''Velaikari Magal'' () is a 1953 Indian

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directed by C. V. Ranganatha Das and starring

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, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, and

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. The film is a remake of the 1952

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film '' Daasi''.

Cast

as Ramaiah * C. Lakshmi Rajyam as Lakshmi *

as Badrinath * Relangi *

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*Doraiswamy Naidu *

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as Parvathamma *

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as Durgi *

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*Surya Prabha

Production

After the commercial success of the Telugu film '' Daasi'' (1952), C. Lakshmi Rajyam and her husband Sridhar Rao, decided to produce a Tamil version of the film under their banner Rajyam Pictures. The name of the film was inspired by

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's '' Velaikari'' (1949). The film was directed by C.V. Ranganatha Doss and featured music by the duo C. R. Subbaraman – S.Dakshinamoorthy; the cast and crew were retained from the original.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by the duo Subburaman-

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. Lyrics were written by K. D. Santhanam and K. Devanarayanan.

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, K. Devanarayanan,

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Release

The film released on 14 January 1953 coinciding with

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. The film, unlike the Telugu original, did not fare well at the box office.

References

{{Reflist 1953 films 1950s Tamil-language films Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi Tamil remakes of Telugu films Indian drama films 1953 drama films Films scored by C. R. Subbaraman