''Kaveri'' is a 1955 Indian

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-language film directed by D. Yoganand, produced by

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and written by A. S. A. Sami. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji G ...

, Padmini and Lalitha. It was released on 12 January 1955. This film is shot simultaneously in

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as '' Vijaya Gauri'' with slightly different cast.

Plot

A story of two rival kings one of whom (T. E. Krishnamachari) is manipulated by his spiritual Guru (Nambiar). He has a son (Sivaji Ganesan) and this prince tries to stop the designs of the Guru. The prince moves with the people of his Kingdom and fights for their rights. He falls in love with a common girl(Padmini). In the meantime, the daughter (Lalitha) of the rival king (R. Balasubramaniam) also falls in love with the prince. The rival king's advisor (P. S. Veerappa) wants to marry the dancer. After many twists and turns in the story, the designs of the Guru and adviser come to light. The princess sacrifices her love and the prince marries the commoner.

Cast

;Male cast *

as Vijayan * Kalaivanar N. S. Krishnan as Manimozhi * M. N. Nambiar as Gnananandar * P. S. Veerappa as Senganal * D. Balasubramaniam as Nellaiyappar *

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as Vattrivenkar * E. R. Sahadevan * T. E. Krishnamachari as Arulnirai King * T. K. Sampangi as Minister * Pullimootai Ramasamy Iyer as Servant * Kottapuli Jayaraman as Bodyguard ;Male Support Cast *

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, Shanakaramoorthy, Veerasamy. ;Female cast * Padmini as Kaveri * Lalitha as Amutha *

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as Thangam * Ragini as Kurathi * Kusalakumari as Performer * Maadi Lakshmi as Performer *

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as Maharani * M. Saroja as Sundari * Angamuthu as Manimozhi's Mother ;Female Support Cast *Rita Dhanam, Thangam, Kumari, Vija, Prada,

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

G. Ramanathan Gopalan Iyer Ramanathan was an Indian music composer for Tamil movies. He is also known as ''Isai Methai'' (Genius of Music) or ''Sangeetha Chakravarthy'' (Emperor of Music) and is considered to be one of the influential Tamil music composers ...

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 ...

and

C. S. Jayaraman Chidambaram Sundaram Jayaraman or C. S. Jayaraman (Tamil: சி. எஸ். ஜெயராமன்) (January 6, 1917 – January 29, 1995) was a noted actor, music director and a successful playback singer, whose numerous songs were feat ...

. Lyrics by

Udumalai Narayana Kavi [https://idhatri.com/udumalai-narayana-kavi/ Udumalai Narayana KavUdumalai Narayana Kavi Udumalai Narayana Kavi (25 September 1899 – 23 May 1981) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Tamil films. Early life Udumalai Narayana w ...

. ''Sindhai Arindhu Vaadi'', a song penned by Papanasam Sivan for Sri Valli (1945 film) (partly) and ''Kaalai Thookki Nindraadum'', a Kriti (music), kriti by Marimutha Pillai have been used in this film.

Reception

''Kaveri'' was a box office success, running for 100 days in many centres of the state.

References

External links

* {{D. Yoganand 1955 films 1950s Tamil-language films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Films scored by G. Ramanathan Films directed by D. Yoganand Indian black-and-white films