar Anna (''Anna, the scholar'' or ''Elder Brother''), was an Indian Tamil politician who served as the fo ...

had written screenplay and dialogues for films earlier and was credited as Annadurai. But, for the first time, in this film he was credited as ''Arignar Anna''. The song ''Aagum Neriyedhu'' was originally written as ''Asthigam Edhu, Naasthigam Edhu''. The song was so recorded and released in records. When the film went to the censor board, they objected to these lines. So the lyricist

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altered it as ''Aagum Neri Edhu, Aagaa Neri Edhu''.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. Lyrics were by

. Singer is K. R. Ramasamy. Playback singers are Thiruchi Loganathan, Nagore E. M. Hanifa, P. Leela, Soolamangalam Sisters, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, T. V. Rathnam, M. S. Rajeswari & A. P. Komala.

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, author=Express News Service 1954 films 1950s Tamil-language films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Jupiter Pictures films