''Vikramaadhithan'' is a 1962 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, nati ...

-language film starring

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 ...

, Padmini and Sriranjini. This film was in production as early as 1957, but released only on 27 October 1962.

Plot

Vikramaadhithan ''Vikramaadhithan'' is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language film starring M. G. Ramachandran, Padmini and Sriranjini. This film was in production as early as 1957, but released only on 27 October 1962. Plot Vikramaadhithan was a king of Ujjain. H ...

was a king of

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani language, Hindustani pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Prad ...

. He killed Nganaseedor a Munivar in order to save an innocent girl. Vikramaadhithan married Amaranaattu princess Rathinamaalai. The brothers of Nganaseedor grow enmity on Vikramaadhithan. Vikramaadhithan killed Karthigayan and at last Paramanandam (brothers of Nganaseedor) and saved princess Muthunagai from Sivanandipuram. He saved his wife Rathinamaalai from Madurapuri king where Vikramaadhithan disguised himself and worked as commander.

Cast

* Padmini as Princess Rathnamalai * Sriranjini as Princess Muthunagai *

P. S. Veerappa P. S. Veerappa (10 September 191111 September 1998) was an Indian actor and a producer of Tamil cinema. Early life Born in 1911, Veerappa belonged to Kangeyam, then part of Coimbatore District in Madras Presidency. But he grew up in his gra ...

as Madhurapuri King * Ragini as Princess Vairamalai * K. A. Thangavelu as Vairavan *

M. Saroja M. Saroja was an Indian actress and comedian who worked in Tamil cinema. She was frequently paired alongside K. A. Thangavelu. Career Director K. Subramaniam introduced Saroja to the film industry, when she was 14 years old. She played the role ...

as Vaadaamalligai *

Rushyendramani Rushyendramani (1 January 1917 – 17 August 2002) was an Indian actress, singer, dancer, and playback singer from South India. She had more than 150 movies to her credit and acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films from the 193 ...

as Queen Sathyavani * C. K. Saraswathi as Vaadaamalligai's mother

Production

One fight sequence was filmed over three days at

Vauhini Studios Vauhini Studios was an Indian film production company and studio facility in Madras. It was founded by Moola Narayana Swamy and B. N. Reddy (Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy). In later years, Nagi Reddi, owner of Vijaya Productions, acquired Vauhini stu ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. Lyrics were by

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as Pattukottaiyar was an Indian Tamil poet and lyricist. Considered to be the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s, he is particularly remembered for the philo ...

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

A. Maruthakasi A. Maruthakasi (13 February 1920 – 29 November 1989) was an Indian poet and film lyricist who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He penned more than 4000 lyrics in more than 250 Tamil films. Early life Born in Melakudikadu in Tiruchirappal ...

, M. K. Athmanathan, Puratchidasan, 'En Thangai' Natarajan, Saravanabhavanandhar, ''Clown'' Sundaram & A. Lakshmanadas.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0259090 1960s Tamil-language films 1962 films Films directed by T. R. Raghunath Memorials to Vikramaditya