''Thaai Nadu'' () is a 1947 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language film directed by T. S. Mani. The film stars Battling Mani in the lead role.
Cast
The list is adapted from
Film News Anandan
Film News Anandan (born Mani) was an Indian film historian and photographer based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was popularly known as the "walking encyclopedia" of Tamil cinema.
Early life
Anandan was born as Mani. His father P. K. Gnanasagaram ...
's database.
*
Battling Mani
Battling Mani is an Indian cinema artiste who worked mainly in Tamil films.
Career
Silent films
During the period of silent films, most of the films were made with stories already known to the people. But they introduced attractive dances an ...
*S. T. Williams
*V. P. S. Mani
*T. K. Krishnaiah
*M. R. Sundari
*N. C. Meera
Production
The film was produced by
S. M. Nayagam
Sundaram Mathura-Nayagam (24 September 1906 - 03 February 1972) was a pioneer of Sinhala cinema, producing the first ever Sinhala talkie, ''Kadawunu Poronduwa''.
Career
Hailing from Madurai, South India, Nayagam was originally an industrialist, ...
, who produced the first ever
Sinhala talkie
Kadawunu Poronduwa, under his own banner ''Chitrakala Movietone'' and was directed by T. S. Mani.
T. S. Mani also wrote the story and screenplay. Dialogues were penned by T. V. Natarajasamy. G. G. Sithi handled cinematography while the editing was done by Abraham. Art direction was by Kotvankar and still photography was done by V. V. Iyer.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by R. Narayana Iyer while the lyrics were penned by T. V. Natarajasamy.
;List of songs
#''Engal Indhiya Bharathiye'' - V. N. Sundaram,
A. P. Komala
Reception
Writing in 2017, media person D. B. S. Jeyaraj said, "The film was a smashing box office hit."
References
External links
*{{youTube, viSBiZTCC_8, Engal Indhiya Bharathiye - A song from the film sung by V. N. Sundharam &
A. P. Komala
Indian black-and-white films