''Sri Murugan'' is a 1946 Indian

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-language film produced by Jupiter Pictures and directed by M. Somasundaram and V. S. Narayanan. The film featured

Honnappa Bhagavathar Chowdasandra Honnappa Bhagavathar (14 January 1915 – 2 October 1992; kn, ಹೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಭಾಗವತರು) was an Indian theatre and film actor, producer, musician and singer. He was best known as a singer and as one of the pio ...

in the lead role.

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 ...

performed a dance number, ''Shiva Thandavam'' along with K. Malathi in the film.

Cast

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article. *

*Trichur Premavathi *

*K. Malathi *Dr. O. R. Balu * U. R. Jeevaratnam *(Yogam) Mangalam *

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*T. V. Kumudhini * ''Baby'' Harini

Crew

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's database. *Producers: M. Somasundaram and S. K. Mohideen *Director: M. Somasundaram and V. S. Narayanan *Story & Dialogues:

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*Cinematography: Masthan, V. Krishnan and W. R. Subba Rao *Editing: D. R. Gopu *Art: Shantaram, P. P. Chowdri, M. P. Kuttiyappu *Choreography: K. R. Kumar *Studio:

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*Production company:

Jupiter Pictures Jupiter Pictures ( ta, ஜுபிடர் பிக்ச்சர்ஸ்) was an Indian feature film production company founded in Coimbatore in 1934 by M. Somasundaram (popularly known as "Jupiter Somu") and S.K. Mohideen. Jupiter Pictur ...

Production

Initially

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was to play the lead role. After a few shots were taken with director Raja Chandrasekhar, Bhagavathar was arrested as a suspect in the

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. He was replaced with Bangalore-based Honnappa Bhagavathar. Raja Chandrasekhar walked out not willing to work with the newcomer. Producer M. Somasundaram directed the film along with V. S. Narayanan (who is the husband of Bhanumathi's sister). MGR was cast in the role of Lord

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. He performed the ''Shiva Thandavam'' dance with

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actress K. Malathi. The dance was a highlight of the film and MGR worked hard and performed well. His performance impressed all and this laid the foundation for him to play as hero in Jupiter's next film Rajakumari.

Soundtrack

Music was 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 ...

and S. V. Venkatraman while the lyrics were penned by

Papanasam Sivan Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema ...

U. R. Jeevarathinam Unjalur Ramayamma Jeevaratnam was an Indian actress, singer, producer and playback singer. Most of her works are in Telugu and Tamil languages. Early life Born in Unjalur, Erode, Madras Presidency in British India to Subramaniam and Kunjammaal ...

, a female artiste, played the male role of Sage

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and sang many songs. Honnappa Bhagavathar also had his share of songs.

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