''Mangamma Sabatham'' () is a 1943 Indian

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-language film, starring

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, Ranjan,

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and T. A. Mathuram. The film was produced by

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and directed by

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, credited as Acharya. The film was remade in

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and

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as ''

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'' (1950 and 1951), in Sinhala as ''Mathalan'' (1955) and again in Telugu as '' Mangamma Sapatham'' (1965).

Plot

Mangamma, a village girl, is humiliated by a prince and vows to take revenge. She vows to make the prince marry her and have a child who would whip the prince in the court. However, her plans are almost foiled when the prince imprisons her when she tries to seduce him. The story revolves on how she tricks him into falling in love with her and begets a son through the prince who ultimately whips him in court.

Cast

Adapted from the

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: *

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as Mangamma * Ranjan as Sugunan, Jayapalan * P. A. Subbaiah Pillai as Venkatachalam * P. N. Seshagiri Bhagavathar as King * P. V. Rao as Minister * P. Appanna Iyengar as Adappakkaran * Puliyoor Duraisami Iyer as Guard * M. Ramamurthi as Sumathi * A. S. Leelavathi as Rathi * Kolathu Mani as Acrobat * Ramasami as Sarangi *

as Sathan * T. A. Mathuram as Yamuna

Production

''Mangamma Sabatham'' is the first film that

and T. A. Mathuram featured for

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. Krishnan trained hard to do the tight-rope walking scene himself without using a double.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and M. D. Parthasarathy 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 ...

and

Kothamangalam Subbu Kothamangalam Subbu (born S. M. Subramanian, 10 November 1910 – 15 February 1974) was an Indian poet, lyricist, author, actor and film director based in Tamil Nadu. He wrote the cult classic Tamil novel ''Thillana Mohanambal'' and was awarded ...

Release and reception

''Mangamma Sabatham'' was released on 30 July 1943. ''

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'' wrote that despite the lengthy running time, it was "a perfect artistic unit in every detail". According to historian

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, the film netted a profit of .

Remakes

''Mangamma Sabatham'' was remade in

in 1950 and

in 1951, both titled ''

''. A Sinhala remake ''Mathalan'' was released in 1955. A second Telugu remake, '' Mangamma Sapatham'', was released in 1965.

References

Bibliography

External links

* {{Gemini Studios 1940s Tamil-language films 1943 films Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Gemini Studios films Indian black-and-white films Tamil films remade in other languages